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Welcome to IN-LINE with FI-TECH
 Welcome to our Spring issue of "In Line with Fi-Tech" We hope you find the information in this issue interesting and of use.
We're looking forward to an exciting 1999! In the first six months, we'll be attending INDEX '99 in Geneva, Switzerland in April, and in June we'll travel to Paris, France for ITMA 99. At INDEX '99, a key exhibition for the Nonwovens industry, we'll showcase the latest developments and capabilities of several of our key associates - Autefa, Casaretto, COFPA, Enka tecnica, Edelmann and Reifenhauser. At ITMA '99, we'll focus on the latest technological developments from our associates Autefa, Cason, Christoph Burckhardt, Enka tecnica, Lurgi Zimmer, Nuova Protex, Varemac, and Zentes Unitex. For your convenience, we have included registration information for both shows in this issue. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.
We'd also like to welcome a new sales engineer to the Fi-Tech team... Alfonso Fernandez Galan. Alfonso will be supporting our Sales Manager, Santiago Vivanco, in our Mexican office.
In closing, we wish to remind all of our customers that Fi-Tech maintains a 24 hour support system should you have an emergency that can not wait until the next business day. Simply phone our regular business number, 804-794-9615 and follow the recorded instructions. Someone is always on call and will get back to you as soon as possible.
Jeffrey G. Bassett
HSGM Thermcutters Now in Stock
Fi-Tech is pleased to announce the addition of the HSGM Thermcutter to our spare parts inventory. The HSGM Thermcutter is known as the most dependable and durable hot knife unit used in the Synthetic and Nonwovens industries today.
The HSGM Thermcutter is a hand-operated unit designed to cut yarn or fabric from tubes or wraps from production equipment. Easily activated by a trigger mechanism, the transformer has the capability to heat the blade to approximately 600 degrees Celsius in 6-8 seconds.
We also stock a complete line of Thermcutter repair parts including replacement blades, housing covers and internal components.
For additional specifications and pricing for the HSGM Thermcutter and replacement parts, please contact Keith Wise in our Spare Parts department, by email at kwise@fi-tech.com or by telefax at 804.794.9514.
Enka tecnica joins the Fi-Tech roster
On October 1,1998, Fi-Tech, inc. proudly became the North American representative for Enka tecnica GmbH of Heinsberg, Germany. A leading manufacturer of spinnerets, machine components, opto-electronic instruments and lab testing equipment, Enka tecnica is well known throughout the industry for quality products. Enka tecnica's product line includes spunbond spin plates, melt blown die tips, staple fiber spinnerets and spinnerets
The Lufan® series
of aspirator guns
allow for safe
operation of machinery
during product
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and spin packs for micro-fiber and bi-component processes.
Enka tecnica makes for all melt spinning processes in any design or size. High precision machinery allows for special tolerances - from as low as 0.001 mm for round hole capillary diameters, to 0.005mm for capillary lengths to 0.001 mm for lobe widths. Spinnerets with a L/D ratio of 30:1 are also achievable.
A pioneer in developing interlacing systems that provide customers with desired yarn cohesion, Enka tecnica's competence is represented in three distinctly different jet systems. The Et-Jet-PP system, which is a spinnerets and spin packs series of open type air jets, used mostly in the yarn spinning process; the Et-Jet-GS system, a closed air system designed for heavier denier industrial filaments and carpet yarns; and the Et-Jet-TD system, which employs intense entanglements at yarn speeds of more than 1000m/min and low air consumption, for use in false twist texturing processes.
Enka tecnica's Lufan® series of aspirator guns
allow for the safe operation of machinery during product changes and doffing in spinning, draw-winding and draw-texturizing operations. The Lufan® series of string up and doffing aspirators includes the HS series for line speeds up to 8000m/min and yarn counts from 1,600 dtex to 10,000 dtex; the LC series for speeds up to 5,000m/min and yarn counts from 1,600 dtex to 10,000 dtex and the 100/200 series designed for slower textile processes including draw-winding, draw-texturizing and a slower spinning process (viscose).
Enka tecnica's line of opto-electronic instruments includes the Fraytec lIl, an opto-electronic broken filament detection system for use in filament yarn spinning operations for both partially and fully oriented yarns. The Fraytec III is a sensor that can provide an all round view of the threadline. The sensor is triggered as a thread passes over two ceramic pins. An optic fiber cable then transmits light from the control unit to the thread, checking for broken filaments on one side. Optical components reflect the light to a receptor thereby checking the other side of the thread.
Look for more information about Enka tecnica's quality components in future issues of In Line with Fi-Tech.
Just Around the Corner
Starting April 27th and running through April 30, INDEX'99 takes place in Geneva, Switzerland. This international nonwovens exhibition and congress is the premier event of the Nonwoven industry and is devoted to the latest marketing and technological developments in the industry. We are proud to announce that Fi-Tech will be in attendance at this exciting show along with the companies we represent.
Autefa Maschinen GmbH: Booth 7252
Exhibiting as a memeber of the Dilo Systems Group for complete, turnkey nonwoven lines, Autefa will feature its full range of CROSSLINER and TOPLINER series of crosslappers for high production speeds, high quality products, and low cross lapper maintenace.
Casaretto/Wetzel GmbH: Booth 2400
View calender roll bonding patterns for spunbond and staple fibers, including new embossing/perforating patterns for hygienic applications such as baby diapers, panty liners, and incontinence products. Other new products include "super soft touch" bonding patterns for staple fiber, and new roller technologies for foam impregnation.
COFPA: Booth 4306
See woven plastic wire fabrics for forming, bonding, conveying, drying and curing, as well as new dimensionally stable, high temperature fabrics for thermal bonding.
Edelmann Maschinen GmbH: Booth 2171
Complete winding systems for nonwovens, including automatic winders with inline slitting, automatic master roll winders, slitters/rewinders, automatic knife positioning systems, roll and winding shaft handling systems,cardboard tube cutting machines.
Enka tecnica: Booth 4142
See the latest in Spun Bond Spinnerets, Melt Blowing Die Tips and Hydroentanglement Jet Strips.
Reifenhauser GmbH: Booth 1221
REICOFIL 3, a multiple beam spunbond systems for the production of polyolefin, polyester, nylon, and bicomponent, and micro-fiber spunbond fabrics, composite products and film laminates.
Turn your waste into profit with Cason Bobbin Strippers
Waste....even in our most efficient processes we generate it. Sometimes it is inevitable. But now you can turn your waste into profit by cleaning your bobbins with Cason s.p.a. Bobbin Strippers.
Fi-Tech, inc. is pleased to introduce Cason s.p.a. Bobbin Strippers. Manufactured by Cason of Montonate di Mornago, Italy, these bobbin strippers can be used to clean almost any size bobbin or tube, whether they're made of paper, cardboard, plastic or metal, as well as flanged, plastic bobbins.
Cason Bobbin Strippers offer the following advantages:
- Cason's patented stripping process does not damage the tube, allowing for re-use.
- In many cases, the waste yarn can be resold or re-extruded, eliminating waste disposal fees and increasing the efficiency of the process.
- Labor costs are drastically reduced. Employees can perform other tasks instead of spending hours at the tedious traditional method of bobbin stripping.
- The Cason process is safe for its operators and surrounding environment.
Strippers are available in manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic configurations. The fully automatic model is capable of stripping up to 1500 bobbins per hour, depending upon the size and style of the bobbin. Cason also offers a variety of stripping methods, rotating blades, a hot air nozzle, or a combination of the two methods which can be used with machinery employing a variety of bobbins and yarn.
Complete turnkey systems and custom designed strippers are available for any customer application.
If you are tired of throwing your money out the window along with your bobbins, contact your Fi-Tech sales engineer for more information about Cason Bobbin Stripping. We will be happy to send your bobbins to Italy for a free trial and consultation for the easiest and most efficient method of stripping your bobbins and saving your company time and money. |
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A Virtual Convention at TextileShow.com
Imagine being able to travel through an exhibition hall and acquire literature and new product information without leaving the comfort of your own chair. The new website, www.textileshow.com, makes it all a reality and Fi-Tech is there.
A virtual tradeshow for the textile industry, www.TextileShow.com, offers 20 exhibition halls that have been divided by specific areas of the textile industry. Fi-Tech has a "virtual booth" in both the Nonwovens hall and the Machinery and Equipment hall.
To access Fi-Tech at www.TextileShow.com:
 Check in at the registration desk, complete a registration form and you will be assigned a Badge ID number. You will only have to do this once. In the future, you will only need to key in your Badge ID number to re-enter the show.
 Select a bag to carry with you throughout the show. As you move through the halls and visit exhibiting companies, you will fill it by requesting information on products, services or featured items that exhibitors have posted in their booths.
 Once you have selected your bag, you will find yourself at the Information Desk, then you can select the exhibition hall you'd like to visit.
 Once you have entered the Nonwovens hall - or the Machinery and Equipment hall you will have access to the Fi-Tech booth. We have two booths - one geared towards the Synthetic Fibers industry and one to the Nonwovens industry. Both booths are accessible in the Machinery and Equipment Hall. However, only the Nonwovens booth can bg accessed throuph the Nonwovens hall.
 Welcome to the Fi-Tech booth! Please feel free to browse through our product directory and request information on our vast product offering. You can also access our web-site from here.
Be sure to check out some of the other interesting sites in this virtual convention center...including the arcade, show highliphts, refreshment area, and even the restrooms.
We're very excited about this new and innovative way to keep you informed about Fi-Tech's new products and services. We feel that the TextileShow.com gives us a non-traditional method of interaction with our customers that is simple yet fun to use.
If you have any questions about TextileShow.com or our own web-site, fi-tech.com, please call our office and we'll be happy to assist you.
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Paris in the Spring!
There's nothing like Paris in the Springtime! And this year, ITMA, the world's most prestigious exhibition of machinery and supplies for the Textile Fiber and Fabrics industries, will be in Paris, France from June 1-10. Many of Fi-Tech's principals will showcase their new and exciting technologies at ITMA'99.
Room reservations and flight arrangements should be made well in advance, as available space is booked very rapidly. For more information about the show, including tickets, maps and recommended hotels, etc., contact the ITMA Exhibition in Paris, at telephone number 011-33-1-41220224, or visit www.itma99.com.
The following is a brief listing of show highlights sure to interest our fiber customers.
AUTEFA: Booth 1E22- Hall 1.2
500 Ton Lift Box Bale Press, Hydraulic Unit, Automatic Filament Bobbin Handling System, Automatic Guided Vehicle
A"cant miss" selection for your ITMA visit. Autefa will have a condensed version of the Automated Bobbin Handling System set up and running in the booth. (Naturally, some of the activities will be done in simulation due to the limited space.) And, if you'd like a chance to get close up and personal with a 500 Ton Baler, this is it! You will certainly be impressed with the massive construction that goes into these fine machines. Autefa's wonderful Bavarian hospitality will be in full swing, so be sure to stop for some refreshments.
BURKHARDT: Booth A-10-Hall 2.3
Fibrillating Rollers and Pin Bar inserts, Open End Spinning Spare Parts
Check out Burckhardt's wide variety of Fibrillating Rolls and Pin Bars, for use in specialty fabric and fiber formation. Burckhardt's Precision Pinned components for other industrial applications will also be on view along with a selection of their proprietary spare parts for the Open End Spinning industry.
CASON: Booth A-32- Hall 2.7
Bobbin Strippers Model 2M/T2-A; AC3/NC2; B2F/94; and AC/UNO
Learn how you can save time and money with Cason Bobbin Strippers. Cason will display four machines that provide a wide cross-section of application possibilities for the removal of waste yarn for recycling, and re-use of the bobbin tubes. The 2M/T2A, a manually-loaded machine for removal of waste yarn from tubes and cones made of cardboard or plastic; AC3/NC2, an automatic loaded machine for the cleaning of waste yarn from tubes of fixed diameter and length; B2F/94, an automatic machine for the removal of yarn residuals from flanged spools of different lengths and diameters; and AC/UNO, a manually-loaded machine for the cleaning of yarn residuals from ring spinning tubes.
Come by and see the bobbin stripper that best suits your application.
ENKA TECNICA: Booth B-40 - Hall 2.2
Interactive Displays for Sensing Equipment, Spinnerets, and Air Entanglement jets, Splicers, and Lace-Up Guns
Lufans, Fraytecs, Temptecs... Sounds like space invaders? They're just part of the space age technology available from Enka tecnica today. Stop in and explore these items and more through Enka's interactive displays and a hands-on demonstration of their tow splicing capabilities. Bring your own tow and try it on Enka5 test stand.
LURI ZIMMER: Booth H-8- Hall1 Spinning System for Tire Cord, Technology Displays
Come see the world's leaders in polymerization technologies and learn the benefits of working with the best in the business. Lurgi Zimmer will display a new spinning system for industrial yarns, designed to meet the toughest product demands presented today. The Zimmer experts will be available to discuss your specific needs, from green-field plants to modernization of existing facilities.
NOVA PROTEX: A-13 / Hall 2.1
Nuova Protex will display a 3-Position B-2 Winder, with dancer rolls, set up with different winding arrangements on each of the three positions. This winder also features a computer control for package build characteristics. This will be the introduction for the new C-20 Winder series from Nuova Protex. This winder is designed to take-up rafia, tapes, and cords, with a package range of from 20 to 50 kilograms, depending on the traverse length selected.
VAREMAC: Booth B-59Hall 2.1
Information on Compact Staple Plants, BCF and FDY Plants
BCF FDY, POY, STAPLE Have a niche to fill but don't know where to turn? Varemac is the custom engineering company that can help you reach your goal. Varemac specializes in compact production plants for all types of fibers, utilizing leading edge technologies to provide the lowest cost for the highest output. Varemac's newest compact staple system, the VARSTAPLE plant will be on display and their representatives will be pleased to discuss this or any of their other innovative plant designs with you.
ZENTES UNITEX: Booth F-20 - Hall 7.3
Promik 400 IMS, Promik 600,MS80-PRO-CS inspection Microscope, Spin Pump Test & inspection Station
"Problem Solvers incorporated" could be another name for Zentes Unitex. For many years now they have been recognizing the unfilled needs of fiber producers and providing just the right equipment to do the job. This year you can see their new automated spinneret inspection system, the PROMIK 400-lMS, their already well received PROMIK 600 inspection and Test Bench, the MS80-PRO-CS Measuring Microscope and their latest innovation, the Polymer Pump Test and inspection Bench. The answer to your question could be close at hand - stop by and see for yourself.
Fi-Tech will, of course, be well represented at many of the above booths during the show. If you would like to set up an appointment to discuss any new or pending matters, please call prior to the exhibition or stop at any of the above booths and leave us a message. Lee, Todd and Jeff Bassett will all be available, along with Hal Hill and Santiago Vivanco. We look forward to seeing you in Paris in the spring!
Coming Events
TAPPI Nonwovens Conference
March 15-17
Orlando, FL
INDEX '99
April 27-30
Geneva, Switzerland
ITMA '99
June 1-l0
Paris, France
Carpet Technologies '99
September 14-16
Dalton, GA
INDA-TEC '99
September 21-23 :
Atlanta, GA
Filtration '99
November 2-4
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