Andritz Küsters highlights

Andritz Küsters is an enterprise of the Andritz Group located in Krefeld. The enterprise comprises of the divisions Nonwoven and Paper of the former Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG and the Coating Division of the Swiss Bachofen + Meier AG. The prime focus of the business activity is the development and sale of technologies and ranges for the production and finishing of nonwovens, cardboard and paper.

“Our unique range in calender technology is a decisive factor for our customers in the textile industry“, explains Andreas Lukas, Vice President Andritz Küsters as regards the consistent success of the Andritz Küsters textile calenders. “Worldwide we are the only enterprise which offers two technologies of deflection-controlled rolls: the Swimming Roll S-Roll and the piston-supported HyCon Roll. Every customer gets precisely the individual technology his product needs!”

With a maximum line force of 400 N/mm the teXcal s-roll sets new benchmarks for technical textiles. Special applications, such as parachute silk or upmarket outdoor wear demand a defined remote air permeability. The teXcal s-roll with its deflection compensation and its surface technology which is particularly adapted to the product achieves the best compacting results already in one passage.

The neXcal twin is the special highlight of the Andritz Küsters calender programme for the nonwovens industry. It exemplifies highest flexibility and cost efficiency and is the new standard in the high performance production of nonwovens.

In the meantime the enterprise from Krefeld goes a step beyond its reputation as calender experts and has made a name for itself in the wet finishing of nonwovens, too. Latest success story: Winner of the Index Award in Geneva with the neXdetect innovative measuring technology.

“Functionalised textiles and nonwovens are gaining importance the world over. This is why our kiss roll technology neXkiss for one-sided low add-on application has aroused great interest in the Asian market, too”, says Lukas.

In particular the neXkiss twin with two movable liquor troughs stands for highest production flexibility. This way, for example, the change from standard hydrophilic to permanent hydrophilic can take place within minutes and reduces down times to a minimum.

With the padder technology neXchem, too, Andritz Küsters is keeping a sharp eye on the demands being raised by the nonwovens industry: 120 N/mm maximum line force and a speed of up to 200 m/min.

The Andritz Küsters product range is rounded off by the wetlaid technology. Wetlaid nonwovens find their use in practically every industrial area. The development of new high-tech fibres and the re-discovery of natural fibres as modern construction materials constantly open new niche markets. The use of aramid fibres for insulation is just one example.

This year the Andritz Küsters Nonwoven Technical Centre was extended to include a wetlaid laboratory range. This offers not just basic research, but also individual product development on customer request.

Product range Andritz Küsters Nonwoven:

Wetlaid nonwoven technology

v     neXline wetlaid (wetlaid production ranges).

Nonwoven calenders with Hot S-Roll technology

v     neXcal (2-roll nonwoven calender).

v     neXcal flex (3-roll nonwoven calender).

v     neXcal sizer (calibrating calender).

v     neXcal twin (twin calender).

Ultrasonic technology

v     neXcal ultrasonic (ultrasonic calender).

v     Finishing technologies for nonwovens

v     neXkiss (single-sided low add-on, kiss Roll technology).

v     neXkiss twin (kiss Roll technology with two movable troughs).

v     neXaqua (high dewatering).

v     neXchem (S-Roll padder).

v     neXchem foam (S-Roll foam padder).

v     neXdos (dosing systems).

v     neXdetect (measuring technology).

Textile calenders

v     teXcal s-roll (S-Roll calender).

v     teXcal hycon (HyCon calender).

v     teXcal simili (calender for simili mercerisation).

v     teXcal chaising (chaising calender).

v     teXcal embossing (embossing calender).

Andritz Küsters Service

v     Product development at the Nonwoven Technical Centre.

v     Worldwide customer service, consulting, training, repairs, rebuilding and spare parts.

Andritz Küsters can be approached at ITMA ASIA at Stand 22 in Hall E1 for more information on the latest developments and services at Andritz Küsters. please visit  www.andritz-kuesters.com.