Three More UniFirst Plants Earn Hygienically Clean Food Safety Certification

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — April 14, 2017 — UniFirst Corp. has widened its lead among multi-location uniform service companies in achieving Hygienically Clean Food Safety certifications, with 17 facilities now having earned the designation. The most recently certified UniFirst laundries are in Vancouver, Canada; Titusville, Fla.; and Whippany N.J.

This achievement reflects UniFirst’s commitment to best management practices (BMPs) in laundering as verified by third-party on-site inspection and their capability to produce hygienically clean textiles as quantified by ongoing microbial testing.

The certification confirms a laundry’s dedication to compliance and processing garments and other textile products using BMPs as described in its quality assurance documentation, the focal point for TRSA inspectors’ evaluation of critical control points that minimize risk.

This process eliminates subjectivity by focusing on outcomes and results that verify textiles cleaned in these facilities meet appropriate hygienically clean standards and BMPs for servicing animal processing, dairies, fruit/vegetable, bakeries, grain and other food and beverage industry segments.

UniFirst’s Hygienically Clean Food Safety certified facilities, besides the three newest designees, are located in Stockton and Ontario; Stratford, Conn.; Tampa, Fla.; Albany, Ga.; Boston, Mass.; Landover, Md.; Charlotte and Kernersville, N.C.; Lebanon and Nashua, N.H.; Tulsa, Ok.; Amarillo, Texas; and Richmond, Va.

The TRSA Hygienically Clean Food Safety protocol examines a laundry’s Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) practices, including its techniques for:

  • Conducting hazard analysis
  • Determining CCPs, monitoring their control, correcting them if not under control
  • Validating and verifying HACCP system effectiveness
  • Documenting and record-keeping to show ongoing conformance

Inspection and re-inspection verify laundry practices including washing procedures (detergent formulas, temperature, disinfectant, pH, extraction), drying, garment inspection and transportation. Each certified laundry plant’s operational flowchart is evaluated, ensuring these procedures (as well as pickup, unloading and sorting of soiled items and sorting of clean laundry) are mapped. Employees’ use of personal protective equipment is documented.

Inspectors also evaluate practices relevant to handling and processing textile products used in food manufacturing/processing establishments for adherence to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) directives.

“More and more, we’re seeing our customers in food-related industries looking for third-party validation that our specialized Product Protection Process and our hygienically clean standards are consistent with HACCP and GFSI guidelines,” said Adam Soreff, director of marketing and communications at UniFirst, based near Boston. “Working with a Hygienically Clean Food Safety certified laundry helps reassure them that their managed uniform program is working in concert with their own food safety protocols to help them ensure food safety for consumers.”

Posted April 14, 2017

Source: TRSA

Upland Cotton – An Improved Genome Sequence Will Advance Fiber, Fuel, And Food Applications

CARY, N.C. — April 11, 2017 — A consortium led by Z. Jeffrey Chen of The University of Texas at Austin and Jane Grimwood and Jeremy Schmutz of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has made publicly available a significantly improved high-quality genome sequence of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). This sequence of the species making up greater than 90% of the world’s spinnable cotton fiber builds upon previous genome sequences published in the past five years.

“This genome sequence will significantly advance cotton research to increase competiveness with synthetic fibers and is a major step forward in developing a gold standard assembly,” said Professor Chen. The other lead collaborator, Jane Grimwood, said “this sequence used a new strategy to sequence a tetraploid genome by applying a combination of short read sequencing from Illumina, with long read PACBIO technology and a dense resequencing based genetic map”.

Cotton production contributes significantly to the US economy, and collaborative projects such as this help increase knowledge to enable breeders to develop varieties with improved yield, fiber quality, and stress tolerance. Don Jones, Director of Agricultural Research at Cotton Incorporated, said this sequence is another advancement for improving the sustainability of cotton production. “This accomplishment facilitates deeper understanding of cotton biology that leads to higher yield and improved fiber while reducing inputs needed to produce the crop.” Growers, the textile industry, and eventually consumers will ultimately derive benefit from successes such as this.

This research was achieved under multi-institutional partnerships, including The University of Texas, HudsonAlpha Institute, Texas A&M University, Clemson University Institute for Translational Genomics, and USDA-ARS in Stoneville, Mississippi. Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program and Cotton Incorporated. This is another example of the synergy that can be created to deliver innovation in cotton that will improve the sustainability and economic value from the basic research to the farm and consumer.

Posted April 13, 2017

Source: Cotton Incorporated

GKD’s Porometric Mesh Named New Product Of The Year At Annual Advanced Filtration Technologies Conference

MINNEAPOLIS — April 13, 2017 — The American Filtration & Separations Society (AFS) has named GKD-USA’s Porometric filtration mesh the 2016 New Product of the Year. The award was presented at the annual Advanced Filtration Technologies Conference on April 11 in Louisville, Ky.

“We are thrilled and honored to be named the 2016 New Product of the Year,” said Peter Wirtz, general manager, GKD Solid Weave Business Unit. “The completely new Porometric mesh filter provides unprecedented advantages for efficient oil and gas exploration and water filtration.”

Porometic is GKD’s newest wire mesh developed using the proven GeoDict simulation software. This new type of mesh brings oil and gas exploration facilities more overall throughput at lower local pore velocities. For water and wastewater filtration facilities the mesh offers high permeability, low-pressure losses and a sharp particle retention rate.

“GKD is committed to bringing innovative woven metal technologies to the marketplace,” continued Wirtz. “We are proud to see our work in wire mesh acknowledged with such a prestigious award.”

The Advanced Filtration Technologies Conference was held in Louisville April 10-13 at the Galt House. The Global Filtration industry is projected to grow exponentially in the next five to ten years. To meet the ever increasing demand and regulations for clean and sustainable environment, it is necessary for the filtration industry to grow at an aggressive rate. The Advanced Filtration Technologies Conference addresses unmet market needs, advanced technologies in air, liquid and automotive filtration and the trends for future developments.

Posted April 13, 2017

Source: GKD-USA

Techtextil 2017 Exhibitor Preview: 
Mayer & Cie.

ALBSTADT, Germany — April 13, 2017 — Germany-based circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) is exhibiting again this year at the Techtextil trade fair in Frankfurt. The focus at the industry event, to be held from May 9-12, 2017, will be on innovative textile applications. Mayer & Cie. will demonstrate at its stand, A06 in Hall 3, that circular knitting machines offer many opportunities in this connection. A number of others could join them in the future thanks to the new spinning and knitting technology the firm is also showcasing in Frankfurt.

Circular knitting beyond the bounds of single and double jersey

Which central property do mattress covers, car headliners and protective clothing have in common? Yes, they can all be manufactured on a circular knitting machine. This production method has grown especially important in the manufacture of mattress covers. Well over half of the covers is made of fabrics produced on circular knitting machines – material that is both elastic and retains its shape.

With its mattress covers Mayer & Cie. is already a force to be reckoned with in home textiles, or Hometech as the sector is known at Techtextil. The machines that make them are members of the OVJA family such as the OVJA 1.6 EM HS or OVJA 1.6 EE.

Another established area in which circular knitting machines are used is to make covers for upholstered furniture of all kinds. That is a speciality of, inter alia, the MCPE 2.4, a machine for coloured all-over plush jacquard fabrics.

The Relanit 0.8 does not use conventional yarns to manufacture textile fabrics. It knits spun steel fibres or copper, steel and silver wire, glass fibre, carbon fibre or carbon – including in combination with cotton and synthetic yarns. Their uses range from protective clothing to horticulture and electrically conductive textiles.

Opportunities now and in the future

No machines will be on show in Frankfurt because “our customers are exhibiting their products here. We are showing existing and prospective customers which machine could manufacture the fabric in question now or in the future,” Thomas Zizmann says. He is the Mayer & Cie. sales manager in charge. “We,” he adds, “are demonstrating everything that circular knitting machines are capable of making.”

Future opportunities are likely to be even more extensive, thanks to Mayer & Cie.’s spinning and knitting technology. Spinitsystems, the technology that combines spinning, cleaning and knitting, is part of the Mayer & Cie. presentation at Techtextil. The Spinit 3.0 E, the first machine to use the technology, processes a composite fibre and not the finished yarn. “That is why the options differ fundamentally from those of circular knitting technology,” says Michael A. Tuschak, in charge of spinitsystems marketing and sales at Mayer & Cie. So far, the machine has only processed cotton, but that is set to change in the near future. Mayer & Cie. has an open mind about new materials and uses. It has traditionally seen itself as an innovation driver and is constantly engaged in working on new solutions. With that in mind, the man in charge of spinitsystems looks forward to the trade fair in a relaxed mood. “I am very much looking forward to the ideas and questions that Techtextil visitors come up with,” Michael A. Tuschak says.

Posted April 13, 2017

Source: Mayer & Cie

SWISSMEM Hosts Symposium In Egypt

ZÜRICH, Switzerland — April 13, 2017 — Switzerland’s textile machinery suppliers, organized by the national association Swissmem, held a two-day symposium in Cairo in early April. The objective was to strengthen the already well-established industrial ties between Egypt and Switzerland and to initiate a major step towards the revival of the Egyptian textile manufacturing sector.

Egyptian cotton is known worldwide for its quality and strength in applications such as shirts and bedsheets, its heritage dating back to the time of the Pharaohs. In the land of the Pyramids, the area around Giza also lends its name to some of the finest cotton varieties which are grown there.

Textile production, using both local and imported cotton, is a vital contributor to Egypt’s economy, ranking behind only tourism and Suez Canal revenues in the generation of income. But the textile sector’s performance and potential is being held back by financial constraints, rooted in the serious economic downturn of recent years and the accompanying severe devaluation of the Egyptian Pound.

Political instability since the revolution of 2011 drove away both tourists and overseas investors. And it has thus far hampered much-needed investment in new technology by the textile industry — so that its resurgence is now overdue.

Switzerland’s textile machinery suppliers, organised by the national association Swissmem, have now initiated a major step towards revival of Egyptian textile manufacturing, with a highly-successful two-day symposium held April 4-5, 2017, in Cairo. A total of 13 association member companies presented their latest machines and systems to an audience of 400, including representatives of the major textile producers from the private and public sectors, as well as delegates from various universities and research institutes.

As the first of the European textile machinery-producing countries to plan an event of this type, Switzerland recognizes the enormous potential for renewal of Egypt’s textile sector. The devaluations, while making Egyptian goods theoretically more attractive in export markets, have also seriously impacted on the cost and accessibility to Egypt’s textile companies of new production technology from the major producers.

The Swissmem symposium addressed this issue head-on, with direct offers of assistance in the key area of financing capital imports. Ernesto Maurer, Swissmem president, told the symposium: “Switzerland is ready to support Egypt in its striving to re-connect with the worldwide textile community.” He was referring to difficulties in accessing foreign exchange funds and the high costs associated with this, which have been a major obstacle to Egyptian companies seeking to renew their equipment and take up new technology.

“Funds need to be created prior to new investments, and here the Swiss textile machinery companies can help,” he said. “Sometimes, it is also the case that service and upgrade of existing equipment can be easier to achieve than complete renewal.”

Symposium participants heard a detailed explanation of export risk insurance and financing, presented by Fabian Brunschwiler, of SERV (Swiss Export Risk Insurance). His comments attracted significant attention, especially in relation to the assertion that Egypt was not yet making full use of the export finance facilities available from Switzerland.

Swiss textile machinery producers enjoyed strong export sales to Egypt in the years up to 2013, but the country’s economic and political woes since then have seen shipments decline to only 20% of previous levels. Now, as Egyptian textile manufacturers exhibit an eagerness to expand their markets, improve production capability and product quality, Swissmem is optimistic that it can offer both the financial and technological solutions they require.

Said Ernesto Maurer: “We are very confident that Egypt will find a way back to its previous position of strength, and its leading role in the world of high quality fabrics. The Egyptian cotton brand ‘Giza 100’ once stood as a synonym for quality in textile raw materials. Now, our Swiss textile machinery industry is an enthusiastic partner in facilitating and stimulating this revival.”

The 13 Swissmem companies taking part in the symposium were: Luwa, Amsler Tex, Heberlein, SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler, Saurer (Embroidery), Rieter Components (Bräcker, Graf, Nobibra and Süssen), Stäubli, Jakob Müller, Retech, Loepfe, Maag, Benninger, and Santex-Rimar.

Posted April 13, 2017

Source: Swissmem

Foot Locker Celebrates Global Sneaker Culture Around The World

NEW YORK CITY — April 13, 2017 — Foot Locker is celebrating sneaker culture around the world this week by sending three lucky Foot Locker customers on intercontinental “Pick Up Trips.”

“At Foot Locker, one of the things that sets us apart is our global footprint,” said Dick Johnson, CEO and president, Foot Locker Inc. “We are proud to play a leading role in shaping and driving sneaker culture in cities around the world. Having the opportunity to share our global viewpoint with Foot Locker consumers is a great reflection of that role.”

All true sneakerheads follow Foot Locker’s Release Calendar and Launch Locator, but when three loyal consumers learn they can shop the hottest new releases early in other global cities, they can’t pass up the opportunity.

Dashawn Martin of Bronx, N.Y., traveled from New York to Foot Locker in Milan, Italy, to cash in on the Nike Air Max 97. While in Milan, Martin and his friend ordered coffee in Italian, rode a traditional tram, and visited Milan landmarks including the Duomo di Milano and Leoncavallo Spazio Pubblico Autogestito.

Simultaneously, in Toronto, Canada, David Tyndale of Mississauga, Ontario departed for Foot Locker in Amsterdam, Netherlands, also picking up the highly sought-after “Silver Bullet” by Nike. After visiting Foot Locker, Tyndale went on a canal cruise, visited the “I Amsterdam” sign, and ate Dutch fries.

On the third and final trip, Luke Graydon of London traveled to Foot Locker’s Times Square store in New York City for the Nike Tuned Air in Metallic/Silver/Red/Black. After visiting the brand’s newest flagship location, Graydon rode the NYC Subway, walked the Brooklyn Bridge and stopped by the iconic West 4th Street basketball courts.

In addition to “Pick Up Trips,” the retailer launched two new social campaigns across Foot Locker’s global social handles this week. #MySneakerStories enlists Foot Locker influencers and sneakerheads worldwide to share their personal sneaker stories across Foot Locker Instagram accounts, depicting what their shoes mean to them.

Foot Locker has also started tagging select product images with #GloballyApproved to denote launch product available at Foot Locker locations worldwide.

Posted April 13, 2017

Source: Foot Locker

Archroma To Showcase Innovative Solutions For Enhanced Color, Performance And Sustainability At China Interdye 2017 In Shanghai

REINACH, Switzerland — April 12, 2017 — Archroma will present at China Interdye 2017 some of its most innovative technologies under the motto: “Colors enhanced, performance enhanced, sustainability enhanced”. True to its long-term commitment to sustainability and innovation, Archroma will present solutions that combine performance, cost optimization and responsible textile production. With a heritage of more than 120 years, Archroma is in the position to offer solutions for enhancing colors, performance and sustainability globally.

Colors Enhanced

Drawing on its extensive formulation and technical know-how in dyestuff and pigments, Archroma will showcase at China Interdye some of its latest innovations:

Optisul® C dyes – Optisul C dyes for casualwear enable manufacturers to expand their color horizons with a new range of six dyes especially designed to produce colors in continuous dyeing processes, as well as on coating and printing. These affinity-free, sulfide-free(1) dyes, suitable for GOTS(2) and bluesign®(3) approval, can be combined with each other to obtain collections of garments suitable for wash-down treatments in a wide array of easily achievable and reproducible soft colors.

Advanced Denim technology – When employing Archroma’s ADVANCED DENIM technology, based on “Denim-Ox” and “Pad/Sizing-Ox” dyeing processes, users can reduce water consumption and wastewater by up to 92 percent, eliminate up to 63 percent of the usual cotton waste, and save up to 30 percent in energy costs compared to traditional Indigo processes. Archroma estimates that the use of this technology allowed savings of about 700 million liters of water in 2012 alone. Just imagine how much water could be used if more manufacturers would join the Advanced Denim revolution.

Metal-free acid dyes – Archroma has introduced a wide range of Nylosan® S and Lanasyn® F metal-free(1) dyes aimed at meeting the wet and light fastness levels typically needed for the creation of bright and beautiful colors on polyamide and wool, without compromising on ecological requirements. The Nylosan S dyes exhibit excellent build properties on polyamide, polyamide microfiber, polyamide/elastomeric blends, polyamide/cotton blends and on wool.

The range also incorporates AOX and metal-free(1) ternary elements including Nylosan® Orange S-3R, Nylosan Red S-3B, Nylosan Navy S-3G and Nylosan Blue-black S-3R which achieve exceptionally high wet fastness levels in deep, muted shades including navy, dark brown, olive and blacks. Nylosan Brilliant Red S-3R is also AOX and metal-free(1) and produces deep, vibrant red shades with very high wet fastness levels. As well as being metal-free(1), the Nylosan S range also meets Oeko-Tex(4) 100 and is bluesign®(3) approved.

Performance Enhanced

By offering a constant flow of eco-advanced and innovative new process and functional chemicals, Archroma provides solutions that combine performance, safety and low impact on resources.

‘Zero add-on’ formaldehyde solution for finishing – Fixapret® Resin WFF is a novel, “zero add-on” formaldehyde finishing system for no-iron performance. Its anti-wrinkle finish shows good performance and benefits compared to other such offerings, including strong, flexi Resin WFF, consumers can enjoy end-products that look good, while saving on precious resources and being gentler on the skin.

SmartRepel® Hydro – SmartRepel® Hydro supports the increasing adoption of eco-advanced materials and production processes by textile producers and brand owners. This new range is Archroma’s nature-friendlier protection that keeps cotton, polyester and polyamide textiles dry. The unique technology offers exceptional, durable water repellency and is not based on fluorine. SmartRepel Hydro produces a soft hand feel and outstanding breathability – the perfect long-lasting, high-performance finish for weatherproof garments.

EarthColors – This new range of dyes is created from agricultural waste: almond shells, saw palmetto, rosemary leaves, etc. They can be used to provide rich red, brown and green colors to denim and casualwear. The information about the individual batches of color and the garments production route is available to brand owners to be put on hang tags to be attached to each item of clothing and accessed using Near Field Communications (NFC), a sophisticated and consumer friendly technology incorporated into smartphones. With EarthColors, Archroma helps brand owners and textile mills by letting the consumer know how the colors of their clothes are made, and where the raw materials come from.

Sustainability Enhanced

For all of us, inner beauty matters just as much as outer beauty. Brand owners and retailers around the world are taking action to evaluate the environmental impact of textile treatment, dyeing and finishing processes in response to consumer concerns.

Archroma’s engagement in favor of a more sustainable textile industry is deeply rooted in everything it does. In 2012, after more than two years of development, the company launched a game-changing service called ONE WAY. ONE WAY is designed to demonstrate to textile manufacturers, brands and retailers that it is possible to bring together the dual objectives of ecology and economy. The tool provides a fast, measurable and reliable approach to the selection of chemical product and resource-saving process solutions.

We are constantly improving this tool. In 2014, Archroma added its portfolio of ZDHC MRSL-compliant(5) chemicals and dyes to the ONE WAY sustainability calculation tool. ONE WAY has received industry recognition with the 2013 ICIS Best Business Innovation Award(6).

“At Archroma,” notes Robert Liu, Head of Textile Sales & Marketing China, at Archroma: “we continuously challenge the status quo in the deep belief that we can make our industry sustainable, and we do this using the strong foundation of an expertise built over more than 120 years. We are very excited to meet customers, brands, retailers and consumers in Shanghai, and show them how Archroma can support them in the needs and challenges they face on their own markets.”

Visit Archroma on Stand A 100 at China Interdye 2017 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center from April 12-14.

Optisul®, bluesign®, Nylosan®, Lanasyn®, Fixapret® and SmartRepel® Registered trademarks.

Posted April 12, 2017

Source: Archroma

New Luxury Swimwear Brand Showcasing The One-Piece

NEW YORK CITY — April 12, 2017 — TRIPP Swim has reimagined women’s swimwear to deliver a collection that celebrates and flatters the female form. A brand for the woman who wants her swimwear to be as fashionable and practical as the rest of her wardrobe. Effortlessly chic, easy to wear and irresistible to look at, each piece is a classic.

Established and created by American designer Lisa Tripp, a graduate of the New York Fashion Institute of Technology, the range blends exquisite design and meticulous detailing, made in Italy, with the finest sustainably sourced Italian fabrics. The brand is showcased through its e-commerce platform making it accessible to woman across the globe.

The SS/17 collection launched in March at trippswim.com. Commenting on the launch, Lisa Tripp said: “I wanted to create a swimsuit brand that oozes timeless sophistication.  Just like the little black dress, every woman should have at least one swimsuit that is classic, sophisticated and practical. It’s a wardrobe staple that every woman needs but is so hard to find. The one-piece is getting more and more popular but I didn’t want the styles to get lost in the trends.  The one-piece isn’t going anywhere. It’s here to stay. It’s classic.”

TRIPP Swim’s branding features a striking bold look that sets the brand apart. Contrasting textured and colored substrates that evoke sand and water, while the horizon exudes escapism and calm; creating an identity that instantly resonates with well-traveled women.

Posted April 12, 2017

Source: TRIPP Swim

Passion For Success: SSM Symposia In Korea And Egypt

HORGEN, Switzerland — April 12, 2017 — In March 2017, SSM held a symposium in Daegu City, Korea. Over 90 delegates from the industry joined the event. In cooperation with KTDI and Melchers, SSM informed the audience about the latest inventions and solutions of SSM GIUDICI in the field of Air Texturing.

The symposium mainly focused on the texturing material itself and was conducted in a way that participants could understand and would be interested in. The highlight of the day was the showing of fabric and yarn samples as customers went on one by one to check and see while spontaneous questions were answered at the same time. The various samples consisting of air-textured yarns (ATY) and draw-textured yarns (DTY) where shown in regard to its application and end use. Finally the delegates could see the SSM texturing machines running at KTDI.

Beginning of April, SSM had the opportunity to share its passion at the SWISSMEM symposium in Cairo, Egypt. The symposium attracted a large number of Egyptian textile manufacturers. During the two days the participants learned more about the Swiss textile machinery and their commitment to innovative high quality products. With Factor+ (www.factor-plus.ch) the Swiss industry is presenting their benefits in superior sustainable technology, such as the SSM DIGICONE® 2 winding algorithm, enabling higher dye package density with unchanged dyeing recipes. The possibility to optimize the yarn dyeing production with the SSM winding algorithm saves time, resources and money.

Posted April 12, 2017

Source: SSM

Montex Texcoat Debut For Italian Luxury Goods Supplier

MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany — April 12, 2017 — Tessitura Oreste Mariani S.p.A. has taken delivery of Italy’s first Monforts Montex texCoat coating unit, along with a new Montex 8500 stenter, at its plant in Gissano, just outside Milan; ordered through local representative Sacconaghi-Monaco S.r.l.

The flexible texCoat unit is allowing the company to carry out both knife over air and knife over roller coating based on simple and user-friendly PLC techniques, with on-screen visualisation for all operating modes and recipe management for many different coating processes all integrated in to the proven Qualitex 800 control system of the Montex stenter.

Founded in 1937, Mariani is now run by Andrea and Gaia Mariani and their cousin Edoardo Mariai as third generation members of the founder’s family.

Today it specializes in high-end linings for luxury handbags and shoes, as well as continuing to also make the umbrella fabrics which for many years were the company’s sole stock-in-trade, until imports from Asia made this business less tenable.

The company’s response was to diversify, initially into sun umbrellas and garden furniture, but eventually its fabrics for luxury leather goods came more in demand, built on firm relationships with the brands, and today represents 85 percent of business, with the remaining 15 percent being umbrella fabrics.

“This change in response to the market was something of a revolution for the company,” says Gaia Mariani, “because until then we had been making standard fabrics based mainly on nylon and producing bulk orders.

“In moving successfully into the luxury brands market we had to review our entire operation and focus on many different types of fabric construction and designs, while at the same time shortening our production cycles and enhancing our packaging and distribution operations.

“We now work with many of the famous luxury brands and 90% of our manufacturing is personalised for them, based on discussions with their designers about how best to adapt the fabrics in our regular collections for their specific leather goods.”

Mariani’s latest finishing line certainly further strengthens the company’s position.

It is some 43 meters long and at its heart is the six-chamber Montex stenter and texCoat coating unit.

The Montex 8500 stenter is distinguished by several new features, including a newly designed operator’s platform with improved access, a new and improved visualization with modern ‘slider effect’ on bigger 24 inch screen monitors and the Eco Booster heat recovery module.

With the Qualitex 800 visualisation software, ‘finger tip’ control features offer smart phone-type techniques for the machine operators and ensure smarter operating procedures. Additional benefits allow the operator to compose and pre-programme the ‘dashboard’ of the monitor to personal requirements and preferences.

Construction of the line for Mariani started late last year. It has been operational for some months, but as Andrea Mariana explains, the company is still working to further exploit the maximum benefits from it.

“In many ways, it’s a lot simpler for the operators because everything is electronically controlled. One major benefit with the new stenter, for example, is complete electronic control of the tension at all times, and the same applies to temperature.

“We use a range of temperatures for our different finishing steps and each chamber of the stenter can be individually optimized.

“In a way, it’s a little like changing from an old-fashioned desk phone to an iPhone for us – although relatively easy, it takes time to familiarize yourself with everything that’s actually possible.

“The machine is longer than our other working four-chamber stenter, and the older one it has replaced, and by comparison, operating speeds are 30-40 percent higher.

“On average, we are running each fabric four times through the tenter, to thermo-fix before dyeing, for drying after dyeing, for waterproofing and then for coating. With the texCoat, the application of coating chemicals is very precisely measured and applied.”

“Because the new Monforts technology is completely electronic, the adjustments for differing weights and fabric constructions are immediate and instantly compensated for, in terms of tension control, humidity, machine speed and all other parameters,” he concludes. “We are learning to totally trust this technology.”

Posted April 12, 2017

Source: A. Monforts Textilmaschinen

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