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Trtzschler Nonwovens GmbH Halterner Str. 70 48249 Dlmen, Germany Phone: +49 2594 5099-0 Fax: +49 2594 5099-100 info-erko@truetzschler.de
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Trtzschler Nonwovens GmbH Wolfsgartenstr. 6 63329 Egelsbach, Germany Phone: +49 6103 401-0 Fax: +49 6103 401-440 info-fleissner@truetzschler.de

American Truetzschler, Inc. 12300 Moores Chapel Rd. Charlotte, NC 28214 P.O. Box 669228 Charlotte, NC 28266 Phone: 704-399-4521 Fax: 704-399-4525 sales@am-truetzschler.com

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Companies Technical Centre Opening / Blending Web Forming Web Bonding Finishing Man-Made Fiber Precursor / Carbon

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From raw material to finished product

THE BEST WAY TO MAXIMISE VALUE CREATION
If you are concerned about value creation you should contact us. Because no matter what the raw material you intend to process or the end product we can offer you a unique process variety from a single source for each production step. Our core competency includes the entire nonwoven process, from fiber production to finished product. The type of installation configuration best suited for your goals depends on a variety of factors: n Product type and product properties n Square metre weight Purity and fineness Production volume n Qualities n Economic aspects
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Our experts will be pleased to assist you with the individual arrangement of the optimal components.

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TrTzsChler nOnWOvens production lines are always made-to-measure.

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We are at the top

BECAUSE WE ARE SUppORTEd BY A STRONg TEAM
The Trtzschler Group is specialist in fiber preparation for the spinning and nonwovens industries. Trtzschler produces excellent products at eight locations in five countries worldwide. TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS has been formed by the merger of the long-established companies Erko and Fleissner under the umbrella of Trtzschler and offers knowledge and competence in all matters relating to the production of nonwoven products and man-made fibers. Two specialised technical centres are available for tests and developments in Egelsbach and Dlmen. Erko products TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS develops, produces and markets machines and installations for bale opening, fiber blending and fiber opening under the name of Erko. The expertise also covers web formation with roller card or airlay, crosslapper, web drafter and web bonding via needling machine. As successor of Hergeth, the knowledge is based on many years of experience that has been continuously improved. Fleissner products The Fleissner brand has over 160 years of tradition, specialising in leading edge products in the fields of web bonding, dryer construction and man-made fibers. Fleissner is leading in hydroentanglement. In addition, only Fleissner can offer all other entanglement methods from one source, be it chemically or thermally. In the field of man-made fibers, TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS has been successfully developing, producing and marketing the Fleissner brand for decades to produce man-made and carbon fibers. Its combined expertise makes TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS the only provider worldwide today that can offer all procedures of the entire process chain for the manufacture of nonwovens from one source.

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Trtzschler Card Clothing (TCC) TCC, which emerged from the former JDH companies, has long been known for its high production clothing for roller cards and cards for spinning as well as nonwovens, and has a worldwide presence. With TCC, TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS is the only company in the industry that has its own clothing manufacturer, which is a clear advantage: Clothings that are perfectly matched to all machine types, ensuring firstclass results. Trtzschler Spinning Since its founding in 1888, Trtzschler has been building machines for spinning preparation, thus bringing out the best in fibers. In the spinning sector, Trtzschler is the

technology market leader for openers, mixers, high production cards and draw frames. Whether cotton or Man-Made Fibers Trtzschler stands for innovation, quality and efficiency. In addition to the headquarters in Mnchengladbach, Germany, production facilities are located in China, India, Brazil and USA. Due to the extensive experience gathered in processing of staple fibers in the spinning sector, Trtzschler Mnchengladbach not only is at home in the field of yarn production but for decades in nonwovens as well , from fiber preparation to width-controlled roller card feeding.

Production plant at customer (erko high-performance roller card in the background)

Fleissner Jumbo AquaJet

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True partnership
TRANSCENdS BOUNdARIES
Worldwide present in the global textile markets our profound competence in consulting and support is linked to our knowledge of local characteristics and international wealth of experience. To ensure fast and competent service, subsidiaries, service and spare parts centres are available around the world. Our continued business success is based on a clear focus on the market, the end-products and the customers across the entire globe. Excellent Service includes professional maintenance, first-class clothing service, smooth spare parts supply and quick on-site service. Our worldwide team of competent and experienced technicians makes this level of performance standard for our customers. Servicepoints round the world enable us to match your requirements from any place in world at the earliest.

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Process optimisation

On-site quality control

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Products,
AS VERSATILE AS YOUR REqUIREMENTS
Process variety is one of the strengths of TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS: Whether fiber opening/blending, web forming, bonding or finishing we can offer you several and not just one technical solution for all production areas. Among them at least one that precisely meets your requirements The wide range of machinery demonstrates our solution expertise in this sector. Based on years of experience and extensive industry-specific expertise, our technical advisors will provide you with detailed information on what is technically feasible and economically convincing, without being restricted by an inflexible product range. The focus is entirely on your wishes and requirements.

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Fiber Melt Spinning

Opening/Blending

Web forming

Bonding

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Carding Production of staple fiber Fiber opening Blending Web Feeding

Crosslapping Webdrafting

Impragnating Mechanical Needling Smoothening Hydroentangling Calibrating Thermobonding Heatsetting

Aerodynamic Webforming

Meltblown, Spunbond

Chemical Bonding Drying

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1. More production hours for more profit The innovative suction concept and the special card wire from TCC result in reduced maintenance effort. Standard cards require 172 maintenance hours / a (4h each 160 production hours) at 7200 total production hours / a. The Erko card requires only 104 maintenance hours / a (4h each 270 production hours). Productivity gain = 68 t/a*

+ 68 t/a
tages that benefit the environment while at the same time allowing a faster RETURN ON INVESTMENT. Using the example of a spunlace system, discover concrete benefits that convince by an increase in efficiency and reduction of operating costs.

Sustainable action,
ECONOMIC pROfITABILITY
As machine manufacturer, Trtzschler focuses on customer requirements. At the same time we do not loose sight of other matters. For instance the responsibility for our environment and the future. Thus, Trtzschler participates in the sustainability initiative Blue Competence of the German mechanical engineering industry. In doing so, we are committed to sustainable action in different areas. During the development of our technologies and manufacturing of our products we make sure that they are environmentally friendly, energy efficient and resource-saving, improve the quality of life and meet the requirements of the market. Against this background, Blue Competence stands also for our leadership in innovation and technology based on verifiable criteria. These include, for instance, increased plant productivity or reduced energy consumption advan-

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2. Spunlacing for wipes is double optimized The new Fleissner jet head design reduces the pressure for entangling while keeping the product properties. With optimized jet strips (36 HPI) we can achieve the same product charactaristics compared to standard jet strips with 40 HPI. Energy Cost Savings = 72.000 /a*

3. Effective perforation with new drum shells The new Fleissner drum shell TEP (patented) allows a perfect perforation with less pressure than a standard wire mesh shell. Energy Cost Savings = 84.000 /a*

4. Effective drying saves costs A new exhaust air flow and an additional heat recovery system allows an homogeneous drying after the Spunlacing with less heating energy. Energy Cost Savings = 102.600 /a*

- 258.600 /a

new exhaust + heat exchange energy saving: 30% Drum shell TeP (patented) Jet strip Omega Dryer

* Example: 3,6 m wide AquaJet, Speed 120 m/min, material: wet wipes, 45 g/m2, 1 t/h, 7.200 manufactoring hours p/a, cost for electrical energy 0,20 E/kWh, cost for gas energy 0,05 E/kW.h

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First be sure,
THEN INVEST
Before investing in systems engineering, a number of questions must be answered. For example, whether a system works as perfect in practice as in theory. Or whether you will be able to achieve the desired result with the existing raw material under the existing production conditions. The two TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS Technical Centres give a clear answer to these and other questions. On a total area of more than 5,000 m2 you have the opportunity to test all production methods on a large industrial scale - of course also with your own materials. Next, detailed material analyses are possible in our well equipped laboratories at both locations. They provide you with accurate information on the advantages offered by TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS production methods.

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Our Technical Centre in Dlmen, Germany (top) and our Technical Centre in egelsbach, Germany (bottom)

Material analysis in the laboratory

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Precision pays off

highest degree of homogeneity

Mixing Chamber Our modern tuft blending installations optimally mix fibers of different types, lengths, finenesses and colours. In addition, our mixing systems are individual, easy to operate, reliable and dependable. This is of particular importance when a large amount of different fibers requires absolutely homogeneous processing.

Mixing components: Output per mixer:

Mixing system with continuous erko belt weighers

2 20 < 2,000 kg/h

Belt Weigher The highest level of precision is required for continuous weighing and blending of fibers after bale opening. With its unique high accuracy of measurement, our belt weigher ensures that the addition of fibers is restricted to the necessary minimum. This results in significantly lower costs, which translates into an economic advantage especially in case of expensive fibers. For lower production efficiencies, discontinuous weigh pans are available.

The optimal use of the erko mixing chamber reduces downtimes during lot change

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erko high performance mixing system

A measuring tolerance of +/- 1 % makes the erko belt weigher the most accurate one on the market. This allows significant savings in material.

Component-independent mixing system

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supreme quality

Continuous feeding

erko fine opener

erko chute feeder

Fine Opener The fine opener lives up to its name and opens fibers in such a fine and gentle manner that for certain products direct bonding is possible without any intermediate roller cards. In other cases the fine opener allows the use of roller cards with less carding points. This lowers investment costs and increases productivity.

Chute feeder The Erko chute feeder serves as material buffer between blending line and card feeding. It features feed rolls and a pinned opening roller that ensures uniform card feeding with small tufts. The speed of the feed rolls is continuously adjusted (CONTIFEED) via a pressure monitoring system that monitors the filling level in the downstream card feeder. This guarantees a consistently high web quality in the finished product.

Working width: Output:

< 2.500 mm < 2,000 kg/h

Working width: Output:

< 1.500 mm < 2,000 kg/h

The erko fine opener allows a reduction of carding points in roller cards or reduction of roller cards, resulting in lower investment and operating costs and higher productivity

stock Trunk

Tuft Feeder

COnTiFeeD

COnTiFeeD Control

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The direct way to outstanding quality

erko eDsWl with belt weigher

erko sCAnFeeD

Tuft feeding At this point, the basis for future product quality is irrevocably established. For this reason we have developed and are successfully implementing two high-performance alternatives to the state-of-the-art technology. They are based on the principle of pressure feeding, which has such a high degree of accuracy that with some products even downstream roller cards can be eliminated. The web is passed directly into the web bonding machines, resulting in outstanding quality at low investment costs. EDSWL Whether very coarse or extremely long fibers the EDSWL ensures homogeneous fiber feeding, which can be permanently monitored and adjusted by a downstream belt weigher.

SCANFEED Thanks to the homogeneous fiber feeding, the web quality at this point is already very good. In lines for lightweight products without crosslapper, the additional web profile regulation (VPR) provides further improvement.
Web weight: Output: 300 1,500 g/m2 < 500 kg/hm

Needling machine

Thermobonding oven Hydroentanglement (Spunlace)

Tuft feeder SCANFEED TF

Web weight: Output:

300 1,500 g/m2 < 500 kg/hm

The downstream erko belt weigher ensures reproducible quality standards

Our profile regulation system allows an even better web accuracy in cross direction on erko sCAnFeeD.

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Maximum flexibility during web forming

erko Airlay line for high loft products

Airlay Airlay ensures maximum flexibility during web forming. The webs are formed by suction on a perforated roll, covering a large weight range. The low exhaust air output demonstrates the particular energy efficiency of Airlay the air use is according to the actual requirement. Typical for Airlay is also the easy processing of waste fibers.

Fiber: Fiber length: Web weight: Web height: Output: Working width:

1.7 100 dtex < 60 mm 100 5.000 g/m2 < 200 mm < 500 kg/hm < 4.500 mm

Producing high web weights at low energy input is no problem with erko Airlay.

Production of various web weights with reclaimed fibers as well as standard fibers at low energy costs with erko Airlay

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individuality as basis for success

erko high-performance roller card

Roller card At TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS, individuality means that you can combine six different basic machine types with three different doffing systems (parallel fleece, random roller, condensed roller). Plus there are various special machines. They adapt perfectly to your production situation, regardless of what you intend to produce. At the same time, our roller cards have important things in common. This includes extremely clean take-off system, specially adjusted TCC clothings and excellent maintainability due to optimal accessibility.

A time and cost advantage not to be underestimated: Within shortest time, all maintenance points of the roller card are perfectly accessible see pages 12 / 13

Fibers: Fiber length: Output: Working width:

0.7 100 dtex 20 150 mm < 450 kg/hm < 5.000 mm

Modular roller card concept

high-performance doffers for special applications

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Our specialist for web entangling technology

erko random card, e.g. for hygiene products Cleaning brushes for the delivery belts extend maintenance intervals and thus increase machine availability

high degree of evenness due to special web doffing

high random layer due to optimal arrangement of rolls

Random card Our special roller card for random web technology is particularly well suited for subsequent hydroentanglement. It allows a high random layer, while at the same time offering large variability in web weight. The fact that it only requires two different roll diameters - which in turn greatly reduces clothing change - is a clear advantage. All in all an unequalled performance package.

Fiber: Fiber length: Web weight: Output: Working width:

0.7 30 dtex 15 60 mm 25 140 g/m2 < 400 kg/hm < 3.800 mm

suction rolls allow lowdistortion transport of lightweight webs at high speeds

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Triple performance

Precision layers

Airlay roller card Our Airlay roller card, whose card section ensures an optimal opening, forms a homogeneous random web in the adjacent Airlay head. It only takes three different roll diameters to achieve high performance and first-class precision. At the same time it is very compact, requires only a few clothings, is easy to clean and allows a large weight range.

erko Airlay roller card: especially for increased weights of hygiene products

Fiber: Fiber length: Web weight: Output: Working width:

0.7 30 dtex 15 60 mm 30 400 g/m2 < 350 kg/hm < 3.800 mm

Crosslapper Depending on working width, the crosslapper processes over 160 m web per minute. The profiled and quick web lapping goes hand in hand with high lapping accuracy. Interfering factors, such as air flows and centrifugal forces, are eliminated - even difficult materials can be processed at high speeds. The quality is continuously optimised by a special software: It measures the bonding result over the entire working width and, if necessary, adjusts the weight at the belt weigher prior to web forming. This always produces the desired end result. A defined draft zone at the outlet of the web replaces the previously known floating draft zones. This offers the advantage of profiling the laid down web precisely at the point where optimal adjustment of the cross section is possible.

The erko Airlay roller card delivers first-class results at minimum space requirement with just three roll diameters.

Web transport, gentle to the material Web layer edges positioned precisely on top of each other result in reduced edge trims and thus optimal material utilisation

Aerodynamic web formation

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Quick drafting

erko roller card installation with high performance crosslapper

Web drafter With up to eight drafting zones, our web drafter impresses during material drafting fiberoriented in machine direction with up to 30% increase in line speed when processing lightweight products.

Drafting zones: Working width:

48 < 9.000 mm

Another special feature of the crosslapper is its low energy consumption: A systematic reduction of the moving machine masses and all rolls made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) lead to reduced acceleration and braking performance. The result is an increased energy efficiency that is even further improved by AC servo motors with energy recovery.

erko web drafter

Capacity: Folding width: Number of layers:

over 160 m/min. < 8.000 mm 4 76 layers

new belt path reduces oscillating masses By changing the fiber orientation, the erko web drafter achieves an ideal MD/CD ratio.

Web guidance: lay-down with defined draft

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Modular efficiency

Hydroentanglement: AquaJet Our AquaJet hydroentangling is available as modular system, ranging from "Mini" to "Jumbo". The number and position of water beams are freely selectable to meet your individual product or material requirements. Thus, the AquaJet ensures super quick and efficient web bonding and also offers the additional function of structuring and/or perforation. Other convincing features are its maintenance und user friendliness Hence, it is no surprise that our customers applaud it for being a system with highest product availability.

spiral Type

Cover for spunlace drums MPS (Microporous-Shells) Spiral type (patented): Highest strength Best surface bonding Uniform web surface Cover for spunlace drums - type TES Nickel coated wires on spunlace drums (patented): Less open area as standard mesh Better water jet reflection Softer surface than nickel sleeve Less fiber picking on drum surface Easy release of web from drum surface
Working width: 500 5.000 mm Speed: < 500 m/min. (spun fleece up to 1,000 m/min.)

100 mesh nickel coated

Thanks to freely selectable arrangement and high precision, the water beams ensure a perfect end product.

The new nozzle beam design allows perfect results with less pressure. energy savings: see pages 12/13

As additional function, structuring and/or perforation are available.

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Perfection in just one step

Fleissner AquaJet

Fleissner leanJet

Steam jet bonding: SteamJet For water-sensitive fibers as used in the production of hygiene products and wipes, our SteamJet combines the advantages of the AquaJet with those of a "dry process". Steam generation requires only very small amounts of water, thus eliminating the need for expensive water treatment. For bonding and/or structuring of fibers, the SteamJet requires only one single step, not several. This results in high performance and speed.

low operating costs and bonding/structuring all in one step - the Fleissner steamJet makes it possible

Working width: Speed:

1,000 3.600 mm < 150 m/min.

Fleissner MiniJet

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versatile advanced technology

Needling Our needling machines impress with their technology and versatility. Thus, you can select the ideal solution for needling in all directions from five machine types The patented swivel bearings are a technical highlight: In contrast to conventional bearings, they are absolutely free of wear and maintenance. This results in lower operating costs and higher productivity. A reliability that has set new standards even during 24/7 operations and an open and therefore easy to access design are additional advantages. For processing special materials, a suction system is available which - in combination with a compressed-air pulse - keeps the critical areas of the machine clean. The simple and reliable air cooling of the conrod main bearings is equipped with special filters that ensure adequate cooling even in case of long maintenance intervals and prevent contamination of the drive system. A central minimum quantity lubrication supplies all main bearings of the double-shaft system in selectable intervals with a specified amount of lubricant, thus preventing contamination of the machine in the drive area.

Patented, wear-free swivel bearings reduce maintenance and thus operating costs.

Quick replacement of needle boards

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recycling

erko needling machine

Edge opener The EROE can be applied inline as well as offline and is used for opening web waste. This waste can be returned into the ongoing process, thus significantly increasing the system's efficiency. The edge opener has a compact design, featuring a feed system and high-speed tearing rollers equipped with needles or clothing. The edge opener is generally available with two different feed systems. With roller feeding (WEZ) it is suitable for recycling of thermally bonded webs and needle felts up to 2000 g/m. The version with tray feeding (MEZ) is used with hydroentangled and chemically bonded webs up to 1000g/m. Optionally, a spraying device is available.

Working width: Production speed

< 500 mm < 120 m/min

enl-U2

enl-DU1

enl-D1

enl-U1

erko edge opener

enl-D2

Working width: Strokes:

< 8.000 mm < 1,600 /min.

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Oven technologies for highest demands

Fleissner belt oven

Since energy efficiency is an important aspect in oven technologies, we have "frozen" the heat loss of our belt and drum ovens at lowest level by means of a perfectly calculated insulation. Thermal bonding via belt oven For the production of voluminous high loft products, our belt oven offers the best solution. A high level of temperature accuracy and optimal flow over the entire width produce a very uniform bonding. Thermal bonding via drum oven The through-air principle creates a suction draft on the drum surface which safely keeps the web on the drums; at the same time air flows through the web. High speeds are achieved when processing lightweight to medium weight products; 1 to 10 drums are possible in series.
high-performance thermal bond card installation

Through-air flow and jetting

The optimised insulation offers high energy efficiency and economic operation

Best results thanks to a drum design that is gentle on the material, high precision and optimised surfaces

Belt oven
Web weight: Working width: < 10,000 g/m < 7.000 mm
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Drum
Web weight: Working width: < 10 200 g/m2 < 7.000 mm

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Perfect chemical bonding

reducing chemicals, but not quality - this is the "secret" of our high-speed chemical bonding.

Fleissner foam application

Chemical bonding With our method for high-speed chemical bonding, e.g. of hygiene products, the required chemicals are applied with high accuracy. This produces top results and at the same time saves bonding agents. By adding our AquaJet upstream, the processing speed is increased by 100%.

Foam application: On one or both sides Output: < 100 m/min; with AquaJet up to 200 m/min Working width: < 5.000 mm

Foulard liquid: Output: Working width:

One-sided < 120 m/min < 5.000 mm

One-sided or double-sided foam application with 1 or 2 mixers

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Perfect impregnation

Optimal smoothening

Fleissner impregnation station

Fleissner calender for carrier web for roofing membrane

The high-quality impregnation improves the functionality of the webs at minimum use of chemicals

Uniform line pressure, in connection with exactly the same gap width, ensures optimal results

Impregnating For our impregnating methods we prefer foam foulards, which reduce the use of chemicals and at the same time the drying requirement. Even heavy webs can be completely saturated with minimum application of foam and energy. This is another contribution to increased efficiency through energy reduction.

Smoothening/calibrating During smoothening and thermal stabilisation of webs, our systems engineering creates an absolutely uniform line pressure, while the heated and/or cooled systems ensure high temperature uniformity. Best conditions for technically sophisticated web material at constant high quality.

Flexible treatment via different operation modes

Foam application: Output: Working width:

On one or both sides < 100 m/min < 5.000 mm

Line pressure: Output: Working width:

50 600 N/cm < 100 m/min < 7.000 mm

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secure fastening

Quick drying

Fresh air

exhaust

standard energy consumption: 100%

Fleissner drum fastener for geotextiles

Fleissner high-speed drying

3 steps to improve

needle rings ensure shrink-free heatsetting Optimal drum surface for perfect air guidance and drying Controlled high moisture level energy consumption: 90 - 95%

Heatsetting The advantage of our heatsetting concept becomes quickly apparent when comparing it to a conventional two-roll calendar Needle rings hold the web in place along the width. This prevents the material from shrinking within the defined setting zone. At the same time the through-air principle ensures uniform web setting.
Drum diameter: Working width: 3.000 mm < 7.000 mm

Drum dryer Our drum dryer offers a high specific drying performance, compact design and high uniformity of drying. Its large working width and high dryer speed are also impressive.
new exhaust design

Output: Working width:

< 1.500 m/min. < 7.000 mm

energy consumption: 80 - 85%

Belt dryer The belt dryer presents an alternative for drying webs. This drying method uses a conveyor belt instead of a drum. Drying is performed by jetting or through-air flow.
Output: Working width: < 150 m/min. < 4.800 mm
new exhaust + heat exchange energy consumption: 70% see pages 12 / 13.

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Man-Made Fibers in perfection

created a new standard for an improved operability and excellent fiber qualities at economical production costs. This is the prerequisite for constantly producing high product qualities at highly economical production costs. Our lines produce a wide range of fibers, such as Cotton-type fibers Fibers for nonwovens Carpet fibers Filling fibers Dope-dyed fibers 2D/3D crimped fibers Hollow fibers Bicomponent fibers Precursor Carbon fibers

This is our promise for better machines producing fibers with added value. TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS is known as a competent manufacturer of machinery and systems for the chemical fiber industry named with the machine brand Fleissner. Based on the vast experience of more than 350 supplied fiber lines, Fleissner fiber lines have

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Modular Melt Spinning System Professional design for extrusion and melt filtration Bottom loading spin packs Symetrical melt distribution from centre inlet port to ring Unique spin pack sealing and fixation to beam Quick spin pack exchange Enclosed filament quenching system Solution Spinning System (PAN) Bicomponent Spinning System Tow Draw-off Systems Spinning walls with suction/cutting blocks and entangling jets for reduced down times and little waste Capstan units for fiber tow draw-off Sunflower reel plaiters Can traversing systems and cutting devices ensuring minimized waste Spin finish systems Fiber Processing Lines Improved dip bath with gentle fiber treatment Efficient draw bath Drawstands of sturdy construction with and without heating or cooling of rollers; up to 2 m roller length New Draw Unit with direct driven rollers Thermosetting units with steam supply by steam cascade for minimization of energy costs Drawstands and thermosetting units with high-accuracy double-jacket rollers providing optimum temperature uniformity for heating or cooling

Cable tension control by wear-free load cell technology Stuffer box crimpers providing a highly uniform crimp without readjustment Optimum tow distribution on the plate belt dryers by oscillating chute or belt conveyor Reliable and maintenance-free plate belt and drum dryers with uniform hot air distribution and up to 3 m working width Fiber cutting machines operating to the proven rotary cutting principle, with optional rapid reel change system

Fiber line

PostconsumerPET-Bottles Flakes Polymer Production Resins PET, PP, PE, PLA, PA6, Others Crystallation / Drying Extrusion & Filtration PET Direct Spinning Feeding

Spinning System Fiber Tow Production

2-Stage Process

Tow in Cans Wet (Solution) Spinning Can Creel

Dope Preperation (Rayon, PAN, LYOCELL, VISCOSE...)

1-Stage Process

Drawing, Heat Setting, Crimping, Drying, Cutting, Baling

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The Perfect Way from Precursor to Carbon

Our recent developments of improved PAN Precursor Lines are creating new standards. Partners Together with institutes, customers, suppliers and partners from the industry, we are continuously working on new technologies, thus adding to the know-how of our products, processes and systems. A close co-operation and alliances with partners are fundamental requirements for the successful installation of increasingly complex production lines.

simplified sketch of a Precursor line

Tow-Guiding

De-solventing and Drawing

Drying and heatsetting

Precursor Only precise tow-guiding, defined draw-ratios and an accurate speed control ensure the required high tow uniformity in the production of precursors. This is the prerequisite for constantly producing high product qualities at highly economical production costs. Therefore TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS offers a system using all the experience and state of the art technology.

The systems consist of all required process steps, including the Fleissner spinning system, the de-solventing, low friction drives and draw stands, the dryer and heatsetting system and finally our intelligent process control. Our visualization always allows quick and easy access to all relevant machine and process parameters. Systems are available with up to 96 tows allowing capacities of up to 5,000 t/a (depending on tow size). Precursor Lines S Wet- and air-gap spinning Coagulation De-Solventing Drawing Drying / Heatsetting Winding

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Clever concepts for complete Carbon Fiber Lines For the subsequent carbonization process TRTZSCHLER NONWOVENS offers the full process which consist of a sophisticated fiber conveying system with tension stands and deflection rollers as well as surface treatment and sizing with corresponding can and contactless dryers. As in the Precursor Lines the overall process control is completely visualized for quick and easy access to all relevant machine and process parameters.

Carbon Fiber Lines Unwinding Oxidation Carbonization Surface Treatment Sizing/Drying Winding

simplified sketch of a Carbonization line

PostconsumerPET-Bottles Flakes Crystallation / Drying

2-Stage Process

Tow in Cans Wet (Solution) Spinning Can Creel

Dope Preperation (Rayon, PAN, LYOCELL, VISCOSE...)

1-Stage Process Extrusion & Filtration

Guiding Feeding

Drawing, Heat Setting, Crimping, Drying, Cutting, Baling Drying Winding

Since high qualities and efficiencies depend much on defined tensions at each point of the line, this conveying system plays a key role in the process beside the oxidation and carbonization technology.

The capacities range from pilot scale up to 2,000 t/a of heavy tows on industrial lines of up to 4 m width. Complete Carbon Fiber Lines can be supplied in alliance with our Partners.

Spinning PAN Polymerisation Solvent Recovery Coagulation De-Solventing PAN Solvent Drawing Drying Dope Preparation Winding

Unwinding Oxidation Carbonization Surface Treatment Sizing/Drying Winding

Dope

Precursor

Carbon Fiber

Trtzschler Nonwovens

Partner

Fiber Preparation - Bale Opening - Blending - Cleaning / Opening - Foreign Matter Separation - Dedusting - Tuft Blending - Waste Recycling Carding Drawing

MAN-MADE FIBERS
Staple Fiber Precursor Lines Carbon Fiber Lines

Metallic Wires - Spinning - Nonwovens / Longstaple - Open End Flat Tops Fillets Carding Segments Service Machines Service 24/7

NONWOVENS
Opening / Blending Card feeding Cards / Crosslapping Web needling Hydro Entanglement Finishing Drying Heatsetting Chemical Bonding Thermobonding

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