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Oerlikon: The Future Is Now!

Numerous new products and solutions at the ITMA Asia + CITME 2016

With numerous innovations, the Oerlikon Manmade Fibres segment will be presenting itself at the ITMA Asia + CITME from 21 and 25th October at the new National Exhibition Centre China (NECC) in Shanghai in Hall 2, Booth A16 - in line with its leitmotif: 'From Melt to Yarn, Fibers and Nonwovens'.

The primary focus is on the innovative Oerlikon Manmade Fibres Industrie 4.0 system control and customer services solutions. With new features and offerings for the intelligent 'POC - Plant Operation Center 4.0' system control software, producers can now maintain a constant overview of all processes - from polycondensation, spinning and texturing all the way through to downstream further processing procedures.

This helps clients increase the productivity of their systems, save energy and deploy resources efficiently. Oerlikon already shows manufacturers how they can optimise productio processes of the future.

Industrie 4.0 solutions blaze a trail

Using virtual reality presentation, augmented reality solutions with the recently launched Microsoft HoloLens IT development for 'predictive maintenance' concepts and virtual 360-degree tours through spinning plants, visitors to the trade fair will be offered everything that state-of-the-art technology makes possible today.

Linked to future-oriented service and automation solutions, Oerlikon wants to prepare its customers for the future of manmade fibre production.

The fact that this will ultimately result in improved yarn quality goes without saying for the market leader, along with offering environmentally compatible and sustainable production processes. Here, the segment will be presenting its e-save initiative for the 12th year in succession and showcasing new recycling solutions - 'From shredded PET to value add'.

EvoQuench: Now also for polyamide processing

The EvoQuench radial quenching system - the core component within the polyester microfiber spinning process - has expanded its process window: EvoQuench is now also newly available for polyamide processing. With this development, Oerlikon Barmag is the first-ever supplier of systems for high-quality polyamide 6 micro-titers both for the POY and the FDY processes.

eAFK HQ: Texturing in a new dimension

With the eAFK HQ, Oerlikon Barmag will be presenting the world's most productive automatic texturing machine at the ITMA Asia + CITME. Furthermore, the new eAFK HQ simultaneously excels as a result of its extremely space-saving construction. With this, customers are able to texture their products in the tried-and-tested quality, assured by Oerlikon Barmag, on a machine with the smallest space requirements in the DTY market.

At the same time, they benefit from the 50% increase in productivity offered by the eAFK HQ compared to other texturing machines supplied by competitors. The eAFK HQ is designed with 12 sections, each with 48 positions. Compared to the eAFK machine - with more than 1,000 successful installations worldwide - a fourth level in the winding unit of the eAFK HQ increases the capacity of the machine to 576 positions - a world record!

Simultaneously, all this is achieved with considerably reduced energy consumption. The newly-developed compact block heater lowers energy costs by reducing the radiated heat loss. With the highest level of precision, the new ATT traverse system ensures excellent package build.

Two new solutions for meltblown production

For nonwovens (spunbond, meltblown and airlaid) sector, Oerlikon Neumag will premiere two innovations: the new multifunctional forming table for the Oerlikon Neumag meltblown systems is characterised by its considerably reduced footprint.

The resulting shortened wire length reduces maintenance costs. It is horizontally movable, multiply-segmented and offers individually-adjustable suction boxes. This enables extremely flexible formation and hence increased product diversity.