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Compacting felts

The new compacting felt introduced by Dollfus & Muller during ITMA 2015

The Dollfus & Muller aramid felts are used on Textile compactors or calendering machines in Dyeing houses.

 

The Dollfus & Muller aramid felts are used on Textile compactors or calendering machines in Dyeing houses.

Knitted fabrics need to be pre-shrunk and stabilized in order to avoid the subsequent shrinkage of the T-shirts or polos in washing machines.

The compacting aramid felts facilitate this effect (this is why they can be called shrinking felts) and improve the fabric handle. The shrinkage required (between 2 and 10%) is mechanically given on both sides of the fabric by two consecutive endless felts using temperature (usually between 110 & 160°C / 280 & 320°F) and steam pressure.

For heat-setting processes, carried out between 180-200°C (350-400°F), Dollfus & Muller has developed heat resistant endless felts made with aramid fibres.

In some countries, the compacting felts are as well called Sanfor felts.

The Dollfus & Muller felts with their optimal compacting rate give the highest dimensional stability and excellent fabric handle.

The compacting felts used in the processing section of the knit manufacturers are used on the following machines : Ferraro, Santex, Sperotto, Lafer, Albrecht, Serteks, Heliot, Ruckh, Monforts, Brückner, Hsing Cheng, Jiangyin Jintian, Dilmenler, Weiss, Hung Jyi, Effe, Lafer Türk, SerMekatronik, Mersan, AGY Cetin Makina, Bianco, Dong Nam, BH Tech, Fong’s, Poong Kwang, Muzzi, Ssang Ho, Monti, I Kuang, Strahm,…

 

Schema processing section for knitted fabrics

 


ENDLESS FELTS FOR COMPACTING MACHINES AND CALENDERS
Machine types Felt types Machine
heating device
Thickness
(in mm)
Machines Fibres composition Quality Characteristics
 Maximum
working T°
Weight
(g/m²)
Compacting
machines:
Endless felts

Steam heated /

Thermo-oil
heated

21

Ferraro / Lafer / Santex /

Sperotto /

Bianco / Albrecht / Serteks / Heliot /
Ruckh / Brückner/
Jiangyin /
Fong's / Dilmenler / Lafer Türk /  Strahm / Hsing Cheng / Monti / Longia / Guruson /

Europlus /

Hun Jyi /

Muzzi /

Mersan / Poong Kwang /
Ssang Ho / Weiss /

Jintian /

Sintec

100% aramid contact surface
Content of Aramid on the full  felt thickness : 40%
COMPAC 21
230°C
450°F
8500
Compacting
machines:
Endless felts

Steam heated /

Thermo-oil
heated

18

Monforts  /

Old Santex /

Old Sperotto /

Old Ferraro /

Old Albrecht

100% Aramid contact surface
Content of Aramid on the full  felt thickness : 40%
COMPAC 18
230°C
450°F
7500
Compacting
machines:
Endless felts

Steam heated /

Thermo-oil
heated

16

Old Santex /

Old Monforts

Monti
100% Aramid contact surface
Content of Aramid on the full felt thickness : 40%
COMPAC 16
230°C
450°F
6500
Compacting
machines:
Endless felts

Steam heated /

Thermo-oil
heated

14 Old Ferraro   100% Aramid contact surface
Content of Aramid on the full felt thickness : 40%
COMPAC 14
230°C
450°F
5500
Compacting
machines:
Endless felts

Steam heated /

Thermo-oil
heated

13 Old Santex tubular
Wool - Polyamide - Polyester FLPV 650 160°C
320°F
6500
Calenders Heat
shrinkable
sleeves
Steam heated 8 Weiss / Bitexma / Albrecht 100% Wool Q 1011 150°C
300°F
3400
Calenders Endless felts Steam heated 10 Ferraro / I Kuang / Albrecht
Monti / Dong Nam
100% Polyester FV 380 160°C
320°F
3800
Calenders Endless felts Steam heated 8 Ferraro / I Kuang / Albrecht
Monti / Dong Nam
100% Polyester FV 300 160°C
320°F
3000
Calenders Endless felts Thermo-oil
heated
10 Ferraro / I Kuang / Albrecht
Monti / Dong Nam
100% Aramid contact surface
Content of Aramid on the full felt thickness : 100%
FZ 380 230°C
450°F
3800
Calenders Endless felts Thermo-oil
heated
8 Ferraro / I Kuang / Albrecht
Monti / Dong Nam
100% Aramid contact surface
Content of Aramid on the full felt thickness : 100%
FZ 300 230°C
450°F
3000

 

The new compacting felt from Dollfus & Muller