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The new Monforts yarn dyeing technology is being
made commercially available at exactly the right time
for fabric differentiation and cost efficiencies, if the
initial market reaction at ITMA 2019 is anything to go
by. A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG was The new CYD system is available for demonstrations and trials at the Monforts Advanced
inundated with requests for trials on its new CYD yarn Technology Centre (ATC) in Mönchengladbach, Germany
dyeing pilot line by the leading denim manufacturers
at ITMA 2019.

Details of the new CYD system were issued just prior The multi-colour yarn dyeing system introduces a
to the ‘Textile Machinery Olympics’, which took place number of new concepts, including the unique Eco
in Barcelona, Spain, from June 20-26, and Bleach process.
throughout the seven-day show, the company
received a constant stream of visitors, particularly This is the first bleaching system for yarn treatment
from the so-called ‘Denim Triangle’ – Bangladesh, Econtrol® technique* – the most effective and available on the market and is combined with the
India and Pakistan – seeking further information. established dyeing process for denim fabrics that is washing units, after which the fabric is then dyed
now being applied for yarn dyeing. immediately, resulting in considerable savings in
“It was non-stop,” says Monforts Head of Denim wastewater and chemicals.
Hans Wroblowski. “Competition in the denim industry Econtrol® is a pad-dry process employed in
is currently fierce, and the major players are looking Monforts continuous dyeing in which the reactive It is also possible to process short batches of yarn in
for technologies that will really give them the dyestuff is fixed to the cellulose fibres during drying. order to produce minimum runs of finished fabrics in
competitive edge, which we know this technology Convincing results from the new CYD system a single continuous process. By comparing the usual
can provide, because it was developed in response The fixing medium is a controlled by a steam/air processing sequences within the denim industry with
to an already very strong demand from the market. mixture within the Monforts Thermex unit. With Weaving preparation the new CYD system, the advantages become
We have a fully-operational line now installed at our sulphur and reactive dyes in particular, the The CYD system also integrates new functions and immediately clear.
ATC (Advanced Technology Centre) at our improvement in both dyed fabric quality and dye processes into the weaving preparation processes –
headquarters in Germany and it’s already now fixation is considerable, and with significant savings spinning, direct beaming, warping and assembly “We are now anticipating a very busy period,” Hans
heavily booked out.” in energy and time due to the combined bleaching beaming, followed by sizing and dyeing – in order to Wroblowski concludes. “This new technology has the
and padder fixation. The use of the Econtrol T-CA increase quality, flexibility, economic viability potential to really move the global denim
Econtrol® technique opens a further step ahead by dyeing yarn and productivity. industry forward.”
Monforts CYD denim technology is based on the blends of cotton/polyester etc.

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