Brückner
(Source: Bückner)
One of the leading contract finishers and coaters in Germany, Drechsel, is investing in a state-of-the-art new coating line. The heart of the new coating line is a 7 compartment stenter of the latest generation, Brückner Power-Frame SFP-4, which is being presented for the first time at the ITMA 2023 in Milan/Italy from June 8-14, 2023.
The energy-efficient Power-Frame SFP-4 stenter is characterized by a newly developed air supply system for the introduction of pre-heated fresh air from a heat-recovery system into the thermal chamber and many other optimizations for maintenance and energy efficiency. Depending on the design, the new air supply system can increase the efficiency of a heat-recovery unit by more than 50%.
Each Brückner stenter is available with a wide range of heating systems, both direct gas heating and indirect heating systems (gas, steam, electric, oil) as well as combinations of these are possible – depending on which energy sources are available.
In addition, the new generation of lines is equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems, which help the machine operator to keep a permanent eye on the most important quality parameters as well as on the energy consumption and utilization of the line. The line at Drechsel is also connected to the existing MES platform for production planning and control as well as for quality control via OPC-UA.
Other components of the line, e.g. coating machine, calender but also basis weight measurement are also integrated into the control of the line and connected to the production control system.
Drechsel was founded in 1950 as dyehouse Geipel und Drechsel and initially dealt with the dyeing of yarns as well as the re-dyeing of used clothing. To simplify the drying of these fabrics, the company invested in a stenter as early as 1952 and found a reliable partner in Brückner Textile Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Leonberg/Germany. Brückner, at that time just founded as a small engineering company, delivered the first stenter to today's company Textilveredlung Drechsel GmbH, Selb/Germany.
For more than 71 years now, the 2 companies have been working together in partnership and successfully and celebrated the completion of a new machine on the first ITMA exhibition day.
