Selvam Process Selects Monforts Machinery
Author: Jun 30, 2011 16:55
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India-based commission dyer Selvam Process recently installed a Montex 6500 tenter built by China-based Monforts Fong's Textile Machinery Co. Ltd. — a joint venture between Germany-based A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG. and Hong Kong-based Fong's Industries Co. Ltd. — and supplied by ATE Enterprises. Monforts reports it is the first Montex 6500 to be installed in India. Selvam Process will use the tenter in its open-width heat-setting and finishing operations. Founded in 1990, the company has traditionally processed tubular knitwear, and wanted to add open-width finishing capabilities.
"We started to notice exporters were beginning to express an open-width preference in 2009, offering less wastage," said S. Raju, owner, Selvan Process. Raju began to look for a "total solution" to enable the company to process both tubular and open-width knitwear in-house. "Savings of as much as 3 percent can be made with open-width production compared with tubular finishing," he said. Selvam Process dyes knitwear including 100-percent cotton, interlock, single jersey, rib, honeycomb and fleece for customers such as GAP, M&S, AG, Mack and Ferro. The company also recently introduced a range of blends incorporating polyester/cotton, polyester and viscose, and also is beginning to offer dyed Lycra® blends, which require heat-set treatment. "The new 8-chamber Montex stenter will process up to 15 [tons per day]," Raju said. "This additional capacity will not only include our own in-house open-width production but also knitwear from other local dyers for heat set treatment." The installed Montex 6500 has eight chambers and twin padders, and can handle fabric weights from 110-grams-per-square-meter (g/m2) single jersey to 300-g/m2 fleece. Regarding the decision to add the Montex 6500, Raju said: "With conventional dyeing techniques, the unit can only be used as a dryer. The Monforts stenter is a multi-purpose unit offering drying, heat setting, curing, coating and finishing." Raju also noted that the tenter can apply heat setting and finishing to both sides of the fabric; and softeners may be added during the finishing process. Source: Textile World
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