CETI lab facilities description for Nonwovens

1. NONWOVENS FACILITIES
PRESENTATION OF EQUIPMENTS
POSSIBILITIES OF COMBINATIONS OF EQUIPMENTS
Thierry LE BLAN, Technical Manager
Simon FREMEAUX, Nonwovens Manager

2. NONWOVENS FACILITIES

3. SPUNLAID
PREPARATION OF POLYMERS
•Compounding
•Crystallizing
•Drying
•Lowmelt polymers drying

4. SPUNLAID
BI-COMPONENT SPUNBOND
Polymer A Polymer B
Working width 500 mm
Web forming through :
Production
5 to 200 m/min
- extrusion, speed
Throughput max. 150 kg/h
- spinning ,
Extrusion
Max. 320°C
- drawing , temperature
- laying , 2000 – 3000 –
Spinpacks
4000 holes/m
of mono or bicomponent
filaments
Ratio : 50/50 to 20/80

5. SPUNLAID
BI-COMPONENT MELTBLOWN
Polymer A Polymer B
Web forming through : Working width 500 mm
- extrusion, Spinbelt speed 5 à 150 m/min
Throughput max. 50 kg/h
- spinning , Extrusion
Max. 320°C
temperature
- hot air blowing, 35 & 100
Spinnerets
holes/inch
- laying ,
of mono or bicomponent
Filaments ( 1 to 20 µ)
Ratio : 50/50 to 20/80

6. DRYLAID
PREPARATION OF FIBRES
•Preparation of fibres prior to carding or airlaying :
• Opening, cleaning
•Equipment :
• Blending
• 2 weighing bale
• Sizing
openers
Weighing Sizing
• Horizontal and
bale opener
Card Fine openers
Horizontal Fine • Sizing station
opener opener
• Fibres recycling
Weighing Airlay
bale opener • Dust recovery

7. DRYLAID
CARD
Web formation through mechanical processing of blends of fibres.
Technical specifications of the EXCELLE Card:
• Inlet régulation SERVO X
• 8 carding groups
• 2 Doffers + 2 movable condensors
• Width of the web : from 0.5 to 1.5 m
• Speed : from 10 to 200 m/min

8. DRYLAID
CROSS-LAPPER
Web formation through crossing and overlaying of web
Technical specifications of ANDRITZ cross Lapper Type 315:
• Inlet speed 90 m/min max.
• Width of lapping up to 1.3 m
• Thickness of output web 350 mm max

9. DRYLAID
AIRLAYING
Web formation through mechanical and aerodynamic processing of
blends of fibres.
Technical specifications of the FLEXILOFT Airlaying equipment:
- Hopper feeder with TP X RAY
- Ability to process wide range of fibre length : 10 to 100 mm
- Width of the web : 1.1 m
- Thickness of the web : up to 350 mm
- Speed : from 1.2 to 10 m/min

10. THERMAL BONDING
CALANDER
Thermofusible fibres are fused by passing between two hot cylinders under pressure
Technical specifications of the NeXcal embossing XT Calander:
• 1 smooth bottom roll + 1 engraved top roll
• Fabric weight : 5 to 200 g/m² (2 engraved rolls available)
• Oil heating of rolls up to 250°C
• Cooling rolls group
• Speed : 5 to 220 m/min
• Movable with air cushion

11. THERMAL BONDING
THERMOBONDING OVEN WITH COOLING CALANDER
Thermofusible fibres are bonded thanks to a flow of hot air going through the web
Technical specifications of the HIPerTherm Oven from STRAHM :
- 1 Heating Zone and 1 Cooling / heating zone
- Process Temperature : 60 to 250°C
- Working Width : 1.3 m
- Thickness adjustable thanks to a double
conveyor.
- Cold calender to densify the product
- Speed : 0.5 to 20 m/min

12. MECHANICAL BONDING
NEEDLELOOM
Fibres are entangled thanks to barbed needles going up and down in the web
Technical specifications of the ANDRITZ Needlepunch A50-RL DF4:
- Upstream, downstream or alternative movement
- 1200 strokes/min max
- Working width : 1.5 m
- Boards with 3600 or 7000 needles/m
- Can be used also to bind several webs together

13. MECHANICAL BONDING
HYDRO-ENTANGLEMENT (1)
Fibres are entangled thanks to high pressure waterjets which hit the web
Specifications of the ANDRITZ Jetlace 3000 :
- Working width 550 mm
- Consolidating, aperturing, patterning of webs,
- Splitting of bi, tri-component fibres,
- ISOjet system enhancing the balance MD / CD
-7 high pressure injectors – 345 bars max.
- Speed up to 220 m/min
- Water filtration and recirculation system

14. MECHANICAL BONDING
HYDRO-ENTANGLEMENT (2)
Specifications of the ANDRITZ Perfodry:
- Drum dryer
- Working width : 550 mm
- Process temperature : 250°C max
- Water removal up to 300 kg/hr
- Cooling roll at the output
- Can be used as thermobonding machine for light
webs

15. FINISHING
1 Foulard neXchem
• Treatment of webs through impregnating
and squeezing of spinfinish in aqueous
solution
• Width 500 mm
1 Kiss roll neXkiss
• Treatment of webs through licking of
spinfinish in aqueous solution
• Width 500 mm

16. WINDING
1 Automatic Winder
• Automatic exchange of bobin
• Circular knives to adjust the width of the web
• Edge cutting and recovery
• Speed 220 m/min max
• Can be placed after calender or dryer
3 Mobile winders or unwinders
• Manual changing of bobin
• Can be placed in several locations for winding or
unwinding of webs.

17. COMBINATIONS OF EQUIPMENTS
Airlay
Kiss Foula Hydro- Cross-
Winder Dryer entangle Calander Spunbond Meltblown Card
Roll rd lapper
ment
Oven
Needle
loom
Winder Winder
Un - Un - Winder
Winder Winder

18. COMBINATIONS OF EQUIPMENTS
Airlay
Airlay thermobonded Oven
Winder Dryer Calander Spunbond
Winder
Pure Spunbond post-treated

19. COMBINATIONS OF EQUIPMENTS
Hydro- Cross-
Winder Dryer entangle Spunbond Card
lapper
ment
Needle
Spunlace loom
Needlepunched Carded web
Winder

20. COMBINATIONS OF EQUIPMENTS
Hydro- Winder Cross-
Winder Dryer entangle Un - Spunbond
lapper
ment Winder
Needle
Post-treated product loom
Needlepunched Spunbond
Winder
Un - Meltblown Winder
Winder
Pure Melblown

21. COMBINATIONS OF EQUIPMENTS
As an example: Manufacturing of an hydrophobic air filter, with gradient of filtration
Foula Hydro-
Winder Dryer entangle Spunbond Meltblown Card
rd
ment
Hydrophobic Mechanical Pre-
Winding
Treatment strength filtration
Bonding of
Drying Fine filtration
webs

22. NONWOVENS FACILITIES
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
VISIT US AT www.ceti.com
Thierry LE BLAN, Technical Manager
Simon FREMEAUX, Nonwovens Manager