At Innovate Textile & Apparel, visitors can explore global belting market leader Habasit’s portfolio of textile industry solutions covering yarn processing, textile printing and nonwoven materials manufacture.
The explosion in demand for face masks and PPE has put the nonwovens sector under ‘the best kind of pressure’. But across the textile industry, end users and OEMs need fast, expert support to meet the challenges of rising cost pressures, customer demands, and energy efficiency, according to Habasit, a leader in belting solutions, who is exhibiting at WTiN’s Innovate Textile & Apparel virtual trade show from 15-30 October.
“Habasit delivers outstanding solutions across all quality segments, supporting our customers to achieve reliable and efficient production at an excellent price/value ratio based on our industry expertise, extensive distribution network, and world-class customer service,” the company says.
New yarn processing developments
Habasit’s new TL power transmission belts with innovative foamed TPU covers (patent pending) are particularly suitable for medium-class driving belt applications for yarn processing. This new version of polyester-based traction layers provides excellent abrasion resistance combined with good and constant grip, according to the company.
The new belts enhance Habasit’s comprehensive power transmission and conveyor belt range for yarn processing, serving applications for short and long staple and man-made fibres from bale opening to carding, combing, winding, and twisting. Habasit’s belts are said to offer high machine productivity and output, valuable energy savings, long lifetimes, reduced downtimes, and consistent yarn quality.
Massimo Rolandi, Habasit industry key account manager, says: “A particular show highlight is our new polyester power transmission belt TC-25EFQ, suitable as a tangential belt on ring spinning machines. Extensive field tests have proven its superior performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency, even in demanding climatic conditions, such as in Asia.”
Broad range of printing blankets
Habasit’s ‘world-class’ printing blanket offering is optimised for every type of digital textile printing machine, from plotter types to high-productivity and high-precision multi or single-pass printing machines, and flat bed and rotary screen printing machines, according to the company. Very wide printing blankets can also be accommodated.
“Visitors to Innovate Textile & Apparel will also find information on Habasit’s game-changing new ‘smart’ printing blanket with integrated linear encoder,” the company adds.
Producing the highest quality nonwovens
Habasit belts used with crosslapper machines to produce nonwoven textiles have a growing market share. And where nonwoven production applications require very large belt widths, Habasit plastic modular belts ‘fit the bill perfectly’, says the company.
Information on the belts’ excellent productivity and high line speeds, fibre versatility, non-marking belt joint, and avoidance of fibre accumulation will be available at the booth, according to the company.
