Italian textile machinery manufacturers

The textile machinery industry requires great investments in research, deep know-how, long experience in textile, mechanic and electronic fields. Italy is today ranked as the second largest producer of textile machinery in the world and the technological level of its production is considered of the highest standard even by its competitors themselves. In 2008, the production of Italian textile machinery amounted to 2.0 billion Euro, 79% of which (worth 1.6 billion Euro) exported to about 130 countries. Asia (43%) is the main export area, followed by Europe (34%), South America (11%), Africa (7%) and North America (5%). Some of machinery manufacturers are highlighted here for the interest of our readers. Amina Baqai. Ed.

It is a new machine for the slasher continuous dyeing alternative, with indigo and other dyestuffs, of denim fabric warps, which, instead of the normal no. 6-8 dyeing vats, uses ecological and economical technology of two or more Genius® (Patented).

Genius® (Pat.) is an integrated dyeing module, consisting of a unique combination of a special dyeing vat, with a group for the diffusion of enzymes in yarn by heat activation and long permanence in inert environment.

This machine offers new indigo dyeing technology, which is more advanced, ecological and economical, and is reported to eliminate much of the typical problems of the traditional dyeing technology.

Furthermore,the machine is particularly designed to the use of sulphur, indanthrene, reactive, etc. dyestuffs and is considered as  highlight of the whole Master research, the starting point to the future. Indigogenius® compared to the traditional slasher machines, has the following advantages:

• Dyeing process independent from external variables.
• Higher dyeing yield.
• Better diffusion and fixation of indigo dyestuff to the fibre.
• Drastic reduction in the sodium hydrosulphite and caustic soda consumption.
• Dyeing vats number reduction.
• Yarn wastage reduction at lot change.
• Operative flexibility.
• Process application, with sure lower environmental impact, for the organic cotton (biologic) dyeing.
• Nitrogen reduced consumption (compared to other systems).
• Intervention and maintenance easiness.
• Environment respect and ecology.

The Indigogenius® brings innovation in the dyeing processes and in the high quality textile processing of denim, with notable savings with considerable production costs reductions.