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Italian Color Solutions (I.C.S) offers
innovative industrial textile applications
ITALIAN COLOR SOLUTIONS (ICS) develops camera. ADDA-X may remotely sense tubular fabrics
cutting-edge solutions for color management (quality and open width web with maximum height of 160 cm
control) and its accurate reproduction (formulation at a max line-speed of 140 m/minute.
and correction) in the industrial fields of colorimetric
applications: Textile, paint, digital printing, ceramics, ADDA-X is entirely controlled by SW procedure that is
wood and plastics. Moreover, I.C.S. offers automatic hosted on a Personal Computer running under the
machineries aimed at dispensing liquid colorants and MS-Windows OS. Remote access via Internet for
dyeing through infrared technologies for the system maintenance and software upgrades is
sample-dyeing laboratory. provided by well-skilled technicians of ICS team.
ADDA-X: Optical digital system for on-line defect COLOR-X: Infrared
detection for tubular raw fabrics and open width dyeing machine
webs for the textile
laboratory
COLOR-X utilises
three infrared
lamps for a total
heating power of 3
kW. The infrared
technology
overcomes the
troubles pertaining
the traditional
heating based on
silicone and glycol
oil.
ADDA-X is the new advanced optical system aimed The temperature control is provided with a
at on-line recognition of physical defects of textile water-cooled exchanger system. The thermal
fabrics. It is based on latest CMOS Technology and insulation of the whole structure prevents the heat
yields an accurate detection, classification and from escaping out.
grading of a wide variety of spatial defects such as
holes, stains, and warp/weft faults. COLOR-X utilises a new temperature sensor for
monitoring the thermal radiation field. The sensor is
The technological concept of ADDA-X eliminates fastened at the bottom of beaker n.1. As a
slow and costly manual inspection of fabrics. Digital consequence the temperature is measured directly in
maps of revealed defects are provided and a quality the dye-bath providing the estimation with the
control QC report resumes classification and grading highest accuracy.
of fabrics.
The beakers of COLOR-X are made with
Due its simple design, ADDA-X can be tailored to high-polished and high-grade stainless steel AISI316
meet any requirements regarding web width, web with a thickness of 1.4 mm, which ensures long
speed and defect size (resolution). It can be used in lifetime and safety. Manual dosing of chemicals (both
a variety of positions in the majority of manufacturing liquid and powder) can be performed during the
equipment for rolling, cutting and packing. A white dyeing process by utilising a specifically designed
light source panel is employed for illuminating the dosing lid. The lid can be easily opened and closed
fabric while it is moving within the field of view of with the provided hex driver.
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Advantages of having a Dyrama in the
Dos&Dye® system
DWS dissolving unit Reversible pump circulation system External – internal – external circulation
Tecnorama is the Italy based producer of the 6R/500, able to dye samples from 250 up to 500
worldwide known Dos&Dye® system for the grams, a DWS dissolving unit is also supplied, it
automatic development of the right recipe for bulk allows us to dissolve and transfer recipes of powder
dyeing machines to avoid correction and re-dyeing in dyestuff to the single dyeing kiers. The powder
production. The Dos&Dye® consists of a Dosorama dyestuffs are dispensed, with a gravimetric system
– an automatic machine for the dispensing of controlled by a scale, directly in the DWS that, using
dyestuff solutions and chemicals with volumetric a minimum amount of water, dissolves and transfers
system – working with one or more robotized dyeing them to the dyeing kier managing the washing of the
machines able to work autonomously 24/7. line in a completely automatic way without the
Dosorama machines and dyeing units are combined intervention of any operator.
according to clients’ needs.
Dos&Dye® system with DWS dissolving unit offers
With Dyrama, Tecnorama offers dyeing modules unique advantages:
integrated into the Dos&Dye® and characterized by - Possibility to dye all the recipes up to a
the circulation of the bath through a reversible pump concentration of 8% for each dye
(internal/external and external/internal), whose speed - Recipes dispensing starting directly from solid
is regulated by an inverter. This allows us an excellent dyestuffs (powder form)
reproducibility of the dyeing processes obtained in - Possibility to dye 6 different recipes at the same
the bulk machines, especially for the yarn dyeing. time (both by type of material and color shade) in the
Dyrama works with independent autoclaves, 6 independent autoclaves
managed by individual programs and is available in - Recipes dissolving and transferring to the individual
several versions according to minimum and dyeing kiers using a small quantity of water, in order
maximum capacity. The maximum temperature that to maintain a low liquid ratio of 1:6, according to the
can be reached is 140°C through electric resistance; load weight, type of fiber and shape of the material
the cooling is indirect by water-forced circulation. The - Possibility of dissolving and transferring the recipes
minimum liquid ratio is 1:6, according to the weight, also to the existing machines external to the
type of fibre and shape of the material. Dyrama is Dos&Dye® system
certified by the Acimit green label that reports the - Robotic system for loading/unloading material
emission consumption of CO2, demonstrating the holders and handling from the parking position to the
commitment of the Company to environmental dyeing kiers and vice versa
protection. - Complete dyeing cycle, including alkali dispensing,
soaping, washing, etc.
Together with a Dos&Dye® system including Dyrama More info and videos of working machines on
www.tecnorama.it
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