Monforts Exhibiting Montex Coat Coating Unit At ITMA
Germany based Monforts will be exhibiting its Montex Coat coating unit at ITMA in Hall 18, Stall B106. According to Monforts, around 30 of these machines have now been sold worldwide, with the majority integrated into existing Montex Stentering lines.
The Montex Coat serves a very diverse number of markets and enables full PVC coatings, pigment dyeing or minimal application surface and low penetration treatments as well as solvent coatings.
Knife coating, roller coating or screen printing can also all be carried out with this system. As such, it provides the ultimate in flexibility and the ability to switch quickly from one fabric run to the next, without compromising on the economical use of energy or raw materials.
According to the company, the Montex Stenter meanwhile remains unmatched in terms of its robustness and long service life, as well as resource-efficient productivity.
Monforts claims that overall energy savings of 40% can now be achieved compared to conventional Stenters with its heat recovery and energy optimisation options.
“Exhaust air treatment on stenter frames has posed particular challenges over the years, since the air can contain significant amounts of oil, fibre and even wax particles that may see emissions limits being reached in the processing of certain fabrics,” explains Monforts Managing Director Gunnar Meyer.
“In addressing this issue, we are incorporating the MonforClean module directly into the stenter frame. With this addition, the waste heat from the drying process is used to pre-heat the drying air, resulting in a radical reduction in the conventional heat supply required compared to gas and thermal oil heating,” he adds.
The Monforts Eco Booster, which completely can be integrated into the chamber design of the Montex Stenter, is another retrofitting option. As a single state-of-the-art heat recovery system with automatic cleaning, it can be added to existing ranges. For ranges of up to eight chambers only one module is necessary to achieve significant energy savings.
Monforts also offers the highly intuitive Qualitex 800 visualisation software, in which, all article-specific settings can be stored and the formulations for thousands of treatment processes called up again at any time.
Individual operators can also personalise their dashboards with the most important machine functions and process parameters.
The Qualitex 800 system is available for the automatic and continuous operation of the company’s Montex stenters, as well as its Thermex continuous dyeing ranges, Monfortex shrinking systems and Montex Coat coating units.
