MILAN - Textile systems supplier Groz Beckert offered a range of new developments for the felting and carding sectors at this week's ITMA Milan.
The Felting product area presented products for classic needling or hydroentanglement including two world firsts: a new notch design for felting needles and the Groz-Beckert felting needle module.
The new notch design of the felting needles was specially developed for needling highly abrasive fibres to achieve delayed wear. The notch shape also reduces clogging of the notches, for example when needling bentonite mats.
The new Groz-Beckert felting needle module was developed in cooperation with the Dilo Group for their innovative MicroPunch intensive needling technology with Dilo showing the corresponding machine at its booth.
Groz-Beckert felting needles are embedded as a module in a plastic mold. The felting needle modules are characterized by very high deformation resistance and offer new dimensions in needle density. This is made possible by the new intensive needling technology, which was specially developed for light grammages. The assembly and replacement of the modules are also particularly economical.
In the field of hydroentanglement, Groz-Beckert showed its HyTec P jet strip, which features significantly improved wear resistance and handling properties. The division also presented its extensive range of trials on the staple fibre needling line at the Technology and Development Center (TEZ) in Albstadt, Germany, with a virtual tour.
Various new developments were also presented in the Carding product area. For those interested in the nonwovens industry, for example, the world's finest interlinked card clothing for reduced crash risk was on show while the new SiroLock plus types from the Groz-Beckert InLine card clothing series, enabling higher line availability and a more uniform carding result, was also on display.
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