At this year’s ITMA, Autefa Solutions will present its next generation of nonwoven cards. The new card is specially developed and designed for high production speeds, tailored to the worldwide requirements of nonwoven lines. A unique construction enables easy accessibility of the card, which results in considerably reduced cleaning and maintenance periods and a much higher efficiency, according to the company.
 
The new crosslapper Topliner CL 4004 SL is characterized by a high infeed speed of up to 150 m/min and a precise weight distribution. These advantages are very important especially for applications in spunlace lines. The lapping of the web layers is continuously monitored, which minimizes rejects and saves material. For significant material savings, the crosslapper Topliner already received the VDMA Blue Competence Award.
 
Autefa Solutions has also extended its belt dryer portfolio with machines for the high temperature range of up to 500 degrees Celsius. These drying machines are applied in wetlaid lines. In Milan, a modified HiPerTherm double belt oven for the thermal bonding of crosslapped and aerodynamically formed webs will be shown.
 
For mechanical web forming, Autefa Solutions offers the Needle Loom Stylus, which is available both with and without Variliptic drive. At ITMA, the Automatic Needle Exchanger 2.0 will be shown, which enables a fully automatic process of needle exchange without manual intervention.
 
Material savings, optimum resource utilization and the need for multiple utilization cycles are an important contribution to sustainable manufacturing processes.
 
At ITMA 2015, Autefa Solutions will also present a new modular tearing concept for the first time. The tearing machine UniRec is based on a modular design with one to five available opening units, which was developed for the recycling of nonwovens and waste with a high degree of special fibers such as carbon, aramids, glass, natural and synthetic fiber blends.
 
The business branch Woollen Carding Technology with the brand name Octir is the market leading manufacturer of cards for long staple (natural and synthetic) fibers. In the last two years the company has supplied more than 30 Woollen carding sets for cashmere spinning and six cards for semi worsted spinning, to well-known spinning mills.
 
Autefa Solutions business branch Fiber Logistics Technology will present the transfer fork Uni-Fork. Uni-Fork and the wrapping machine Ad-Wrap are patent protected. Together they build a system that stands for a strong reduction of personal costs, high availability of the line and a short amortization period.
 
Being a market leader of automatic fiber logistics and manufacturer of hydraulic fiber bale presses, Autefa Solutions presents with Uni-Fork a machine that optimizes the process of pressing a bale, increases the efficiency of the process and improves the quality of the fiber packing.