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terms of its robustness and long service life, as well process is used to pre-heat the drying air, resulting in
as resource-efficient productivity – overall energy a radical reduction in the conventional heat supply Canada Albarrie is now benefiting from one of the first Monforts Montex stenter installations equipped with the full range of MonforClean heat recovery and exhaust air purification technologies
savings of 40% can now be achieved compared to required compared to gas and thermal oil heating.” of filter media and performance fabrics. systems and Montex Coat coating units.
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conventional stenters with its heat recovery and
energy optimisation options. Nonwovens “The new Montex is enabling Albarrie to heat set and Be ready for the future
Albarrie – a major player in North America’s industrial
“Exhaust air treatment on stenter frames has posed nonwovens industry – is now benefiting from one of dry its materials to produce denser, higher quality For years Monforts offers several dual heating
fabrics which can also be finished and delivered to
options for their machines to enable customers to be
particular challenges over the years, since the air can the first Monforts Montex stenter installations customers more rapidly,” says Meyer. “We can also flexible and independent from one single energy
contain significant amounts of oil, fibre and even wax equipped with the full range of MonforClean heat offer a series of retrofits for Montex machines in source. For future alternatives Monforts is
particles that may see emissions limits being reached recovery and exhaust air purification technologies. operation, including the Monforts universal Energy collaborating with other industry partners on the
in the processing of certain fabrics,” explains Tower– a flexible, free-standing air/air heat exchanger possibility of using hydrogen as a heating alternative.
Monforts Managing Director Gunnar Meyer. “In With the new three-chamber Montex stenter at its for recovering the heat from the exhaust air flow of
addressing this issue, we are incorporating the plant in Barrie, Ontario, the Canadian company is thermal processes.” With the Q-soft database, a central process control
MonforClean module directly into the stenter frame. treating specialised needlepunched nonwovens up to software, production planning and documentation
With this addition, the waste heat from the drying 4mm thick. These have applications in a wide range can be easily carried via the central interface where
The Monforts Eco Booster, which completely can be
integrated into the chamber design of the Montex all setpoints and actual values are filed with read and
stenter, is another retrofitting option. As a single write access for setpoints. Several machines can be
connected at the same time and no additional
state-of-the-art heat recovery system with automatic hardware is necessary. Three levels of network
cleaning, it can be added to existing ranges. For interfacing are possible – Interface to the network,
ranges of up to eight chambers only one module is output to a PC with graphic presentation
necessary to achieve significant energy savings. (Monforlogic) and interfacing with a process control
system to which can include machines from other
Intuitive manufacturers. As a supplement, the Monforlogic
With the highly intuitive Qualitex 800 visualization can be used for display, analysis and administration
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Monforts will be displaying its Montex Coat coating penetration treatments as well as solvent coatings. software, all article-specific settings can be stored of machine data via a single interface with
unit at ITMA 2023 in Milan at stand B106 in Hall 18. Knife coating, roller coating or screen printing can and the formulations for thousands of treatment management of machine parameters amd recipes.
Over 30 of these machines have now been sold also all be carried out with this system. As such, it processes called up again at any time. Individual
worldwide, with the majority integrated into some of provides the ultimate in flexibility and the ability to operators can also personalise their dashboards with “At ITMA 2023 in Milan, we’ll be happy to explain the
the thousands of full Monforts Montex stentering lines switch quickly from one fabric run to the next, without the most important machine functions and range of modifications and modernisations that can
already in full service. compromising on the economical use of energy or process parameters. be made to your line, as well as all of the benefits of
raw materials. our latest technologies,” says Monforts Marketing
The Montex Coat serves a very diverse number of The Qualitex 800 system is available for the Manager Nicole Croonenbroek. “Compared to a new
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markets and enables full PVC coatings, pigment Robustness automatic and continuous operation of the machine, upgrades are a low-cost investment that
dyeing or minimal application surface and low The Montex stenter meanwhile remains unmatched in company’s Montex stenters, as well as its Thermex deliver clearly defined benefits. Do come and meet
continuous dyeing ranges, Monfortex shrinking the team in Milan.”

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