Andritz Presents Range of Nonwovens Processes

06.21.22

Company lineup includes calenders, spunlace equipment, needlepunch lines and air through dryers

Andritz Asselin-Thibeau designs and manufactures integrated production lines that include inline and/or crosslaid carding, spunlace, needlepunch, and thermal, chemical, or through-air bonding. All lines can be equipped with a supervisory control assistance system, including production recipes. The product portfolio includes equipment for several levels of performance, depending on local market size, fabric weight, production speed, final application, and maintenance requirements. Brands like eXcelle, aXcess, ProDyn, ProWid or ProWin have set a worldwide benchmark for quality and ensure that customers always find exactly the right technology for their individual demands.

Andritz Nonwoven is one of the world’s leading suppliers of technologies for the nonwovens and textile finishing industry. Its key competences lie in technologies for air-through bonding, airlay, needlepunch, spunlace, spunbond, wetlaid/Wetlace, converting, textile finishing, recycling, and bast fiber processing.

Andritz Küsters (based in Krefeld, Germany), founded in 1953, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of nonwoven and textile technologies. The company looks back on a successful history in calendering and wet finishing processes for the nonwoven and textile industries, with more than 2500 calenders and 24,000 deflection-controlled rolls sold worldwide.

On display is original Andritz Wetlace technology, which combines wet forming and hydroentanglement. This tried-and-tested process has proven ideal for producing flushable wipes from 100% natural and/or renewable raw materials without chemical binders.

The Andritz Wetlace technology incorporates contradictory properties. The process behind the core solution to provide excellent web uniformity blends the web on the inclined wire and bonds it mechanically in the hydroentanglement unit. This process results in superior web uniformity and product quality. The final strength is achieved by mechanical bonding of the web via hydroentanglement, which ideally complements the wetlaid technology by entangling fibers without any chemical binders or thermoplastic fibers.
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