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ALBANY INTERNATIONAL
Industrial Products Technologies
Albany International Italia S.r.l. – Socio Unico
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Felt has a
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Albany International Italia S.r.l. – Socio Unico
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FELTS FOR TEXTILE FINISHING PROCESS
CONTINUOUS
DECATIZING
NONWOVEN
MANUFACTURING
KNITTED FABRIC
COMPACTION
FABRICS SHRINKAGE
TRANSFERT PRINT
CONTINUOUS
BOILING
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FELTS FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY
A long experience in the field of industrial fabrics and a steady commitment
specifically aimed at the textile finishing has allowed Albany International
Italia S.p.A., Marghera - Venice, to produce a wide range of felts for
fabrics’ finishing process.
Our production meets all manufacturing demands by offering a wide range
of products specially designed for each type of process.
All our products are manufactured with high quality raw materials and
modern manufacturing facilities in order to always supply our customers
with safe and reliable products.
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AMONG OUR ESTEEMED CUSTOMERS:
ALBRECTH
BISIO
CALATOR RUCK
CIBITEX
FERRARO
GESSNER
KLIEVERIK STORK
LAFER
LEMAIRE
MONTI ANTONIO
MUZZI
PAGANINI
SPEROTTO RIMAR
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WHAT IS A FELT?
The first felts were woollen felts and their production was based on the wool’s
possibility to felt because of a mechanical process (milling) in presence of humidity and
heat.
Since long ago and nowadays, most textile mills have been using needled felts made
from polyester, polyamide and mixed acrylic/wool fibers.
A long experience in the field of industrial fabrics and a steady commitment
specifically aimed at the textile finishing allowed Albany International to produce
a wide range of felts for each type of process.
All our products are manufactured with high quality materials and modern
manufacturing technologies in order to supply our valued customers with safe
and reliable products.
Albany International Italia S.r.l. – Socio Unico
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Needled felts made with synthetic fibers
These felts are manufactured according to the “sandwich” technical process, i.e.
needled batt – base fabric – batt, to obtain a strong, resilient and stable structure.
The choice of the materials, design and mafufacturing parameters depends on:
application / use
cost
machinery
The woven base fabric
The needling process is made on a base fabric previously woven.
This base fabric allows a good mechanical strength.
The base fabric can be tubular or open.
The needling machine
Downward oriented needles featuring several spurs are fixed upon a board (5000
to 6doo needles per board).
The up and down motion of the board makes the needles penetrate into a precombed layer, thus bringing the fibres through a woven base which is the felt core.
In this case, fibers are linked one with each other and to the base fabric by the
mechanical action of needles.
The quality of needled felts depends on several factors:
a) the quality of the woven base makes the strength and the stability of the felt.
This is why every felt manufacturer designs its own weave.
b) The quality of needled fibers
It is possible to needle any kind of fibres (poliamide, poliester), from recycled fibres
to high-tech ones like NOMEX.
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In synthetic felts, a bit of natural fiber can be included.
Wool with a good mechanical strength is anyway limited to 30% of it in the blend.
According to our experience, if higher percentage of wool is used, a large part of it is
broken by the needles strokes.
The tuning of the needling machine -forward speed of layers, penetrating depth of needlesis precise and difficult.
The woven base, if not endless, is spirally rolled up and the fibre blend is evenly needled.
In some cases to get a better resilience, we use pre-needled base fabric while most of the
felts currently marketed are needled straight away on the fabric. This is why the crosssection of our felts shows a small layer of fibres between each base fabric.
It may happen, especially for dense and thick felts, that some needles break into the felt.
The control of needles presence is made with metal detectors in two different phases.
The removal of the needles is made manually.
The finishing
After needling the felts are finished i.e. they are processed to obtain the required features,
mainly in terms of:
thickness
surface smoothness
Special calenders are used for these operation which may include:
washing
stress relieving
heat setting
buffing
cutting to width
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Yarn Types
Woollen Spun
Cotton Spun
Monofilament
Multifilament
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Felt Types
Needled felt
Needled felt
Woollen Felt (felted and pressed)
Woollen Felt (woven and felted)
Woollen Felt (felted and pressed
with woven base)
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CONTINUOUS DECATIZING
Heat Shrinking Jacket
B-DX8027
WEIGHT: 2.700 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 8,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester
Poliamide
Structure: Needled felt with one endless base fabric
Properties: Very smooth sanded surface
Dimensional and running stability
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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CONTINUOUS DECATIZING
Heat Shrinking Jacket
B-DK6525
WEIGHT: 2.500 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 6,5 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester
Structure: Needled felt with one endless base fabric
Properties: Very smooth sanded surface
Dimensional and running stability
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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CONTINUOUS DECATIZING
Felt
B-VAP
WEIGHT: 400 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 1,6 mm
COMPOSITION: High
Temperature resistant
fibres
Structure: Non woven open felt with light base scrim for cylinder
covering
Properties: Very smooth surface
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Excellent strength
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CONTINUOS DECATIZING
Felt
TEXILINA
WEIGHT: 33 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 0,1 mm
Structure: Non woven veil cylinder covering
Properties: Surface and permeability evenness
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CONTINUOUS DECATIZING
Felt
B-DK4022
B-DK6024
B-DK6522
WEIGHT: 2.200 - 2.400 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 4,0 - 6,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester
Structure: Needled felt with one endless base fabric
Properties: Very smooth surface
Dimensional and running stability
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
Albany International Italia S.r.l. – Socio Unico
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Albany International Italia S.r.l. – Socio Unico
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Albany International Italia S.r.l. – Socio Unico
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Albany International Italia S.r.l. – Socio Unico
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USE
The final treatment with both steam and heat of wollen fabrics and mixed (wool) fabrics
to give to the the “hand”.
This process takes place in a continuous decatizer having one drilled cylinder covered
with a felt jacket and with an under fabric felt.
The jacket, fabric and felt (system) have the same speed.
The fabric to be decatized is picked up between the jacket and the felt.
The system is first crossed by 1,0-1,5 bar steam flow and then heated at 100-120 °C.
After that it is immediately cooled down by a forced air flow.
All the phases take place while the system is running at constant speed.
The jacket must perfectly adhere to the cylinder and have such a thickness and
permeability allowing perfect steam distribution and suction on the fabric.
VARIANTS
Variants agreed with the Customers are possible both for the jacket and the felt.
These variants can be made so as to obtain special effects or performances, for new
machines with special features or old machines working with non-standard parameters.
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SHRINKAGE INSTRUCTIONS OF DECATIZING JACKETS
Decatizing jackets and felts are manufactured with advanced technologies and first
quality materials. A correct installation and some care during usage ensure excellent
life and working economy.
Open the packing with care avoiding to touch the felt surface with sharp or cutting
tools.
In particular, in case of felts packed in cardboard pipes, make sure that all hooks for
the fixing of the lid have been removed. In order to do this after having removed the lid
and hooks, wear a thick glove and carefully run one hand inside the cardboard pipe.
Draw out the felt and remove PVC sheet which wraps it up.
Close to the final fold on one edge, felt serial number, directional arrow and alignment
marks are made. Put the rolled jacket next to the machine or to the dismantled
cylinder, so that, once unrolled, the arrow is in the cylinder rotation direction.
Insert the jacket in the correct running direction (see arrow) and apply strings and
lateral anchoring springs without giving particular tension.
Shrinkage times and methods can be different according to the type of equipment
available.
We recommend to begin by heating the jacket with hot air or a steam coil.
Open up cylinder steam only when the jackets is heated in order to avoid that the
steam, once released, could condense on the cylinder thus wetting the jacket.
It is important to avoid that the jacket should wet exceedingly.
Once cylinder is hot, open up steam and let the machine run slowly.
Once a good adhesion is achieved it is possible to start-up the machine. Shrinkage will
come to completion during usage.
Lateral strings and springs should be stretched at the correct tension. If not,
adjustment is needed.
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FABRICS SHRINKAGE
Felt
B-PW6022
B-PW7023
B-PW7025
WEIGHT: 2.200 - 2.500 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 6,0 - 7,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester
Wool
Structure: Endless Needled Felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Very smooth surface
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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FABRICS SHRINKAGE
Felt
B-PK6022
B-PK7023
B-PK7025
WEIGHT: 2.200 - 2.500 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 6,0 - 7,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester
Structure: Endless Needled felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Very smooth surface
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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FABRICS SHRINKAGE
Felt
B-PK XY6006
WEIGHT: 3.000 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 7,0 - 8,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester - Polyamide
Structure: Endless Needled felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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FABRICS SHRINKAGE
B-PK7023
THICKNESS: 6,0 - 7,0 mm
WEIGHT: 2.300 gr/m2
MATERIAL: 100% poliester
Structure: Endless Needled Felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Very smooth surface
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FELTS FOR PALMER CALENDER
The felt for Palmer calender is manufactured with very advanced technologies and
first quality materials. A correct installation and some care during usage will ensure
excellent life and working economy.
Open the packing with care avoiding to touch the felt surface with sharp or cutting
tools.
In particular, in case of felts packed in cardboard pipes, make sure that all hooks for
the fixing of the lid have been removed. In order to do this after having removed the
lid and hooks, wear a thick glove and carefully run one hand inside the cardboard
pipe.
Draw out the felt and remove PVC sheet which wraps it up.
Close to the final fold on one edge, felt serial number, directional arrow and alignment
marks are made. Put the rolled jacket next to the machine or to the dismantled
cylinder, so that, once unrolled, the arrow is in the cylinder rotation direction.
Should there be enough room, fully unroll the felt beside the machine and examine
the whole surface, including the internal side.
Install the felt in the correct working direction (see the arrow).
Be assured that all the cylinders are parallel. Align the felt carefully. Then slightly
stretch the felt starting its rotation only when the stretching allows the dragging of all
the cylinders.
Open the steam and heat the cylinder up to 60-70°C with the felt in rotation.
Keep rotating the felt until it is stable and centered.
Finally increase the pressure load and the temperature up to the standard working
conditions.
When stopping and cooling down, keep the machine rotating till the heated cylinder
reaches a temperature of 90°C.
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Needled felts: dimensional production limits
Length:
Length:
Width:
Thickness:
mt. 0,55 (minimum)
mt. 25,00 (maximum)
mt. 4,0 (maximum)
mm. 22,0 (maximum)
How to measure the felt length
With the felt on the machine:
A)
use a revolution meter counter on several runs (3-4) and then divide
the measurement by the number of runs
B)
use a thin rope and follow the felt path on the machie
With the felt aside the machine:
C)
unroll the felt completely and make it flat on the ground; measure the
distance between the edges (length wise); multiple by 2 and deduct the
delta due to the thickness (i.e. 3,14*2*thickness)
Note: felt length means flet internal length or circumference
felt external length / 2
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FABRICS IRONING
Felt
B-SK XY6010
WEIGHT: 4.000 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 7,5-9,5 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester
Structure: Endless Needled felt Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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FABRICS POLISHING/SHEARING
Felt
B-SAN XY5110
WEIGHT: 4.000 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 9,0-10,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Nomex - Polyester
Structure: Endless Needled Felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Thickness and permeability evenness
Excellent heat resistance
Working economy
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KNITTED FABRICS COMPACTION
HEAT SETTING
Felt
B-SAN/2
WEIGHT: 6.500 - 8.500 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 16,0 - 20,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Nomex
B-SAN/3
WEIGHT: 9.000 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 21,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Nomex
Structure: Endless Needled Felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Very smooth surface
Excellent heat resistance to high temperature
Thickness evenness
Excellent compaction effect
Long lasting and working economy
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KNITTED FABRICS COMPACTION
HEAT SETTING
Felt
B-SAN/2
WEIGHT: 8.500 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 20,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Nomex
TEMPERATURE: 180°C
Structure: Endless Needled Felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Very smooth surface
Excellent heat resistance to high temperature
Thickness evenness
Excellent compaction effect
Long lasting and working economy
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COMPATTAZIONE MAGLIA
TERMOFISSAGGIO
Feltro
B-SAN/2
Grammatura: 8.500 gr/m2
Spessore: 20,0 mm
Composizione velo: Nomex
Temperatura: 180°C
Costruzione: Feltro agotrattato con base tessuta
Caratteristiche:
Superficie liscia
Eccellente resistenza alle alte temperature
Uniformità di spessore
Ottimo effetto di compattazione
Durata ed economia di esercizioy
Realizzazioni personalizzate, collaborazione per lo
sviluppo di nuovi prodotti, professionalità e
discrezione
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KNITTED FABRICS COMPACTION
Felt
B-SAN XY5113
WEIGHT: 6.000 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 12,0 - 14,0 mm
B-SAN XY5115
WEIGHT: 6.700 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 14,0 - 16,0 mm
B-SAN XY5120
WEIGHT: 8.500 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 18,0 - 20,0 mm
B-SAN XY5122
WEIGHT: 10.000 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 20,0 - 22,0 mm
Structure: Endless Needled Felt with Woven Base Fabric
Composition: Nomex - Synthetic
Properties: Thickness evenness
Excellent compaction effect
Adequate heat resistance
Working economy
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KNITTED FABRICS COMPACTION
Felt
B-SAN XY5120
WEIGHT: 8.500 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 18,0 - 20,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Nomex - Pes
Structure: Endless Needled Felt with Woven Base Fabric
Properties: Thickness evenness
Excellent compaction effect
Adequate heat resistance
Working economy
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USE
In the latest years knitted wear fabrics increased their importance because of the new
finishing processes which enhanced their comfort properties. The main problem of
these fabrics type has always been the dimensional stability that is to say maintaining
their size after washings. New finishing techniques strongly improved this feature
taking it to the range of the shuttle fabric.
The best machines for fabrics settlement use high tickness felts type B-SAN.
Generally the felts are two so to have a better settlement on both knitted wear sides.
The effect used is the reduction in length, which is reached on a high thickness felts
surface, when the felt inverts the radius of curvature in an “S” run.
V ARI ANTS
The standard products are the result of the co-operation with the most important
builders of machines for the textile finishing.
All the variants allowing a better or special effect on the finished - products are
possible.
Thickness is a fundamental feature for this process depending on machine design.
A not sufficient thickness produces a limited mechanical compaction which becomes a
residual shrinkage.
An excessive thickness may lead to early “orange peel” or “elephant skin”.
The choice can be taken according to the standard products and to the users’
experience.
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A
B
E
C
D
A: compacting felt
B: introduction cylinder
C: tubular fabric
D: compacting sheet
E: heated cylinder
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Stress-Strain Diagram
B-SAN style
400
350
300
d a N /c m
250
200
150
100
50
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
A%
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FELTS FOR SANFOR CALENDER
The felts for sanfor calender are manufactured with very advanced technologies and first
quality materials. A correct installation and some care during usage will ensure excellent
life and working economy.
Open the packing with care avoiding to touch the felt surface with sharp or cutting tools.
Draw out the felt and remove PVC sheet which wraps it up.
Close to the final fold on one edge, felt serial number, directional arrow and alignment
marks are made. Put the rolled jacket next to the machine or to the dismantled cylinder, so
that, once unrolled, the arrow is in the cylinder rotation direction.
Install the felt in the correct working direction (see the arrow).
Be assured that all the cylinders are parallel. Align the felt carefully. Then slightly stretch
the felt starting its rotation only when the stretching allows the dragging of all the cylinders.
Open the steam and heat the cylinder up to 60-70°C with the felt in rotation.
Keep rotating the felt until it is stable and centered.
Finally increase the pressure load and the temperature up to the standard working
conditions.
When stopping and cooling down, keep the machine rotating till the heated cylinder
reaches a temperature of 90°C.
IMPORTANT: do not wet the felt for any reason.
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MARKING PROBLEMS
Marks on the fabrics may occasionally appears in knitted wear compactions.
In this case several may be the causes, among which:
> excessive overfeeding of the fabric which lead to creases or overlapping on
the fabric itself: overfeeding and fabric inlet need to be checked and revised
> rough surface of the felts due to needling marks: the style of felt is not
suitable for the application (sanded / buffed felts may be necessary)
> rough surface of the felt due to elephant skin (surface cracks due to
hydrolisys and wearing of the batt surface): the felt needs replacement; Nomex
batt is preferable to Nomex-Poliester or Poliamide-Poliester-Acrilic ones.
> rough surface of the felt due to orange peel (surface deterioration due to
wearing and hydrolisys of the batt surface): the felt needs replacement;
Nomex batt is preferable to Nomex-Poliester or Poliamide-Poliester-Acrilic
ones.
> rough surface due to creases formation on the felt surface when the felt is
bent: softer / less compacted felt may be necessary
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What should be the material of a compacting felt?
The compacting felts are used to pre-shrink the knitted fabrics (tubular or open width).
The thickness varies from machine to machine and OEM to OEM and it can go from 12
mm to 30 mm.
Generally it is between 18 mm and 21 mm.
The working temperature is from 90°C to 120°C.
The material might be 100% poliester but poliester is very sensitive to humidity at high
temperature.
In fact these operating conditions generate hydrolisys which is the brittleness and
breakage of the surface batt fibers.
The breakage of the fibers causes cracks (initially small and then big) on the surface;
this phenomenum is called "elephant skin" (or "orange peel").
The cracks may lead to marks on the processed fabrics.
Therefore, in order to improve the hydrolisys resistance of the felt, the working batt is
made of Nomex (aramidic fiber by Dupont) layer.
The Nomex layer may be from 0% to 100%.
AII has developed basically two styles:
> top quality: B-SAN/2: working batt 100% Nomex, fine buffed surface
> cheaper quality: B-SAN XY5120: working batt 50% Nomex
Generally you deliver the compacting felts to which country?
We deliver our felts all over the world.
Are there any famous machine maker uses your compacting felts?
Of course: Sperotto Rimar, Lafer, Ferraro, Albrecth.
But we have supplied felts on most of the main OEM machines as Ruckh, Weiss,
Santex and others.
How about the delivery time normally be?
It depends on the time of the order and dimensions of the felts: we may have the felt at
stock or we may need to manufacture it completely. Therefore general delivery time
may be 4-8 weeks.
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TRANSFER PRINTING
Felt
B-TA XY5116T
WEIGHT: 2.800 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 6,0-7,0 mm
COMPOSITION:Nomex/Pes
Structure: Needled felt
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Thickness evenness
Excellent transfer capacity
High heat resistance
Working economy
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TRANSFER PRINTING
Felt
B-TA6023
B-TA7025
B-TA8027
WEIGHT: 2.300-2.700 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 6,0-8,0 mm
COMPOSITION:Nomex
Nomex-Polyester
Structure: Needled felt
Properties: Dimensional and running stability
Thickness evenness
Excellent transfer capacity
High heat resistance
Working economy
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USE
Transfer print consists in transferring a pattern from a paper support to a textile
support by heating the colour and by close contact between paper and textile
supports.
This process takes place on calenders with oil-heated cylinder and having a felts
granting a perfect contact between paper and fabric able to resist for a long time
to the working temperatures.
These temperatures are often higher than 200° C.
The felt wraps approximately 2/3 of the cylinder circumference and the system
runs at the same speed carrying both the fabric to be printed and the paper to
the heating area.
The heat produces the sublimation of the paper colour which is transferred to the
fabric colouring it and leaving the pattern in a single passage.
V ARI ANTS
Standard felts are the result of years of study and development together with
machines builders and users.
However all variants allowing better or special effects on the finished fabric are
possible.
The weight, thickness and density of the felt can be changed within a wide range
in order to obtain the special effects the users require.
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INSTALLING AND PRE-RUNNING INSTRUCTIONS OF FELTS FOR
TR A N S F E R P R I N T I N G
A felt for calander is manufactured with advanced technologies and first quality
materials. A correct installation and some care during usage ensure excellent life and
working economy.
Open package with care avoiding to touch felt surface with sharp or cutting tools. In
particular, for those felts packed in pipes, make sure that the hooks holding the lid are
all removed. To do this, after having removed lid and hooks, wear a thick glove and let
your hand pass carefully inside the pipe.
Remove the felt and unwrap the PVC sheet.
Felt number and directional arrow are easy to be detected close to the final fold.
Position the roll so that, once unrolled, the arrow is in machine direction. Should the
space be sufficient, completely unroll the felt next to the machine and check the whole
surface, including back side.
Install the felt in the correct running direction (see arrow). We recommend that, at this
stage, machine is completely cooled. Should this not be possible, it is necessary to
protect the felt from direct contact with the cylinder, at least when the felt is not
running.
Once the machine is closed make sure all cylinders are parallel and then moderately
stretch by rotating the felt only when the tension allows dragging of all cylinders.
Warm up keeping the felt rotating.
Felt guide roll should intervene periodically to keep the felt well centered. In case of
shifts in preferential directions it is necessary to verify parallelism of all release rolls
and temperature evenness on cylinder, before modifying machine conditions.
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Our felts for transfer printing of are heatset at 250°C.
As the installation on machine is concerned, start running the felts idled on the print
calender with the cylinder at 90°C.
Afterwards let the felt run slowly till the temperature of cylinder reaches to 220-230°C, that
usually is the temperature for transfer print.
Machine manufactures recommended for the starting of felt the following table:
TEMPERATURE
40°
90°
150°
205°
220°
PRESSURE
0,7
1,5
2,0
2,0
2,0
TIME
30 minutes
30 minutes
30 minutes
30 minutes
30 minutes
Other OEMs follow the following procedure:
TEMPERATURE
225°
250°
TIME
120 minutes
240 minutes
When stopping and cooling down, keep the machine rotation till the heated cylinder
reaches a temperature 90°C
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SUGGESTIONS FOR CLEANING FELTS DIRTY WITH OIL SPOTS
Adsorb oil as much as possible with fabrics or adsorbent paper.
Soak the felt with solvent (trichina) on the dirty area so that it is wet throughout
top to bottom.
Adsorb solvent as much as possible with fabrics or adsorbent paper.
Dry the felt making it run with the heated cylinder warm and slight pressure.
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DIMENSIONAL STABILITY UNDER WORKING CONDITIONS
The transfer printing felts are extremely stable due to special heatsetting and finishing
process on the finished product.
According to our experience and feed back from final users:
> length wise: the belt does not shorten but may become slighty longer
(up to +2,5%)
> widthwise: the belt generally decrease slightly the width
(say within: 5,0%)
Note:
Sometimes the felt may feature a higger rate of width shrinkage
In most of these cases the shrinkage is due to differential speed between the right and
left edges of the felt which causes the wrapping/twisting of the felt on itself (see skecth)
Shinking due to wrapping
felt
Left speed
Right speed
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A certain dragging of the felt by the fabric in the working direction is a possible and
common event. This phenomenum is given by the higher pressure and friction in
the fabric format area.
It results in a transversal displacement of the felt in a simmetrical double “S”
shape within the fabric format.
The displacement is generally lower than to 10 - 15 cm (blue line in below sketch).
Different and a-simmetrical transversal displacement are due to differential speed
between the right and left edges of the felt.
This phenomenum is generally called wrapping/twisting of the felt. (see previous
page).
The total shrinkage related to the felt twisting and dragging may be calculated
approximately as:
(2*A+D)2 / (2*W)
To recover the wrapping is
generally sufficient to run the felt
in the direction opposite to the
working one.
If the machine does not allow
this possibility it may be possible
to invert the poles feeding on the
AC motor.
W
A
D
After recovering the wrapping,
the alignement of the cylinders
must be check and the
parallelism must be re-set.
10 - 15 cm
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SILICONE COATED BELTS
Felt
WEIGHT: 4.500-5.000 gr/m2
B-G/FX
THICKNESS: 5,0-5,5 mm
COMPOSITION: Polyester
Structure: Needled felt
Silicone coated and water-proof working surface
Silicone thickness according to final use
Properties: Very smooth sanded surface
Thickness evenness - no beginning/end fault
High chemical and heat resistance
Long lasting and working economy
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SILICONE COATED BELTS
Felt
WEIGHT: 4.500-6.000 gr/m2
B-G/TRS
THICKNESS: 5,0-7,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Nomex
Structure: Needled felt
Silicone coated and water-proof working surface
Silicone thickness according to final use
Batt in Nomex for high working temperature
Properties: Very smooth sanded surface
Thickness evenness - no beginning/end fault
High chemical and heat resistance
Long lasting and working economy
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USE
B-G/FX
Continuous potting/boiling and KD/crabbing.
During the potting/boiling process the silicone coated belt keeps the contact between
the wet fabric and the hot cylinder.
In the contact zone steam in generated from the water retained in the wet felt and
continuous boiling is performed.
Proportionally related to the working temperature, the steam pressure is.
The belt has to avoid any steam escape.
Maximum working load: 15/Kg. cm.
Maximum working temperature: 140°C
V ARI ANTS
The continuous development of these belts makes unlimited the number of the
possible variants.
We can customize the design and composition of the support felt as well as the
coating type or thickness.
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USE
B-G/TRS
Transfer printing by colour sublimation, plastic films lamination and bonding, nonwoven lamination/cohesion, thermo-fusible films coupling.
For cohesion and bonding, the belt assures the contact between a hot cylinder and the
material (generally fabrics and films).
The cohesion is made by fusion of special kind of glues, and the silicone coating must
avoid the materials to stick on the belt, allow easy cleaning and resist to the high
working temperatures.
A very special use is the one made in the plastic laminated industry, where a silicone
belt is installed on a continuous press for the “endless” manufacturing of laminated
fabrics..
Maximum working load: 15/Kg. cm.
Maximum working temperature: 240°C
V ARI ANTS
The continuous development of these belts makes unlimited the number of the
possible variants.
We can customize the design and composition of the support felt as well as the
coating type or thickness.
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INST ALLING AND PRE-RUNNING INSTRUCTIONS OF FELTS FOR
SILICONE CO ATED BELTS
Silicone coated belts are high technology products running successfully in many plants.
Due to their peculiar design, studied for the specific application, the belts do not require
any long or special pre-running or cooling operations.
Nevertheless some simple procedures and precautions must be taken into care when
installing the belt.
The silicone coating is sensitive to shocks and cuts and localized pressure.
When opening the packing and taking the belt out utmost care must be paid not to
damage the belt with nails, hooks, pliers and any clamping devices or other tools.
Install the belt on the machine as per machine manufacturer instructions being careful to
shocks or cuts with machine cylinders and fixed parts.
Once the belt is installed, check the correct positioning and alignment of the cylinders.
Start running the machine at low speed and low temperature for some minutes.
Check for any belt displacement.
Correct, if required, the belt centring device position.
Increase slowly the load on the belt up to the standard working level; keep the machine
running at low speed.
Increase slowly the temperature of the heated cylinder up to the standard working level;
keep the machine running at low speed.
Check for any belt displacement.
Correct, if required, the belt centring device position.
Increase the machine speed up to the working level and keep it running for some hours
checking for any belt displacement.
The complete pre-running time varies from plant to plant mainly due to skilfulness of
operators and machine conditions, but it generally lasts less then 24 hours.
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COOLING (Machine stopping)
The standard working temperature is such that the cooling of the belt when stopping the
machine does not require any peculiar cooling procedure.
Once finished to process the fabrics, let a disposable fabrics sewed on the previous one
go through the machine.
The disposable fabric should be not a dyed one.
Let the machine run for some minutes decreasing the temperature of the heated cylinder
and decreasing steadily the speed.
We suggest to stop the machine when such temperature reaches 80° to 90°C.
When stopping the machine the belt should be kept in tension until it reaches room
temperature.
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INSTRUCTION TO CUT TO WIDTH THE SILICONE COATED
BELTS
1) The belt must be stretched and flat (60 to 80% of working load)
2) Draw a thick straight line with a marker (b) all over the circumference to identify the
cutting measure and path. To do this let the machine run and keep the marker at a
fixed distance from the belt edge. We suggest to prepare a wood T square (a) and lean
it against the belt edges.
a
b
c
d
3) With the machine idle and stopped cut longitudinally the belt for 10/20 cm
approximatively (c).
4) Then cut transversally the belt (d) to avoid the cut stripe is endless.
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5) Keep the cutter in the longitudinal cut and start up the machine at minimum speed.
6) Holding firmly the cutter with both hands proceed with the cutting following the drawn
line. The cut stripe must fall down and not be torn apart as it could modify the
straightness of the cut.
7) When the blade of the cutter becomes not sharp enough, stop the operation and strop
it. The blade must be short to avoid its breakage.
8) Whenever the operator gets tired stop and rest.
9) When the cut is complete, then trim any produting thread using a scissor and seal the
edge with a hot blade.
The operation must be performed by two people:
one in charge of the cut
one familiar with the machine operation and located close to the ALARM button to stop
the machine in case of any emergency
The person in charge of the cut must NEVER be left alone.
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CLE ANING OF THE SILICONE COATED BELT
Wash the belt with clear water or/and soap with a sponge.
Do not wash or get wet the back side of the belt.
Before starting the machine operation dry the belt by running it idle at 80% of working
pressure and 140 °C approx for 20 minutes.
If cold grease spots are visible, then try to adsorb them with powder talcum.
Leave the talcum on the spots for some hours to react and then wash as above.
Do not sand paper the belt.
RESISTANCE TO CHEMICALS
B-G/FX
Working in continuous setting or boiling processes with silicone coated belts for forming
the hand of the textile should not require chemical products.
The desired effects can be obtained in a simply physical process.
Nevertheless if it is not possible to renounce to softeners the following remarks should taken
into consideration.
The composition of chemical products for textiles is various and therefore it is difficult to
quantify precisely how they will react with the silicone coating.
Nevertheless the belt is resistant to mostly all chemicals, except of fatty acids and paraffin
which may be part of some softeners.
Contact with oils, cold detergents like benzine, diluents or chemical solvents, must be
avoided.
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Instructions to repair the silicone coated belts
The followings are instructions for the repair of the silicone coated belts in case of damage
to the silicone coating in a limited area, i.e. scratches fill in.
Materials required
sandpaper (220/280)
broad knife (decorator’s type)
repair material (pre-mixed silicone)
ATTENTION: the pre-mixed silicone lasts approximately six (6) days at room
temperature; as soon as it is received it should be kept into a refrigerator
hot air gun (180 °C-220 °C)
Surface preparation
Remove all the silicone parts around the scratch which are raised, cut or not firmly fixed to
the felt.
With the help of a cutter flare the scratch to a slope of 45°
Do not widen excessively the scratch; beyond three (3) centimetres of diameter the
difficulties of repair increase considerably.
Sandpaper the area with a medium roughness paper (220/280) to make the surface
enough rough and facilitate the silicone adhesion.
Clean well with compressed air and degrease with alcohol.
Dry the area.
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Fill in and polymerization
The surface where the scratch is must be as horizontal as possible.
Apply the repair material with a broad knife:
the dimension of the broad knife should be proportioned to the area to be repaired,
the fill in should be made in one time only and not by repeated additions
(this to avoid air entrapments).
With the hot air gun (at 180 °C-200 °C) blow on the filled in area to heat and dry the
material.
Keep the gun at 10-20 centimetres far from the area to avoid to move the material.
During the heating the material could start becoming wrinkled; in such a case move the
air gun farther by some centimetres.
Depending on the area and thickness of the repair the drying could take from 1 minute to 5
minutes.
When the material is dry and solidified, proceed with a light sand papering till the area is
made opaque.
For a “fine” fill in it would be preferable to repeat the operation more than once with thin
layers of pre-mixed silicone repair material.
It may result in fact that the fill in is not well spread or plain.
Each and every time the area should be prepared by sand papering it before filling.
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SILICONE PRESSURE BELTS
Felt
B-F/ACP
WEIGHT: 6.000-7.000 gr/m2
THICKNESS: 8,0-9,0 mm
COMPOSITION: Nomex
Polyester
Structure: Needled felt with one endless high tension resistant
base fabric silicone coated and water-proof working
surface
Silicone thickness according to final use
Properties: Smooth and sanded surface
Thickness evenness - no beginning/end fault
High chemical and heat resistance
Long lasting and working economy
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USE
B-F/ACP
Continuous setting and high pressure boiling.
During the boiling process the silicone coated belt keeps the contact between the wet
fabric and the hot cylinder.
In the contact zone steam in generated from the water retained in the wet felt and
continuous boiling is performed.
Proportionally related to the working temperature, the steam pressure is.
The belt has to avoid any steam escape as well as maintain the specific pressure.
Presently the treatment takes place also at 140° C with a working stretch of 200 kg/cm
creating specific pressures up to 4 kg./cm².
V ARI ANTS
The continuous development of these belts makes unlimited the number of the
possible variants.
We can customize the design and composition of the support felt as well as the
coating type or thickness.
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PRE-RUNNING AND COOLING PROCEDURES OF HIGH PRESSURE SILICONE
COATED BELT STYLE B-F/ACP
B-F/ACP style is a high technology silicone coated belt running successfully in many
plants.
Due to its peculiar design, studied for the specific application, the B-F/ACP does not
require any long or special pre-running or cooling operations.
Nevertheless some simple procedures and precautions must be taken into care when
installing the belt.
PRE-RUNNING
The silicone coating is sensitive to shocks and cuts. Therefore when opening the
packing and taking the belt out utmost care must be paid not to damage the belt with
nails, hooks, pliers and any clamping devices or other tools.
Install the belt on the machine as per machine manufacturer instructions being careful to
shocks or cuts with machine cylinders and fixed parts.
Once the belt is installed, check the correct positioning and alignment of the cylinders.
Start running the machine at low speed, low temperature and low tension for some
minutes.
Check for any belt displacement.
Correct, if required, the belt centring device position.
Increase slowly the load on the belt up to the standard working level; keep the machine
running at low speed.
Increase slowly the temperature of the heated cylinder up to the standard working level;
keep the machine running at low speed.
Check for any belt displacement.
Correct, if required, the belt centring device position.
Increase the machine speed up to the working level and keep it running for some hour
checking for any belt displacement.
The complete pre-running time varies from plant to plant mainly due to skilfulness of
operators and machine conditions, but it generally lasts less then 24 hours.
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COOLING (MACHINE STOPPING)
The standard working temperature is such that the cooling of the belt when stopping the
machine does not require any peculiar cooling procedure.
Once finished to process the fabrics, let a disposable fabrics sewed on the previous one
go through the machine.
The disposable fabric should be not a dyed one.
Let the machine run for some minutes decreasing the temperature of the heated cylinder
(steam off) and decreasing steadily the speed.
We suggest to stop the machine when such temperature reaches 80 to 90 °C.
When stopping the machine the belt should be kept in reduced tension until it reaches
room temperature.
We suggest a reduced tension of about 10-15 Kg./cm. (2-3 ton).
GENERAL REMARKS & NOTES
Decrease the tension on the belt should the stoppage be longer than 10 minutes.
The belt does not require cooling by water.
If necessary the belt may be cooled down with water on the silicone coated face.
We reccommend to avoid to wet the internal side of the belt (felt side oppsite to the
silicone coated one) not to jeopardize th esupporting structure.
If possible wet the the internal side of the belt only with cold water and machine in
cold condition, and dry it at warm termperature (80° - 120° C9.
Do not use high tension on the wet belt.
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Types of tensioning systems:
hydraulic with lever
total (max) stroke
actual stroke
working pressure
no hydraulic pressure
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Types of tensioning systems:
electromechanical with servomotor and load cells
position 0
working position
load cell
actual stroke
total (max) stroke
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CONTIPRESS
D belt = 2* D stroke * cos (A/2)
L nominal = 6,20 mt
L min = 5,90 mt
L max = 6,60 mt
Contipress
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Cyl. Diam.
135 cm
MULTISET 2 - MULTICRAB
SUPERFINISH - SUPERCRAB
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Silicone Coated Belts: dimensional production limits
Length:
Length:
Width:
mt. 2,50 (minimum)
mt. 25,00 (maximum)
from mt. 2,50 to mt. 3,60 maximum thickness is mm. 6 total
mt. 3,40 (maximum)
Silicone Coated Belts: stretching under working conditions
The pressure silicone coated belts are extremely stable due to special
heatsetting and finishing process on the tubular base fabrics.
According to our experience and feed back from final users.
> length wise: the belt does not shorten but may become longer (up to
+2,5%)
> widthwise: the belt generally increases slightly the width and do not
shrink ( say within max + 3,0%)
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Albany International Italia manufactures and supplies state-of-the-art
endless needled felts and silicone coated belts for textiles finishing
processes, as:
continuous decatizing
knitted wear compaction
fabrics shrinkage
transfer printing
continuous boiling, crabbing and setting
bonding and coupling
ironing, heatsetting and polishing
Albany International’s production meets the demands of both textile finishers
and machine manufacturers by offering a wide range of products specifically
designed for each type of process.
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