FOR YEARS TO COME - ANDRITZ GROUP · FOR YEARS TO COME NONWOVEN SEPTEMBER 2019. 01 ANDRITZ NONWOVEN CHAPTER OVERVIEW ... Open to ANDRITZ customers for their own R&D and products development

LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF

NONWOVENS FOR HYGIENEFOR YEARS TO COME

NONWOVEN

SEPTEMBER 2019

01 ANDRITZ NONWOVEN

CHAPTER OVERVIEW

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02 NONWOVEN MARKET TRENDS

03 ANDRITZ SOLUTIONS FOR HYGIENE

04 CONCLUSION

ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, systems and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and

paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors as

well as for animal feed and biomass pelleting.

Global presence

Headquarters in Graz, Austria; over 280 production sites and service/sales companies worldwide

KEY FINANCIAL FIGURES:

THE ANDRITZ GROUP

3

SALES BY REGION 2018 (%)

Emerging

markets:

41%Europe &

North America:

59%

6,031

MEUR

UNIT 2018 2017

Order intake MEUR 6,646.2 5,579.5

Order backlog (as of end of period) MEUR 7,084.3 6,383.0

Sales MEUR 6,031.5 5,889.1

Net income (including non-controlling interests) MEUR 219.7 265.6

Employees (as of end of period; without apprentices) - 29,096 25,566

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Key facts of ANDRITZ in nonwovens

ANDRITZ NONWOVEN


CONVERTINGSPUNLACE

Excellent partner for your nonwoven production processes

FULL RANGE OF CAPABILITIES


We’re here to give you support in every aspect of your nonwovens production from low to high capacities.

You benefit from the most advanced expertise and complete solutions for:

WETLAID

SPUNLAID/CALENDER

NEEDLEPUNCH

5

AIR-THROUGH-BONDING

TEXTILEFINISHING LINES

ANDRITZ Solutions for Hygiene

A market driven by Wipes & Hygiene applications

NONWOVENS MARKET


Source: INDA - EDANA

Most competitive solutions for Spunlace

MARKET TRENDS FOR WIPES


SPUNLACE LINES CAPACITY


1990 2000 2005 2010 2015

2 000

4 000

6 000

8 000

10 000

12 000

14 000

16 000

18 000

20 000

22 000

24 000

26 000

28 000

30 000

1995

28 000

Tons / year

10 000

22 000

2020

Impact of the TT card web forming in the spunlace market

Introduction

of TT Card

Parameters

Material: Vis, PET, PP, PLA, Cotton

Fabric weight: 25 - 80 g/m²

TT Card width: up to 5100 mm

Production speed: up to 300 m/min

Capacity : up to 22,000 t/p.a

NEXLINE SPUNLACE


Carding Hydroentanglement Dryer WinderCalender

Key facts:

High efficiency

Very high speed

Low energy consumption

neXecodry system

Energy control

Complete filtration system

The ANDRITZ solution for the wipes market

10

Water needles

Injector

Web

Water

feeding

Strip


neXjet injector by ANDRITZ

NEXLINE SPUNLACE – HYDROENTANGLEMENT

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Distribution Holes vs. Distribution Slot

New Generation with Distribution Slot

First Generation with Distribution Holes / Perforated body

NEXLINE SPUNLACE – NEXJET INJECTOR

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Energy saving thanks to the ANDRITZ injector design


0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

BI

(N/g

/m²)

Energy Required (%)

Distribution Slot

Distribution Holes

Take Away:

Distribution Slot allows 15% of energy savings in

comparison with Distribution Holes

15%

To reach the same Bonding Index, the

Distribution Slot requires 15% less energy than

the Distribution Holes

NEXLINE SPUNLACE – NEXJET INJECTOR

HYGIENE MARKET


Trends for diaper applications

Market needs:

Ultra-light nonwoven fabrics

Softness

Bulkiness

Capacity

WetlaceTM process from ANDRITZ – ONE line, THREE different wipes

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE WIPES


Line characteristics:

Standard drylaid and/or wetlaid webforming

Fabric weight: 40 – 80 gsm

Line capacity: up to 15,000 t/a

Raw materials: Pulp / Viscose / Others

End-uses: Flushable and bio degradable wipes

ANDRITZ SOLUTIONS FOR HYGIENE MARKET


Performing Spunlace process


Only one card in-line

Ultralight fabrics: 25-30 gsm

High productivity: 1450 kg/h

Raw materials: PET, VIS, Cotton

End-uses: Top-sheet and Back-sheet

WEB FORMING SYSTEM FOR SPUNLACE


Lower speed ratio between main cylinder and

worker speed, means nicer final web

homogeneity.

Higher worker speed generates optimum fibre

distribution on the main cylinder.

This is in favour of a uniform aspect for the final

web.

200 m/mn

350 m/mn

1000 m/mn

Latest innovation – the Isoweb « TT » card


From bonding to finishing in Spunlaid: neXline finish


Webfoming Thermobonding SpunjetSoftLow add-on,

dosingDrying

Process

control

Winding/

slitting

Supplied by ANDRITZ


neXcal twin pro designed for high speed Spunlaid lines

STATE-OF-THE-ART CALENDER FOR SPUNBOND

The neXcal twin pro is designed to increased needs of the market

Features:

• Production speed up to 1,300 m/min with three different roll widths

• Clean Machine Concept (CMC) to prevent contamination of the

fabric and reduce manual cleaning hours

• Calender equipped with additional sensors to reduce downtimes

• New drive concept for the Hot S-Roll and cooling rolls: Direct driven

to withstand the increased speed

DRYING SOLUTION FOR SPUNBOND


The neXdry through-air dryer is especially designed to suit the demands of spunlaid processes

Features

• Up to 6 m working width

• Speed up to 1,200m/min

• Equipped with the innovative U-Drum, which consists of 100%

stainless steel and has an open area of 96%

• Roll-out design, for easy maintenance

• Controlled air-flow system

• Double temperature zones

• Optimized energy consumption

DRYING SOLUTION FOR SPUNBOND


Air flow management: Structured drum innovation

U-drumPerforated plate

DRYING SOLUTIONS


Industrial dryers


Innovative solutions in Spunlaid for new fabrics characteristics: Spunjet



Patented configuration

Very high speed: up to 1,000 m/min

Ultralight fabrics: From 10 gsm

End-uses: Baby diapers, Feminine hygiene, Adult incontinence


Impact of SpunjetSoft on the bulkiness


High

pressure

water jets

Softend Spunbond:

SpunjetSoft

Conventional

Spunbond


Air-through-bonding


Conventional line

Dual line


Perfect web uniformity

High Speed: up to 250 m/min

Grammage: 16 to 80 gsm

End-uses: Top-sheet and Back-sheet and ADL


ANDRITZ flat ATB oven – 600 mm working width – 200 m/min max

POSSIBILITIES AT CETI TECHNICAL CENTER


Mixing synergies for customer oriented solutions


ANDRITZ complements its product portfolio in Nonwoven and is now able to offer the complete supply and value chain,

from the raw material, to web forming, finishing and converting.

DIATEC gains from the international competence and financial stature of ANDRITZ to offer to its customers a reliable and

trustful partner with highest technology know-how and excellent project management.

Adult Diaper Baby Diaper Sanitary Napkin

Filter Cellulose

defibration & SAPForming

module Insert moduleWaistband

construction

Final cut

unitStacking and

packaging

FilterCellulose

+ SAPFront ears

module

Back ears

moduleFinal cut

module

Stacking and packaging


Converting lines - examples


Drum

forming

module

Topsheet

construction

module

Lines characteristics:

Baby diaper line: up to 1,000 pcs/min

Pants line: up to 600 pcs/min

Sanitary napkin / Panty shield line: up to 1,500 pcs/min

Adult diaper line: up to 400 pcs/min

End-uses: Baby diapers, Feminine hygiene, Adult hygiene

Baby diaper

Baby pants


ANDRITZ TECHNICAL CENTERS

State-of-the-art technical centers dedicated to Hygiene market

Covering the main nonwoven technologies : Spunlace, Spunjet, WetlaceTM, Air-Through Bonding, Converting

Open to ANDRITZ customers for their own R&D and products development

From raw materials to finished rolls of nonwoven fabrics

Excellent correlation with real industrial production conditions (speeds, basis weights, machines format)

Spunlace and Spunjet Air-Through bonding Converting

• Provider of solutions for Hygiene

• Spunlace line for ultra-light fabrics including high speed TT card and neXjet injector

• WetlaceTM for Flushable / Bio degradable Wipes

• neXcal twin pro calender and neXdry dryer for higher Spunbond productivity

• Spunjet process for added-value on Spunbond fabrics

• Customized Air-Through bonding lines

• Converting machines for hygiene

For years to come

CONCLUSION

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LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF

NONWOVENS FOR HYGIENEFOR YEARS TO COME

NONWOVEN

SEPTEMBER 2019

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