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(c) A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG
05.01.2024

Monforts: New Stenter line installed at Curt Bauer

Monforts' new Montex 8500 stenter line was recently installed at Curt Bauer’s plant in Aue in Germany.

Curt Bauer has been in continuous operation for 150 years, beginning as a weaving mill in Aue in the Ore Mountains region of Saxony back in 1882. Today, with 120 employees, the company has an annual production of 2.2 million metres of fabric and specialises in three key fields – home textiles, special damask fabrics for West African garments and technical textiles.

A first Montex stenter was installed by Monforts at the Aue plant in 2003 and an older machine from a third party supplier was also still in operation prior to the latest upgrade.
“The replacement of our older existing stenter, which was installed in 1985, was long overdue,” explains Gert Bauer. “It had a maximum working width of 2.2 metres and we were looking to both increase productivity and reduce energy requirements.”

Monforts' new Montex 8500 stenter line was recently installed at Curt Bauer’s plant in Aue in Germany.

Curt Bauer has been in continuous operation for 150 years, beginning as a weaving mill in Aue in the Ore Mountains region of Saxony back in 1882. Today, with 120 employees, the company has an annual production of 2.2 million metres of fabric and specialises in three key fields – home textiles, special damask fabrics for West African garments and technical textiles.

A first Montex stenter was installed by Monforts at the Aue plant in 2003 and an older machine from a third party supplier was also still in operation prior to the latest upgrade.
“The replacement of our older existing stenter, which was installed in 1985, was long overdue,” explains Gert Bauer. “It had a maximum working width of 2.2 metres and we were looking to both increase productivity and reduce energy requirements.”

As a consequence, the company opted for a new Montex 8500 line with a working width of 3.2 metres equipped with the MonforClean heat recovery and exhaust air purification system. The Montex stenter remains unmatched in terms of its robustness and long service life and with MonforClean technology, the waste heat from the drying process is used to pre-heat the drying air. This results in a radical reduction in the conventional heat supply required, compared to full gas and thermal oil heating. Overall energy savings of up to 40% can now be achieved compared to conventional stenters.

The first challenge at the Aue plant was how to fit the significantly larger machine into the available space without restricting the area required for docking operations.

The special multi-level configuration that Monforts designers and Curt Bauer’s team devised in order to meet these requirements involved raising all of the line’s drying zones – with a combined length of over 28 metres – on scaffolding platforms, to enable the ground floor space below them to continue to be fully utilised.

The next challenge involved configuring the MonforClean system without having to make any costly changes to the roofing structure. This, Gert Bauer observes, demanded “millimetre precision”.

With the new line now fully operational, the savings it is providing have yet to be fully calculated.

Quelle:

A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG

14.10.2021

Monforts: Automated finishing at Knopf’s Sohn

Knopf’s Sohn, a contract finisher of technical textiles, has installed a fully automated Montex stenter at its plant in Helmbrechts, Germany.
Knopf’s Sohn is processing technical textiles for the automotive, aerospace, home furnishings and workwear markets, based on wool, cellulose, polyamide and polyester fabrics, along with elastane blends, in weights of 80-800gsm.

The Montex machinery range is constantly being upgraded to meet evolving customer needs for greater automation, ease of operation and energy optimisation. The latest ten chamber line at Knopf’s Sohn, with a working width of up to 2.0 metres, was engineered to specific requirements in order to accelerate the company’s move to fully automatic control of its production, and high scaffolding was required for its installation.

The line benefits from two integrated ECO Booster modules to provide high energy savings. These compact, air-to-air heat exchangers, installed within the roof structure of the line, exploit energy from the exhaust gas to preheat up to 60% of the incoming fresh air entering the stenter.

Knopf’s Sohn, a contract finisher of technical textiles, has installed a fully automated Montex stenter at its plant in Helmbrechts, Germany.
Knopf’s Sohn is processing technical textiles for the automotive, aerospace, home furnishings and workwear markets, based on wool, cellulose, polyamide and polyester fabrics, along with elastane blends, in weights of 80-800gsm.

The Montex machinery range is constantly being upgraded to meet evolving customer needs for greater automation, ease of operation and energy optimisation. The latest ten chamber line at Knopf’s Sohn, with a working width of up to 2.0 metres, was engineered to specific requirements in order to accelerate the company’s move to fully automatic control of its production, and high scaffolding was required for its installation.

The line benefits from two integrated ECO Booster modules to provide high energy savings. These compact, air-to-air heat exchangers, installed within the roof structure of the line, exploit energy from the exhaust gas to preheat up to 60% of the incoming fresh air entering the stenter.

The use of a single ECO Booster unit has been calculated to save up to 35% in energy costs, based on fixation processes. Fully automatic operation, set at the Monforts Qualitex control unit, ensures there is no additional burden on the machine operator.

The line is powered by Exxotherm indirect heating, which practically eliminates the yellowing which can be experienced during the treatment of certain polyamide and elastane-based fabrics, and is also equipped with a Conticlean circulating air filter system for constant high drying capacity.

Software
The latest Qualitex visualisation software offers operators reliability and easy control with its full HD multi-touch monitor and slider function, dashboard function with individual adaptation to operating states and faster access to comprehensive recipe data management.

With the Monformatic control system, the exact maintenance of the dwell time in combined treatment processes (drying and heat-setting) can be monitored. When the heat-setting point is reached, the fan speed is automatically adjusted, keeping energy consumption fully under control.

Quelle:

A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG / AWOL Media

(c) Brückner Trockentechnik GmbH & Co. KG
23.09.2021

WEIDMANN und BRÜCKNER: Neue Standards in der Spannrahmentechnologie

Die WEIDMANN GmbH in Süßen ist bekannt für die Veredlung von faser- und daunendichten sowie technischen Geweben. Kunden schätzen vor allem die Zuverlässigkeit und Flexibilität in Bezug auf Sonderwünsche und die gleichbleibend hohe Warenqualität. Der schwäbische Textilhersteller veredelt mit neuester Technik und umweltbewusst Premiumgewebe, hauptsächlich für die Bettwarenindustrie.

Die komplexen Produktions- und Veredlungsprozesse für hochwertige Gewebequalität erfordern eine zuverlässige und effiziente Maschinentechnologie. WEIDMANN nutzt dafür Spannrahmentechnologie aus dem Hause BRÜCKNER. Der deutsche Textilmaschinenbauer ist seit Jahrzehnten weltweit führend im Bau von Anlagen für die Veredlung von klassischen Textilien, technischen Geweben, Vliesstoffen, Glasgewebe und Bodenbelägen. Neben Spannrahmen gehören auch Beschichtungsanlagen, Relaxiertrockner, Sanfor-Anlagen, Kontinuefärbeanlagen sowie Öfen zur Verfestigung von Vliesstoffen und andere Sonderanlagen zum Produktionsprogramm des Familienunternehmens. Alle Maschinen werden zu 100% in eigener Fertigung in Deutschland produziert.

Die WEIDMANN GmbH in Süßen ist bekannt für die Veredlung von faser- und daunendichten sowie technischen Geweben. Kunden schätzen vor allem die Zuverlässigkeit und Flexibilität in Bezug auf Sonderwünsche und die gleichbleibend hohe Warenqualität. Der schwäbische Textilhersteller veredelt mit neuester Technik und umweltbewusst Premiumgewebe, hauptsächlich für die Bettwarenindustrie.

Die komplexen Produktions- und Veredlungsprozesse für hochwertige Gewebequalität erfordern eine zuverlässige und effiziente Maschinentechnologie. WEIDMANN nutzt dafür Spannrahmentechnologie aus dem Hause BRÜCKNER. Der deutsche Textilmaschinenbauer ist seit Jahrzehnten weltweit führend im Bau von Anlagen für die Veredlung von klassischen Textilien, technischen Geweben, Vliesstoffen, Glasgewebe und Bodenbelägen. Neben Spannrahmen gehören auch Beschichtungsanlagen, Relaxiertrockner, Sanfor-Anlagen, Kontinuefärbeanlagen sowie Öfen zur Verfestigung von Vliesstoffen und andere Sonderanlagen zum Produktionsprogramm des Familienunternehmens. Alle Maschinen werden zu 100% in eigener Fertigung in Deutschland produziert.

Beide Firmen investieren kontinuierlich in neue und innovative Technik, um erfolgreich und wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben. Kürzlich wurde bei WEIDMANN ein komplett neu entwickelter BRÜCKNER-Spannrahmen installiert. Während der intensiven Projektierungsphase wurde schnell deutlich, welche Features der neuen Anlage von besonderer Bedeutung sind:

  • Gleichmäßige Feuchteverteilung im Einlauf und beim Pick-Up der speziellen Chemikalien im Appreturfoulard vor dem Thermoprozess
  • Schussgerader Warenlauf mit minimiertem Restverzug
  • Sehr gute Zugänglichkeit für Wartungs- und tägliche Reinigungszwecke
  • Sensorik und Automatisierung von Einstellparametern zur Energieoptimierung
  • Wärmerückgewinnung mit Heißwassererzeugung für die Färberei
  • Die Anlage muss voll Industrie 4.0 fähig sein
Quelle:

Brückner Trockentechnik GmbH & Co. KG