The DiloGroup displayed a fully functional needle line at the recently held textile and garment technology expo, ITMA 2019, in Barcelona, Spain. Needled products can be found in applications such as floor covering, automotive interior linings, technical needlefelts, filtration media, geotextiles, mattress, bed, and upholstery, wipes, and papermachine felts.
The company displayed efficient fibre preparation with I4.0 modules with the DiloTemafa bale opener Baltromix Pro (BTDW). This allows fibre preparation with further developments and modifications to improve operation of the bale opener (fast fibre changeover), carding willow, and fibre dosing, the company said in a press release.The DiloGroup displayed a fully functional needle line at the recently held textile and garment technology expo, ITMA 2019, in Barcelona, Spain. Needled products can be found in applications such as floor covering, automotive interior linings, technical needlefelts, filtration media, geotextiles, mattress, bed, and upholstery, wipes, and papermachine felts.#
The universal card feeder UniFeed with fine opening stage was also displayed at ITMA. The UniFeed vibration chute principle includes components for a precise fibre distribution in cross and longitudinal direction and requires low space in width and height including the fine opening stage. The cross profile of the web mat before the card ensures a precise matching of the edges in the longitudinal profile of the crosslaid web.
DiloGroup presented the high-speed crosslapper with precision laydown technology. The card is followed by the refined crosslapper HyperLayer NT, an example of high speed, high precision crosslapping design. The precision of the laydown even at high speed up to about 190 m/min. and a layering width of about 4 metres makes this extraordinary machine very suited for use in hydroentanglement lines.
The company also presented the compensation apron FC-II. A high speed crosslapper needs aprons to compensate for speed differences between cross apron of the lapper and constant infeed of the needleloom. This high-frequency start-stop adjustment is realised by our new FC-II apron with double arrangement.
A series of individual web forming units which operate according to the aerodynamic web forming principle shows how fibre masses can be placed with 3D topology on a base web so that the correct amount of fibre is placed at the positions where in technical parts, such as automotive, stretch and strain concentration can be expected. Thus thin areas following the moulding process can be prevented and strain concentration in the force transmission area can be balanced. This Dilo development is in conjunction with the research project optiformTex of Chemnitz University, the STFI (Sächsisches Textilforschungs Institut e.V.) and further companies including VW and Sachsenleinen.
The DI-LOOM HαV Hyperpunch needle loom was also part of the show. The combination of Hyperpunch with the new needle pattern 6000X results in a more uniform stitch distribution at preneedling. In a complete needle felting line this effect of more evenness can be further improved by using the new needle pattern 8000X which can be considered as a breakthrough for a considerably improved stitch distribution evenness. Especially when producing flat needle felts which are used as decorative material in the automotive interior, this great advantage will be evident.
DiloGroup also displayed at ITMA 2019 several development modules to illustrate the future potential degree of automisation in nonwoven production. The I4.0 modules are meant to facilitate operation and to improve data transparency in production, operation control, quality and maintenance. The solutions offered by Dilo, ‘Bale Timer, Smart Start’ for a fully automatic starting aid or ‘DI-LOWATT’ for energy savings, are supplemented by Siemens-based solutions which can be chosen via app and data cloud ‘MindSphere’. (GK)
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