A.T.E. Enterprises provides end-to-end solutions for the carpet manufacturing industry in India. They represent over 50 machinery principals from around the world to provide equipment for the full carpet production process from yarn extrusion to packaging. This includes machinery for tufting, digital printing, backing, shearing, and winding. Their solutions help support the Indian carpet industry, which exports over $1.7 billion worth of carpets annually.

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End-to-end solutions for
carpet manufacturing
from A.T.E.
A.T.E. Enterprises Private Limited
V2.0 May 2017

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Carpet industry – overview
 Presently, India exports carpets worth over USD 1.7 to 1.8 billion, while the
domestic market size is approximately USD 0.5 billion
 Carpets are either hand-made or machine-made. Machine-made carpets
are:
 Woven carpet (high quality)
 Tufted carpet (medium segment)
 Non woven carpet (low quality)
 A.T.E. offers a complete range of machinery for tufted carpet manufacturing
to support the Indian carpet manufacturing industry
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Tufted carpet manufacturing process and A.T.E.’s representations
BCF yarn
extrusion
Yarn twisting
& cabling
Yarn heat
setting
Wider width
Tufting &
Robotufting
Digital
printing
Carpet back
coating
Carpet
shearing
and finishing
Carpet
confection
Wastewater
treatment

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BCF yarn manufacturing plant – Truetzschler, Germany
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 Polymer: PET, PP, PA6,
PA66
 Dtex range: 600 to 3600 (up
to 6000 with 2 ply)
 Number of ends: 2, 3 and 4
per position and 4, 8, 12 and
16 ends per line
 Colours: Mono as well tri-
colours
 Speed: Up to 3600 metres per
minute
 Dosing system: Doteco
 Extruder screw: common for 3
polymers
 Texturising: High performance
compact
 Spinneret: rectangular

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Carpet yarn heat setting machine – Power-Heat-Set GmbH, Germany
 Stabilises yarn in all respects; yarn bulk, yarn
pinpoint effect, and twist in the yarn remains
constant irrespective of further yarn processing
 Reinforces properties such as resiliency and
dyeing affinity (only PA) which ensures very
soft hand and design definition to the carpet
 Handles all kinds of yarns: synthetics (PP, PA,
PET, acrylics), natural fibres (wool), and blends
as well.
 Heat setting with superheated steam
 Heat setting of 6 different yarns at a time on
GVA
 One channel system for equal heat setting
effect/yarn quality on HiPerSet
 Handles both straight and frieze yarn with wide
variety of texture levels
HiPerSet: HiPerSet 4.0+/8.0+, up to 84 ends
GVA: GVA 4.0+/5.0+/8.0+, up to 96 ends
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Tufting solutions – Card-Monroe Corp., USA
Card-Monroe Corp., USA, is a leader
in customised machines of widths
from 2 to 5 metres & gauges ranging
from 1/16” to 5/8”
Machines:
 High speed loop pile
 High speed cut pile
 Colour point cut pile
 Colour point loop pile
 Colour point cut & loop pile
 High speed level cut loop
 High low loop pile
 Tailored loop pile
 Perma-stitch pile
 Multi-level cut and loop pile
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Robotic tufting – Efab, Germany
 eTuft robotic solutions produce carpets from
2000×2000 mm2 to 4200×10200 mm2
 Suitable for sampling and handling small
orders with different and multiple coloured
yarns
 Automatic cut loop change over
 12 - 75 mm cut pile height
 04 - 55 mm loop pile height
 Produces 1.0 - 6.5 m2/hr
Carpet samples tufted by eTuft

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Digital carpet printing system – J. Zimmer-Austria
ChromoJET 400 – Spot colour printing
ChromoJET 800 – Process colour printing
Colaris – Inkjet printing
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Supporting equipment for Zimmer digital printing systems
– Yamuna Machine Works Ltd., India
 Unrolling/unwinder: Input carpet roll unwinder
 Accumulator/J box: Drive-in drive-out system with 30
metres carpet content
 Lint cleaning: Equipment for cleaning dust and dirt
 Pre-washing: For heavy carpets with high GSM
 Pre-steamer: For light carpets with low GSM
 Center guiding: Steel frame with edge sensor to keep the
carpet on the edges
 Foam applicator: Applicator to coat the carpet with
required adhesives
 Reductive washing: Washing unit after printing to
remove excess dyes or inks
 Hot air dryer with/without conveyer belt: Stenter dryer
for colour fixation after printing and/or drying the carpet
after washing
 Roll-up/surface winder: Heavy duty MS body mounted
on wheels, edge sensing device rollers of 250 mm
diameter with anti-slip fillet. Pneumatically operated
batch lifting arrangement on completion of batch

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Wastewater treatment – A.T.E. HUBER Envirotech, India
Customised wastewater treatment
solutions from A.T.E. HUBER
Envirotech (AHET) for treating textile
wastewaters for reuse or safe disposal
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Carpet back coating – Sellers Textile Engineers Limited, UK
Sellers provides complete carpet back
coating and drying lines for:
 Woven finish for Axminster and Wilton
carpet
 Gel foam backing for bath mat and
rugs
 Tile coating lines for bitumen, PVC
and PU
 Tufted secondary backing
 Artificial grass

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Carpet shearing and finishing – Sellers Textile Engineers Limited, UK
Sellers offers proven technologies in carpet
shearing and finishing:
 State-of-the-art control systems
 Modular construction
 Low profile design and multi-head format
 Excellent performance at high speed
 Assured quality on all carpet types
 Simplified maintenance
Extensive back up services:
 Cylinder grinding and repairs
 Machine reconditioning
 Spare parts, technical service and advice

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Carpet confection line and winders – Matthys Group, Belgium
Complete automatic confection
line consisting of:
 “J” box or accumulator
 Long side cutting (slitter)
 Long side over edging
machine
 Cross cutting machine
 Short side over-edging
machine
 Glueing machine
 Rolling unit with packing
module

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Profit winder:
Automatic winding
of residual bobbins
to a full package
Contract winder:
Specially
developed for the
contract market
Hand splicers:
Yarn joints with
highest strength
and minimum
volume
Carpet confection line and winders – Matthys Group, Belgium

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Our key carpet customers

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A.T.E. Group – business areas
Textile Engineering
Cutting edge machinery
solutions for every textile
process
Wastewater Treatment
Comprehensive solutions for
wastewater treatment, recycling,
and sludge management
Flow Technology
Efficient pumping solutions for
wide ranging applications
Heating and Cooling
Cooling: Unique, energy-efficient, and
eco-friendly products for space and
process cooling
Heating: Concentrated ​solar ​thermal
energy solutions for industrial process
heating and cooking
Intelligence of Things
for industry
Unlocking intelligence of things
Value Added
Equipment for Textiles,
Packaging, etc.
- Register control systems, web
video and print inspection
systems for rotogravure printing
- Solutions for managing static
electricity, ink control, surface
cleaning and heat recovery for
enhancing quality, safety, and
productivity

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A.T.E. in textile engineering
 Spinning
 Winding
 Weaving
 Processing
 Knitting
 Dyeing
 Printing
 Finishing
 Carpets
 Home textiles
 Non-wovens
 Technical textiles
 Synthetics
 Effluent treatment
 Air engineering
 Textile ERP,
monitoring
 Retrofits and
accessories
 Automation and
machine upgradation
 Automated storage
solutions
Cutting edge machinery
solutions for every
textile process
 Represents over 50 world-renowned principals
 World-class products and services for every textile process

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Our network

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