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Bianco to exhibit new compactors at ITMA 2015

The new machines intend to be the solution with the lowest pay-back period inside its category, according to the manufacturer.

22nd September 2015

Knitting Industry
 |  Alba

Knitted Outerwear, Technical Textiles

Bianco, a leading supplier of advanced technology and services to the textiles and technical textiles industries, will present its Bi-Kompact (openwidth version) and the T-Kompact (for tubular fabric) compactors at the upcoming ITMA 2015 exhibition that takes place from 12-19 November in Milan.

The machines are entirely designed and produced by Bianco: they consist of two compacting units with 600 mm rollers (for both versions) and comprise felt belts made by ALBANY with a thickness of 21 mm in 100% Nomex fabric of 9000 gsm.

The new model provides the solution with the lowest pay-back period in its category, according to the manufacturer.

Compacting

The compactor is a machine, Bianco explains, that is located at the end of the production line of fabric finishing to which every technician entrusts the fabric to fix stretching and stability related problems after fabric production, dyeing and finishing.

Compacting is the operation carried out to improve the dimensional stability of knitted fabrics, thus reducing their shrinkage percentage at washing. The compacting process, beyond offering greater dimensional stability in an absolute sense, helps in determining the dimensional differences inside each fabric roll and each processing batch.

Thanks to the Bianco Kompact compactor, it is now possible to obtain a higher quality than in the past with much lower costs than those of traditional compacting, the company reports.

Properties

The operation is based on the TEnSionLESS concept, guaranteed in the compacting unit by means of three load cells with electronic control that are said to ensure perfect tension of the fabric being processed in every point of the machine.

Most of the open width Bianco Bi-Kompact and the tubular T-Kompact compactors are steam-heated but they can also be equipped with a diathermic oil heating system for the finishing of synthetic fabrics.

The open-width Bianco Bi-Kompact and tubular T-Kompact compactors are said to have a payback period of between 20% and 40% shorter than all competitors. © Bianco

The machines equipped with diathermic oil heating system can receive hot oil from the heating system (boiler) or can have electrical heaters in indirect contact with the oil inside the rollers. Rollers heated in this way can be fitted with a cooling system that enables fast decrease in temperature to avoid the problem of the oil memory effect.

Low payback period

Bianco, with its new series of compactors, aimed to achieve the best combination between top brand components, long lasting performance and service. Bianco machines have been designed, built and assembled by a team of experts with maximum attention to every element, the company says.

The open-width Bianco Bi-Kompact and tubular T-Kompact compactors are said to have a payback period of between 20% and 40% shorter than all competitors, according to the manufacturer, who believes the new machines can boast the greatest compacting speed and stability in their category.

Benefits

T-Kompact compactor for tubular fabrics with built-in Twister offers some special benefits, the company reports.  After the knitting process, the yarns of tubular knitted fabrics can still have a spirality around the longitudinal axis of the fabric itself. The inclination angle of the yarns depends on the type of machine used to knit the fabric and on the number and type of yarns.

The Twister, which can work both in manual and automatic mode, can thus be used to rotate the tubular fabric moving forward into the compactor’s inlet and can correct this spirality before fabric is compacted.

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