A.Monforts will be participating at Shanghaitex as part of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), highlighting its energy saving solutions in textiles dyeing and finishing.

These solutions will include the integrated heat recovery modules and exhaust air cleaning units to reduce energy consumption and clean the exhaust air of thermo finishing ranges.

Where space may be a premium, Monforts has introduced a stand-alone Energy Tower for retrofitting to existing stenters or hotflues with restricted access above the units.

Energy Towers have been designed to be positioned alongside the stenter or hotflue, and feature five integrated heat recovery modules. Capitalising on the high temperature of the exhaust air, savings of up to 30% in energy costs can be achieved, in accordance with Monforts. 

Monforts will also give emphasis to its latest Montex TT stenter for technical textiles featuring a specially developed nozzle system for coating applications as well as outstanding maintenance features.

Andritz Küsters, will showcare their complete product range of calenders and rolls for the textile industry as well as machinery for the nonwoven industry at Shanghaitex 2009 within the German Pavilion. The enterprise from Krefeld, Germany is well supported by their representatives AKM (based in Shanghai and Hong Kong), who have derived from Kuesters Far East and Kuesters Shanghai.

Andreas Lukas, Vice President of Andritz Küsters stated: "The two unique deflection controlled roll systems S-Roll and HyCon Roll are our core competence. Our clients get precisely the right calender technology their product needs."

With a maximum line force of 400 N/mm the teXcal s-roll with deflection control raises the bar to set new standards, especially in technical textiles, which require defined low air permeability such as parachute silk. Other deflection controlled calender systems with synthetic coatings are limited to a line force of 300 N/mm. The fabric needs multiple calendering, whereas the teXcal s-roll with especially adjusted surface technology can achieve best compaction results in just one passage, the company says.

Benninger offers solutions for important textile finishing processes and specializes in the continuous open-width treatment of fabrics and interlaced yarns.

With innovative process systems, the company increases efficiency and therefore provides customers with significant competitive advantages, whether with regard to increasing productivity, optimizing quality or ensuring ecological standards.

Major exhibits from Benninger include the Ben-Wash, a high washing effect with low water consumption; the Ben-Bleach, from grey cloth to full dyeing or print white; the Ben-Dimensa for precise mercerization; Ben-Colour that provides one-step dyeing technology; the Knit-Line offering knitware open-width concepts; and the system of Resource Management that helps users achieve zero discharge and hence environmental protection through waste water recycling and heat recovery.

Besides, Benninger tire cord and single thread installation impregnation systems are technologically mature, guaranteeing total reliability and the highest possible level of safety of the treated fabrics in the most diverse areas of application, the company says.

Presented by Brückner, the new Power-Frame stenter generation is characterized by the proven and patented Split-Flow air circulation system achieving an optimum temperature distribution across the complete dryer length and width. This is important for heat-setting processes and in the end decisive for the quality of the fabric. An easy reproducibility of production data is ensured with the Multi-Control Plus machine control, and more than 500 different recipes can be memorized. The preparation times are short and a uniformly high fabric quality with heat-setting processes is ensured.

With the newly developed energy-saving systems, Brückner achieved to make the stentering processes even more profitable, the company says. Additionally, the dryer concept newly designed by Brückner allows to increase the production output by up to 25% with an energy consumption that has been reduced simultaneously by 25%. The more intense combination of suction and air circulation allows a homogeneous drying across the fabric width / fabric thickness and thus an optimum fabric quality with the best achievable residual shrinkage, the company says.

High-grade Groz-Beckert circular knitting cylinders provide the ideal complement to the company premium range of needles and system components to create an ideal knitting system from a single, reliable supplier. The company says that it is only with the guarantee of a consistently high standard of component quality and outstanding durability that circular knitting machines are able to reach their full potential for high-performance operation on the factory floor. Customers are offered a selection of 60,000 knitting cylinders and around 50,000 different needles and system parts for the manufacture of textile surfaces.

Groz-Beckert will display a knitting cylinder for the most popular single jersey machines in Asia with 34?diameter in gauge E44.

Stoll will present a variety of highly productive flat knitting machines as a representative cross section of the CMS program, several software applications as well as the Stoll-multi gauges.

Complete garments will be another topic in Shanghai: On display will be a machine for the production of finer complete garments as well as a machine being capable of producing in contrast extremely coarse complete garments with highest output. In addition new pattern possibilities impressively demonstrate the economic efficiency of the complete article production with Stoll-knit and wear.

More products will be shown, including machines of intarsia knitting, Stoll Software Solutions and the pattern software M1plus.

Jakob Müller offers such solutions as narrow fabric weaving systems, warp crochet knitting systems and label weaving systems, to produce bra-belts, zipper tapes, decoration tapes, bordering tapes, satin tapes, printing tapes, elastic tapes, medical bandages and lace.

Being a partner of the international knitting industry, Kern-Liebers offers the largest programme of the knitting elements worldwide, with more than 40,000 different types. Approximately 8,000 standard types are available at short notice from stock. These high-quality knitting elements are developed in close cooperation with all major machine builders.

The manufacturing programme comprises loop forming elements such as sinkers, jacks, selectors, sliders, wall inserts and precision components for large diameter circular machines, seamless hosiery machines, flat bed machines, single cylinder sock machines, double cylinder sock machines, fully fashioned machines (cotton frames) and weaving looms.

Santex (Shanghai) Textile Machinery will show a number of machinery:

- Santastretch Plus, which is a continuous hydroextracting, overstretching and wet compacting machine for tubular knitted fabrics;
- Santaspread, a steaming and compacting calendar machine for tubular knitted fabrics;
- Santacompact CK, a leveling, steaming and compacting calendar machine for open width knitted fabrics;
- Santashrink Progress, which is tensionless shrinking and relax drying machine for knitted and woven fabrics;
- Santabrush, a surface treatment machine for knitted and woven fabrics;
- SM6 sueding machines for knitted and woven fabrics;
- Plurima, a dry and wet sueding machine for warp knitted and woven fabrics; and
- Cavitec coating and laminating machine for technical textiles.

SDL Atlas will participate at the ShanghaiTex 2009 this year, presenting a broad range of textile testing products, supplies, consumables, and services available from a single source.

On display include a digital Elmendorf Tearing Tester complete with pendulum and calibration weights, as well as Atlas Ci3000+ system to conduct weathering and lightfastness testing.

Shima Seiki will exhibit its line of advanced computerized flat knitting machines. On display will be a representative cross-section of its technology, ranging from SSG- and SIG- series conventional shaping machines to its latest Mach2-series high-spec WholeGarment knitting machines. With these products, the company will present a variety of solutions for maintaining success and profitability for its customers while enduring the current economic crisis.

The latest offering from Shima Seiki, Mach2X is arguably the most advanced computerized flat knitting machine to date, the company comments. What sets the Mach2X apart is its speed and productivity. Maximum knitting speed is increased to 1.6m/sec, it says.  

The new R2Carriage system permits quicker carriage returns for higher efficiency per knitted course. New Split Stitch technique allows efficient knitting by eliminating empty courses. On the 15L gauge machine a special large-hook version of the SlideNeedle is used for knitting 12-gauge fabrics at 15-gauge needle pitch for even higher productivity. These improvements combine to yield more than twice as much productivity than before. With this increase in productivity, Shima Seiki can finally provide WholeGarment production that is capable of supporting China's manufacturing base, according to Shima Seiki.

Libra 3.130 is the latest technology machine concept for smallest dimensions, greatest versatility and low energy consumption. Libra enjoys the brand new developments: Motorised yarn-carriers, shorten the time of Carriage Reversal, introduced the Free Gauge concept.

Tanatex Chemicals will provide its new and innovative products to the Chinese users.

Edolan DSR (Dry Soil Release) is a high performance repellent agent with excellent water- and oil-repellent values and pronounced dry soil release properties to achieve easy-cleaning effects or to create easy-cleaning materials for outdoor exposure. It also prevents dirt to adhere to the exposed surface and simplifies the removal of dirt by spraying with water or rain.
It has been especially designed for - and has good performance on (non-) coated PES material for outdoor applications like awnings, covers and tents.

It is economical in comparison with other repellent agents, on average half the amount is necessary to achieve the desired repellency values. 

The company will also present such products as Tanacid ADP, Levegal PL and Levegal BLD polyester levelling, synchronizing and dispersing agents, as well as Logic Dyeing Concept to process cotton knit goods and their blends.