Pakistan Textile Journal

SantaBrush SL for surface finishing of woven & knitted fabrics

SANTEX-GROUP with their members SANTEX AG, Tobel, Switzerland, SPEROTTO RIMAR SRL, Malo, Italy and CAVITEC AG, Tobel, Switzerland, will exhibit on 70 square meters in hall 4, stand no. A-260, at the IGATEX 2004 in Karachi, Pakistan.
This group offers a wide range of know-how in technology and machines for the finishing sector of textile manufacturing:
Santex for machines and installations for the wet- and dry-finishing of knitted fabrics in tubular as well as in open-width form.

SantaBrush

Sperotto Rimar for machines and plants for the finishing of woven fabrics made of various fiber compositions, including man-made, cotton, wool and silk.
Cavitec for machines and installations for engineered fabrics especially coating, laminating and impregnating plants as well as machines for the nonwoven industry.

SANTABRUSH SL on display
Out of the wide range of machines this group offers SANTABRUSH SL for the high-grade surface finishing of woven and knitted fabrics will be shown. Additionally, experts and specialists from each group member will be present in order to exchange information and to consult with interested parties machine and processing innovations as well as problem solutions within their particular specialization. Santex Group is represented in Pakistan by AHS Textile Machinery Company.
The newly developed SantaBrush ensures uniform gentle surface treatment with continuously variable brush effect on dry fabric, with extremely high reproducibility of the desired final fabric appearance. The soft velvety handle of the fabric improves the marketability of corresponding qualities which have a basic quality that tends to be on the hard side. Goods treated with SantaBrush meet the requirements for high-quality fashionable niche markets.
Sperotto Rimar
Sperotto Rimar produces machinery for preparation of dry finishing of woven fabrics, made of cotton, synthetic fibre or blends, especially for lightweight, sensitive and highly elastic products.
The main products are:
· Flexa: Shrinkage plant for a perfect dimensional stability.
· Flexa Denim: For preparation & finishing of denim fabric with Singeing, skewing, washing, drying & shrinkage
Other operations and machines include Acti Wash for washing bleached or dyed fabrics and Nova for removal of fats, wax & oil from woven & warp knitted fabrics. Debaca is a continuous process for alkaline treatment of weft warp polyester. Santasuede is multi roller sanding & sueding machine, Santabrush for gentle treatment of fabric by brushing. Santasoft for softening of fabric.
Cavitec
Cavitec AG was established in 1996 by combining the activities of two very reputable companies: Caratsch AG and Villars AG. Santex Nonwoven was then added at the beginning of 2003. Hence, the company is based on over 50 years of experience and tradition.
NEW 4 hotmelt systems on the same machine
The first time there is the possibility to operate 4 different hotmelt coating technologies on the same laminating plant. At the beginning the customer can start with one system and later retrofit further coating modules. The modules available are:
· CAVIMELT gravure roll
· CAVIROLL multi roll
· CAVISCREEN rotary screen
· CAVISLOT slot die

All four modules in one plant in order to meet the requirements of tomorrow, Therefore, CAVIFLEX is ideal for for trilaminate in one pass.

Flexa Hi-Tech denim line

CAVIFLEX by Cavitec