Monforts, 3000mm, 8 Zones, Hot Oil, Pin Clip Chain

Description

  1. Overview
    1. Monforts stenter range
    2. Maximum fabric width: 3000 mm
    3. Used only for 7 years in production
    4. Manufactured in 1996, installed in 1997, factory closed in 2004
    5. Factory has been mothballed since closure with engineering and security staff retained to keep machinery in good state
  2. Entrance Section
    1. Entrance frame with tensioning rails and driven draw rollers
    2. Stainless steel j-box
    3. Expanding roller, 2 driven scroll rollers
    4. Kusters padding langle type
    5. Mahlo orthomat weft straightener
    6. Entrance desk with tension control/overfeed arrangement
    7. Steaming box on the entrance field
    8. Redhardt & Leimer photocell guiders
    9. 3-finged uncurlers and pinning on brushes
  3. Stenter Frames
    1. Monforts twin-air stenter frames
    2. E&A comi
    3. Horizontal return combined pin and clip chain
    4. Operator platform
    5. Control bridge with monitors
  4. Heating and Cooling
    1. 8 chambers heated by circulating thermofluid hot oil
    2. 2 cooling zones
    3. 2 stainless steel cylinders, water cooled
  5. Exit Section
    1. Plaiter
    2. Accumulator
    3. A-frame surface driven batcher
    4. Horizontal return combined pin and clip chain