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Contemporary dye house, such as Glauber’s salt or sodium

carbonate, to the dyeing plants automatically. The
equipment for digitalized solid material quantity is determined in the
weighing and mixing vessel by means of a scale.
The measurement and weighing precision is
continuously monitored. The solid material is
finishing companies mixed with minimal quantities of water and
pumped into the dyeing system.

A main goal of modern finishing plants is high through a dedicated distribution pipeline. After each
production efficiency rates of quality goods. One chemical request, the lines are automatically flushed.
approach for reducing error rates and increasing
reproducibility is the automation of the chemical and
auxiliaries supply. Because, faulty quantity
measurements or mixups of products or auxiliaries
are the most common sources of errors in the daily
operation of dye houses. Furthermore, delays in the
supply of chemicals and auxiliaries prolong the
process times.

In this context, the German textile machine The MPS Colourmatic automates and controls the
manufacturer Thies GmbH & Co. KG is offering a dissolving and supply of powdered dyes. The fully
product family for semi or fully automated weighing, automatic version of the MPS Colourmatic
dispensing and dosing of chemicals, dyes and controls the entire path of the dyes, from the
auxiliaries under the name of Multi Product Supply warehouse to the dyeing system. The storage,
(MPS): The MPSD (dissolving) is used primarily for weighing, dissolving and provision of the dyes are
dissolving dyes. After it is added to a weighing at all stages integrated in the automatic cycle.
container, the dyestuff is dissolved fully automatically
based on the configured program and transported to A supervisory (centrally hosted) production
the dyeing system. This process takes place within planning system controls the process
an enclosed system, which is absolutely dustfree. organisation of the complete dye house by
.
bidirectional communication. The MPS systems
monitor the delivery destinations (tanks). The
synchronization ensures an optimal process and
production sequence. MPS systems integrate
themselves seamlessly into the concept of a
futureoriented, efficient dye house, delivering
large increases in productivity and quality.

At the same time, the automatic weighing,
The MPSL (liquids) automates the transport of all dissolving and provision of dyes and chemicals
liquid chemicals typically used in a dye house to the leads to increased dyeing quality results,
designated destinations in the defined quantities. A maximum reproducibility, savings of human
highquality rotary piston pump is used to ensure resources, significantly increased occupational
that even chemicals with high viscosity can be and environmental safety, as well as to an
transported without problems. The requested optimized consumption of products used.
additions are pumped to the specified destination The MPSS (solids) transfers the solids used in the

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