Oerlikon: Partner for China for half a century now

Once again, the combination of the ITMA ASIA CITME is this year the most important trade fair event for the textile machine sector. For the fourth time since 2008, the trade fair will be taking place in Chinas megacity of Shanghai, this year from 16th to 20th of June at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Under the motto From Melt to Yarn, Oerlikon Manmade fibres will be exhibiting in Hall W3, Stand F01 with its Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag brands.

In the fiftieth year of its partnership with the Chinese textile industry, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers is celebrating this extraordinary anniversary with all its guests at its trade fair stand. The company has been supplying China with manmade fibre spinning plants for half a century now.

The focus of the trade fair attendance of the worlds leading manmade fibre manufacturing solutions provider is the entire process chain: From Melt to Yarn, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers accompanies yarn manufacturers with innovative technologies and sophisticated services. Here, environmentally-friendly and sustainable, e-save certified solutions are in the foreground.

The exhibit highlights of Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag

In concrete terms, the showcased product portfolio will range from continuous polycondensation systems (CP), state-of-the-art methods for environmentally-friendly direct spin-dyeing using the 3DD mixer technology all the way through to the very latest high-speed winders for POY, HOY, FDY, IDY and BCF processes. In addition to exhibiting spinning pumps, the company will also be focusing on production solutions for nonwovens and for specialty yarns.

WINGS POY 1800 boosts yarn production by another 20% Oerlikon Barmag has set a new benchmark for the efficient production of polyester fibres with its new yarn winder WINGS POY 1800. The new winding unit boosts productivity by another 20 percent using virtually the same amount of production space as the previous model. "With WINGS POY 1800, we are once again underscoring our technological leadership in the area of filament spinning. We will use this technology to sustainably bolster our market share of more than 40 percent in the manmade fibre machinery industry", says Stefan Kross, CEO of Oerlikons Manmade fibres Segment. Compared to its predecessor model, WINGS POY 1800 can accommodate twelve bobbins instead of the previous ten bobbins which required highly sophisticated technical developments. "With WINGS POY 1800, we are writing another chapter in our success story and moving even further ahead of our competitors. Unlike any other spinning products in the marketplace, WINGS delivers efficient and profitable filament production, while supplying the highest level of yarn quality," comments Stefan Kross. The Winding INtegrated Godet Solution, or WINGS, is highly user-friendly, groundbreaking equipment that requires more than 30 percent less space. Oerlikon Barmag introduced WINGS POY to the market in 2007 ushering in a totally new dimension to manmade fibre spinning. More than 14,000 WINGS units for the POY and FDY yarn types have been sold since market introduction.

WINGS PA HOY for special requirements

The new WINGS take-up concept, designed for the special requirements of economical nylon HOY production, offers all the benefits of the reliable WINGS POY winder. "It includes special optimisation for the HOY requirements, including the high intermingling knots, spray for protection and the friction optimised take-up design for lowest nylon denier ranges", says Markus Reichwein, Product Manager Apparel.

DTY solutions

The eFK manual and eAFK automatic texturing machine showcase the evolution of made by Oerlikon Barmag texturing: tried-and-test solutions such as the take-up system and the pneumatic y