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Mesdan Mini-spinning, new

lab-scale Shredding machine

and recycling in textiles

Italain Review Given the announced community directives that will Mesdan spinning and textile recycling flowchart

Mesdan's small-scale Shredding machine
The novelty that Mesdan presented at the ITMA 2023
soon impose in many countries the reuse of
in Milan is the laboratory scale Shredding machine.
resources and the reduction of waste, the circular
economy and recycling are topics of very high
interest nowadays, with increasingly widespread The machine is characterized by versatility, flexibility
high performance, thanks to the possibility of
applications in all industries, but above all in the customizing and saving the different settings,
world of textiles. modifying the machine's working parameters (work
cylinder rotation speed, product feeding speed, and
The Mesdan Mini-spinning line, in addition to its main suction of the finished product).
function (teaching, R&D, sampling), is increasingly
contemplated as an integral part of recycling A "standard" mechanical recycling process can be
projects. Apparel manufacturers and famous brands, simplified as follows:
R&D laboratories, and new startups are showing - selection and sanitization of the textile to be
great interest in the Mesdan lines for either laboratory recycled,
or small production purposes, for the recycling of old - removal of non-textile parts (metal or plastic parts,
cloths, fabrics, and yarn waste as well as the such as buttons, zippers, etc),
recovery of valuable waste fibers. - cutting of incoming material and Shredding,
- fiber mixing (with the possible addition of other
In recent years, various research institutes around the non-recycled fibres) and carding,
world have included the Mesdan Mini-spinning line in - drawing plus spinning to obtain the final product
their textile recycling projects. The required (yarn with desired % composition, count, and tpm)
equipment for this kind of assessment includes the
card with the attached sliver web condenser, the With a production capacity of approximately 1kg/min
drawing frame with the flyer for better resistance and (60kg/h), the laboratory Shredding machine is also
contemplated with interest as a stand-alone recycling
uniformity of the roving, and the ring spinning tool, by medium-sized companies, for applications
machine. Some have completed the line with the not necessarily aimed for reuse in spinning mills, but
addition of machines for the production of twisted for different technical applications, such as
yarns (assembly winder, twisting machine) or a non-woven, thermal/acoustic insulation materials,
knitting machine, all on a lab scale. padding, etc.

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