Textile Technology

Autefa At ITMA – Innovative fiber recycling solutions for sustainable textile circularity

Published: May 24, 2023
Author: DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE

The demand for textile circularity is rising considerably as consumers and businesses alike look for ways to recycle fast fashion and sustainability takes on more significance in the fashion sector. AUTEFA ways provides creative ways to process and reuse various types of fibres, including recycled, natural, and manufactured materials, in response to this trend. The Airlay V12/R Aerodynamic Web Forming Machine is a small, affordable device for processing all natural fibres, including coir, sisal, jute, hemp, and cotton, as well as animal hair and wool and textile waste. The Airlay V12/R can produce nonwovens weighing 400–8000 gsm when fed by a hopper feeder. Re-needling of needle boards during the production of needle punch nonwovens must be easy, safe, and effective. to prolong the life of the needle boards and prevent lengthy downtimes. To address these issues, AUTEFA Solutions created the Needle Exchanger. This device automates the physically demanding and dangerous manual procedure of insertion, swapping, and withdrawing needles, which lowers the possibility of needle board damage and eliminates the possibility of operator injury. AUTEFA Solutions provides a distinctive service machine in the form of the Automatic Needle Exchanger. Reproducibility and safety at each needle swap are of the utmost significance thanks to the machine’s efficiency and bespoke software system.

The partnership between AUTEFA Solutions and PAMA Paper Machinery combines the greatest features of the nonwoven and wetlaid industries, utilising web forming, consolidation, and drying technologies based on fibre. technology commonly used in the paper industry. Wetlaid – Spunlace is the technology of choice to produce sustainable and cost-effective nonwovens from 100% cellulosic raw material such as pulp, viscose or lyocell fibers. AUTEFA Solutions Wetlaid/Spunlace technology produces sustainable and biodegradable products for a world with less plastic, designed to produce a uniform pulp layer for optimal fiber distribution with the lowest fiber consumption.
For customers looking for a key supplier for their nonwoven technology needs, AUTEFA’s state-of-the-art technology includes carded crosslapped needle punch lines, aerodynamic web forming technology, thermobonding lines, and spunlace lines.

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