Sanforising with BRÃœCKNER POWER-SHRINK

At the beginning, compressive shrinking ranges or sanforising ranges were known rather for the finishing of woven fabrics and particularly in the field of denim finishing. Later, sanforising lines were used in combination with felt calenders or felt belt compactors for the finishing of knitted fabric, too. The new BRÃœCKNER POWER-SHRINK sanforising line offers many possibilities to sanforise even highly sensitive knitwear to achieve a smoother touch, very low residual shrinkage values and to meet in the end the highest demands on quality.

About one year ago, BRÜCKNER supplied a POWER-SHRINK line for knitwear finishing to the german textile company Dolinschek in Burladingen, in the South of Germany. The challenge was among other things to connect the line regarding drives and safety technology to an already existing felt calender. For this purpose all motors of the fabric drives have been replaced and the safety technology has been adapted to the latest requirements. Behind the rubber belt unit the fabric is led via guide and scroll rollers into the felt calender. Subsequently the fabric is transported with low tension via a relaxation belt to the winding unit. In case of a working width of 2,00 m the line is operated depending on the type of fabric with a speed of up to 30 m/min. the fabric weights are between 50 and 300 g/m².

With this line Dolinschek finishes mainly sensitive knitted fabrics made of cotton, viscose, polyamide and polyester for underwear and outerwear. For the improvement of brightness and touch the fabric is sanforised with a BRÃœCKNER POWER-SHRINK after that it passes a calender. The residual shrinkage values before sanforising are between 8-12 per cent and after sanforising they are-even for knitted fabric-between 5-0 per cent. With mere cotton articles it is really possible to reach residual shrinkage values of 0 per cent, articles with 3-4 per cent elastane can reach residual shrinkage values between 0 and 3 per cent. In case of viscose articles the residual shrinkage is normally between 2 and 4 per cent.

The fact that BRÃœCKNER develops, designs and manufactures all lines exclusively in Germany was also for the company owner, Theo Dolinschek, a very important criterion for his decision to buy BRÃœCKNER. The modification had to take place in very short time to keep the production interruption as short as possible. This was possible due to the very good cooperation between both companies.

As world-wide leading producer of system solutions for the finishing of textiles and technical wovens, carpets and nonwovens, BRÃœCKNER stands since decades for innovative power and technology competence.

Dolinschek was founded in 1980 as textile cutting and wholesale company. At that time they supplied mainly to customers in the field of night, casual and childrens wear. After a reorganisation of the company in 1997 they took over a dyehouse which was extended continuously in the following years. This allowed Dolinschek to extend also their range of articles considerably in the following years. In 2001 a move into the premises of a former textile factory in Burladingen came up and this is where the company is domiciled today with finishing, dyeing, warehouse, laboratory and administration. In these premises Dolinschek produces with three BRÃœCKNER stenters, one sanforising range, one relaxation dryer, one continuous washing machine and several dyeing machines made by Thies and with lines made by the company subsidiary TMG (Textile Machines Germany). Today Dolinschek has about 100 employees and supplies to customers all over Europe and some even all around the globe.

For further information:

Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Wiederer, Sales Manager Brnckner Textile Technologies, Tel: (0)7152/12-0, Fax: (0)7152/12-9254, Email: mail@brueckner-tm.de