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Sytec One attaches

efficiency to a single thread

The market for the production of carpet yarn is produced without any problems. The gentle yarn
increasingly evolving towards more demanding guidance also ensures minimum friction on the
processes. However, beyond commodity products, individual filaments. This means less yarn breaks and
standard plants can no longer fully exploit their a more stable process.
advantages. From 20th to 22nd March 2018, Oerlikon
Neumag will be presenting an economical alternative Optimised key component: spinning pack
in Shanghai in hall W3, booth F03 at the Domotex Last but not least, the engineers at Oerlikon Neumag
asia/Chinafloor, the leading floor covering trade fair in have developed a new design for the spinning pack.
the Asia-Pacific region: the BCF plant Sytec One with This central component of every BCF machine
single-end technology. significantly influences the yarn quality. The
corresponding solution for the Sytec One optimises
If the requirements for the production of BCF yarns the polymer flow in the spin pack, thus reducing the
increase, for example, from recycled polyester or fine polymer dwell time. This leads to shorter product and
filaments, then this can also lead to higher breakage colour change times and increases the plant
rates. Highly standardised production plants must efficiency. In addition, the spinning packs were
then often strike compromises with regard to widened so that yarns with up to 500 filaments can
throughput, quality or cost-efficiency. In such cases, now be produced.
the Sytec One offers a good solution instead of the
mostly three-end technology plants for standard The product mix is decisive
processes. In view of these advantages, the single-end Sytec
One is recommended for processes with high
Single-end technology with 98% productivity breakage rates, fine filaments, frequent colour
This BCF plant works with only one yarn (end) per changes or in general when demanding processes
position, making it ideal for demanding production take up an increasing share in the business. "The
processes. The reason: when a yarn break occurs product mix is decisive for the choice of technology,"
only one yarn tears, all other yarns continue to run. This sums up Alfred Czaplinski, Sales Manager BCF at
not only simplifies troubleshooting; it also reduces the Oerlikon Neumag. "We are happy to advise on the
re-threading time. In addition, less waste is produced. optimal solution and offer both single-end and
As a result, the productivity of the Sytec One is still three-end plant technologies."
over 98% for ten breakages a day, while a plant with
three-end technology only reaches around 92%. Good business at the Domotex Hanover, Germany
In the run-up to the trade fair, the Domotex Hanover
Faster processes due to a straight yarn path in mid-January was already proving to be a
In addition, the absolutely straight yarn path of the promising harbinger. With four lively trade fair days
Sytec One enables significantly higher process and contract conclusions in the lower double-digit
speeds of up to 15% in spinning and texturing million euro range, mainly from the European and
processes compared to multi-end technologies. Asian markets, the order intake for Oerlikon Neumag
Higher total titers of up to 6,000 dtex can also be was very good.

January/February 2018