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Customer- and market-oriented systems
solutions for the nonwovens world
Oerlikon Nonwoven presents portfolio at the IDEA in Miami
Oerlikon Nonwoven double-beam meltblown system – here with integrated ecuTEC+ for electrostatically-charging the filter media
With its Phantom platform, Oerlikon Nonwoven offers
an innovative co-form technology for manufacturing
various wet wipes from pulp and polymer fibers.
Here, the spunmelt and airlaid processes are
combined in a manner that perfectly unites the
properties of the starting materials. The material mix
can comprise up to 90% cellulose fibers. Alternatively,
cotton or synthetic fibers can also be added.
Compared to processes such as classical spunlace
The patented Phantom technology offers ecological, performance and cost advantages (hydroentangled carded nonwovens) produced to
Oerlikon Nonwoven will be traveling with its entire date, the patented Phantom technology offers
product portfolio to this year’s IDEA, being held in ecological, performance and cost advantages. The
Miami between March 28 and 31, Hall B, Stand 4111. sustainable process stands out above all with
The company will be presenting customer- and regards to energy efficiency and water consumption as
market-oriented systems solutions with a special well as user-friendliness. Dispensing with
focus on sustainability, quality and efficiency. Very hydroentanglement renders subsequent drying of the
much in line with Dr. Ingo Mählmann’s, Head of Sales material redundant. Product parameters, such as
at Oerlikon Nonwoven, pledge: “We love building softness, tenacity, dirt absorption and liquid absorption,
systems, machines and components that sustainably can be optimally set. The Phantom technology enables
manufacture materials from which our customers’ the manufacture of both flexible and absorbent
successful products are made.” structures and highly-textured materials.
The Phantom technology is revolutionizing the Airlaid technology for sustainable nonwovens
nonwovens process Pulp or cellulose fibers as raw material for
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manufacturing nonwovens are currently virtually through to special plastics such as PPS and TPU. All
unrivaled with regards to sustainability and these, and other raw materials, can be reliably
environmental compatibility. The Oerlikon Nonwoven processed using the Oerlikon Nonwoven
airlaid process is the ideal solution for processing meltblown technology.
this raw material into high-end products for a wide
range of applications. Today, there is huge demand Filter media can be efficiently electrostatically
for manufacturing solutions for high-quality, charged with the ecuTEC+ electro-charging unit
lightweight airlaid nonwovens with developed by Oerlikon Nonwoven for increasing the
economically-attractive production speeds and filtration performance of meltblown media without
system throughputs. Here, the patented Oerlikon reducing air permeability. It distinguishes itself from
Nonwoven formation process is setting standards –
other concepts currently available on the market as a
result of its extreme flexibility. Users can choose from
for homogeneous fiber laying and superb evenness
even for nonwovens with low running meter weights. numerous possible variations and hence set the
Furthermore, it permits the homogeneous mixing of
optimum charge intensity for their respective filter
applications. However, ecuTEC only represents the
the most diverse raw materials, including pulp, short-
and long-staple natural and manmade fibers (up to beginning of an era of new charging and treatment
20 mm) and powders, as well as the utilization and
systems available from Oerlikon Nonwoven for further
combination of the most diverse mechanical, thermal
increasing media filtration performance and product
and chemical tangling methods for creating the diversity.
requisite product properties.
Comprehensive spunbond portfolio – always the
Oerlikon Nonwoven’s airlaid technology is also right solution
perfectly suited to expanding typical spunlace For industrial nonwovens, Oerlikon Nonwoven
systems in order to add a cellulose layer to the systems are capable of high production capacities
product that, for example, improves the water and yields with simultaneously low energy
absorbency of wipes using a low-cost and consumption. To this end, geotextiles made from
biodegradable raw material. polypropylene or polyester can be efficiently
manufactured with running meter weights of up to
QSR: attractive spunmelt systems for the hygiene 400 g/m2 and filament titers of up to 9 dtex, for
and medical market example. And Oerlikon Nonwoven also offers
For manufacturing hygiene and medical nonwovens, specialized spunbond processes for producing
the QSR (Quality Sized Right) technology offers a nonwoven substrates for roofing underlays (PP or
financially-attractive solution for producing these PET spunbonds) and so-called bitumen roofing
highly-diverse spunbond and meltblown composites substrates (needled PET spunbonds) for bitumen
(SSMMS, SMMS, SSS, etc.) in accordance with roofing membranes.
globally-accepted standards. As a result of intensive
collaborations and partnerships, close-knit quality Furthermore, spunbond products are also becoming
assurance measures and extensive interaction with increasingly important in filtration applications – both
its technology partners, Oerlikon Nonwoven is able to as backing materials for filter media and as the filter
equip this type of system with unique features that media themselves. A flexible nonwoven structure
enable producers to distinguish themselves within permits the inclusion of customer-specific
their respective markets with special nonwoven requirements for various functions. It is Oerlikon
properties such as higher volumes, softness and Nonwoven’s many years of core-sheath
customer-specific embossed patterns, for example. bi-component experience in particular that enable the
Filtration: leading meltblown competences from creation of completely new nonwoven structures and
Neumünster hence the incorporation of various functions in a
Unique and highly-sophisticated nonwovens for single material. The core-sheath bi-component
filtration, insulation and sorption applications can be spinning process permits various combined fiber
simply and efficiently manufactured thanks to cross-sections and also simultaneously different
Oerlikon Nonwoven’s meltblown technology. The fibers to be produced from a single or different
polymers used to produce the filter media and
membranes are as diverse as their field of polymers. The spectrum ranges from core-sheath
applications. The spectrum ranges from classical and side-by-side bi-component filaments, splitable
polyolefins (PP, PE), PET, PLA, PBT and PA all the way fibers all the way through to so-called mixed fibers.
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