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Destination

Istanbul for

Monforts

The heart of the Montex stenter Web-UI app
As the bridge between Europe and Asia, Turkey alarms for later performance analysis.
remains the central hub for the textile manufacturing
industry, making the 2018 ITM textile machinery In addition to Montex stenters, Qualitex 800 is now
exhibition – which takes place from April 14-17 – a also available for Thermex hot flues and
must-attend event for Monforts. condensation units, as well as the Monfortex and
Toptex compressive shrinking units for woven and
At stand 1207A in Hall 12 in Istanbul, the company knitted fabrics respectively.
will provide information on the latest developments
for its advanced Montex stenters, which have already A further development is the new Web-UI app,
proved highly successful with Turkey’s leading textile allowing remote visualization via smart phones and
manufacturers. tablet devices.

Integrated heat recovery and exhaust air cleaning Other industry-leading Monforts systems now finding
systems are two of the latest innovations allowing rapid acceptance with manufacturers include the
manufacturers to maximize productivity and keep texCoat modular coating unit, offering an AD
energy consumption down, by containing and recycling unprecedented range of coating options, and the
both process heat and exhaust fumes. These devices Eco Applicator – an alternative to the traditional wet
can now be integrated into the design of complete padder for significantly reducing energy and raw
finishing lines without needing additional floor space. material costs.

Intuitive, fingertip control of all parameters is provided The Eco Applicator has been highly successful since
with the latest Qualitex 800 PLC-controlled its introduction in 2011, both integrated into new
visualization system and its accompanying 24-inch finishing lines and retro-fitted to existing ones.
monitor system.
Reduced energy costs
Pre-selection In many of Turkey’s textile mills, the cost of running
With Qualitex 800, all parameters for setting up a integrated manufacturing lines – especially those for
machine can be pre-selected to a comprehensive fabric finishing that can involve numerous sequences
range of stored and well-proven recipes specific to of heating and subsequent drying – is now eclipsing
the weight, construction and fibre content of the the cost of paying people to operate them.
individual fabric being processed. The machine can
then be set to ‘Monformatic Mode’ to allow it to The ability of the Eco Applicator to significantly
operate automatically, based on maximized pre-set reduce energy costs is the key reason for its rapid
values in respect of parameters such as machine acceptance on the market. The soft coating unit
speed, fabric dwell time and the fixation temperature eliminates the need for a padder, instead employing
for specific finishing operations. trough and roller techniques to apply the required
amount of liquid/coating to the fabric.
A series of checks and balances has been built in for
both the machine and the operator, with actual The unit itself does not actually save the energy, but
performance constantly compared to the pre-set by applying only the precise amount of functional
values and compensatory measures introduced finish, ensures the subsequent drying time is shorter
either automatically or by simple manual intervention. – in some cases dramatically so. Full details of all of
All machine parameters are stored for further the latest Monforts developments will be provided at
evaluation and the creation of historic trend charts ITM by the team from Neotek – the authorized
and any potential problems are flagged up by instant Monforts representative in Turkey.

February/March 2018