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textile industries. Among these industries, worldwide TEXtalks: Can you share the history and work of using fewer amounts of water, hazardous chemicals, and continuous pad-dry-pad-steam process. Using 60-70 kWh of energy, while RotaSpray takes only advantages, including fast processing and reduced
textile production suffers from immense cost Nishat Dyeing and Finishing? adopting eco-friendly production processes; using the RotaSpray System, the intermediate drying is 05kWh of energy consumption. This is to indicate one energy, water, and auxiliaries consumption. the future of sustainable dyeing. installing the world's first machine for reactive dyeing.
pressure and is driven by high volumes of fresh Adil Ghani: Established in 2002, Nishat dyeing and less energy for production processes; and eliminated, as normally used in the classical of the advantages of this machine. Furthermore, RotaSpray systems can be used for We have produced satisfying results without limiting
water, energy, and chemicals with comparatively slow finishing is part of Nishat Mills Limited. NDF is one of introducing the 3 Rs - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. pad-dry-chemical or pad-steam process. This leads light to medium shade without problems and with TEXtalks: How does the RotaSpray reduce the need shade dept even without salt. The fabric first passes
production speeds. An estimated 100–150L of water the most sophisticated dyeing units globally, with Thus, RotaSpray reduces the resource consumption to significant energy savings and much lower TEXtalks: What are the key advantages of the excellent reproducibility. for space and yet provide cost-effective production? through the padding system, then the spraying
is needed to process 1 kg of cotton textile. state-of-the-art systems. The Nishat group was for NDF. investment costs. RotaSpray Systems you would like to share with the Adil Ghani: The RotaSpray eliminates the need for a system and steaming. After steaming, the fabric is
Furthermore, a high amount of toxic effluent established in 1951 and is one of Pakistan's most industry? TEXtalks: How do you rate the innovative RotaSpray process, reducing machine cost (capital investment), washed to remove the unfixed dyestuff. NDF is using
generation from textile factories is another important modern and largest vertically integrated textile Proudly, NDF is the first industry globally who choose TEXtalks: What is the main difference between Adil Ghani: It has been three years since we have Dyeing System? shorter process, and saving energy. The RotaSpray is it with complete trust and excellent results.
RotaSpray and the conventional system?
concern that needs to be addressed properly. companies. The Nishat Mills Limited is engaged in RotaSpray for bulk production of woven fabrics. Adil Ghani: The RotaSpray by Weko is completely been using the system. It works 24 by 7 and has less Adil Ghani: RotaSpray dyeing system is a revolution only 30% of the capital investment than the
Therefore, WEKO and RotaSpray present the latest the business of textile manufacturing, including RotaSpray is a Patented Spray Dyeing for Yarn and different and innovative compared to the downtime and easy maintenance. The results are in continuous dyeing. It reduces resource conventional setup and requires almost no TEXtalks: How has Nishat reduced its carbon
technology to promote sustainable textile spinning, combing, weaving, bleaching, dyeing, Fabric. The non-contact spray application also allows conventional dyeing systems. In conventional excellent, with an additional saving of 30-35% in consumption, as mentioned already, and produces maintenance. Thus, the RotaSpray requires less footprint by choosing Weko's technology?
manufacturing with cost and significant printing, stitching, apparel, buying, selling, and the defined application of high-affinity optical reactive dyeing, the process requires enormous energy consumption, chemical consumption, and reproducible results, which is of the utmost space for installation and operation. The dyeing Adil Ghani: Reducing carbon footprint is important
because it mitigates the effects of global climate
resource-saving potential. otherwise dealing in yarn, linen, cloth, and other brighteners, fixing agents, functional chemicals, reduced carbon footprint. RotaSpray avoids the importance for a dyeing house. In today's processes, results are similar to the conventional process, even change, improves public health, boosts the global
goods and fabrics made from raw cotton, synthetic special neutralization agents, dyes, and oxidation amounts of salt to facilitate dye exhaustion and conventional dyeing route, enabling industries to huge liters of dyeing and washing bath volumes are without auxiliaries (salt), so the RotaSpray is more economy, and maintains biodiversity. When we cut
The non-contact systems are running at different fiber, and cloth and to generate, accumulate, chemicals. Significant water, chemical, and energy absorption ranging from 40 to 100 g/l. The treatment save big, and the short process means fewer typical. Also, permanently re-feeding fresh dyestuffs, economical and feasible. For us even with the carbon emissions, we help ensure cleaner air, water,
of colored salt effluent is one of the scorching issues
locations globally to serve different sectors, including distribute, supply and sell electricity. savings can be achieved by optimizing the spraying in the textile processing house as it significantly production times. The RotaSpray can easily do chemicals, auxiliaries, or water are needed during Pandemic situation, I think the payback period is and food for our future generations. By using
textile dyeing and finishing. In 2019, Nishat Dyeing parameters in the RotoDyer and RotoCoater spraying increases the carbon footprints along with the cost of reactive and vat continuous dyeing that is beyond the processing to keep quality results stable from start to almost four years regarding the investment. RotaSpray, we reduced our carbon footprint as it
Since 1953, WEKO has been developing and Weko's focus has always been on the lowest and Finishing (NDF) Lahore Pakistan, installed the TEXtalks: What is RotaSpray dyeing, and why did technology in finishing textile fabrics and warp yarn dyed goods. However, the RotaSpray eliminates salt reach of conventional dyeing processes. For stop. Draining all the dye bathes, especially sulfur saved 1,331 tons of CO2 emissions annually. This
producing non-contact application systems for textile possible, exact, and replicable use of the respective world’s first RotaSpray continuous fabric dyeing NDF choose this? dyeing. The newly developed PS2 Pad-Spray-Steam utilization without compromising shade depth to example, the cold pad-batch method can be applied and reactive, results in high water treatment volumes TEXtalks: For which application is NDF using the also highlights the mission of
product optimization and surface finishing with resources, enabling customers to perform industrial system. TEXtalks International interviewed the focal Adil Ghani: As NDF truly believes in sustainable Process for yarn and fabric enables salt-free make it more sustainable. Because of the spray for reactive dyeing, but the cold pad-batch process is and costs after each production lot and wastes our RotaSpray Technology? sustainable technology to save
different fluids and powdery substances. Weko production in a more environmentally friendly manner. person Adil Ghani, Technical Director NDF, to learn production, NDF chose the RotaSpray for the best continuous dyeing of Reactive dyes without limitation technology, RotaSpray reduces water and energy not possible for vat dyes. However, with RotaSpray, natural resources of fresh water. However, Adil Ghani: Using RotaSpray Technology, NDF is Thus, Wek
Holding GmbH has taken over RotaSpray GmbH in The application areas are the nonwoven, paper, and explore more about the RotaSpray system, its possible benefits of innovative technology. of color depth. The diffusion behavior of the dyes is consumption. A pad-thermosol normally takes about customers can do reactive and vat dyeing without with Weko RotaSpray's technology, all the limitations doing reactive and vat dyeing. Initially, the system most re
January 2021 to further expand its textile segment. tissue, printing, wood fiber boards, foils, metal, and advantages, and its potential. Sustainable practices in the textile industry include comparable with the Cold Pad Batch dyed material compromising performance. The process has serval are no more, making this technology was developed for vat dyes, and NDF took the risk of textile dyeing houses.

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