Starlinger & STC Spinnzwirn to participate in ITMA 2019

15 Apr '19

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Starlinger and member company, STC Spinnzwirn, will display textile machinery at ITMA 2019 expo, in Barcelona, Spain, in hall 7, stand B212, from June 20-26, 2019. Starlinger supplies machinery for making woven plastic packaging, plastic recycling, and refinement. STC Spinnzwirn develops monofilament and tape lines like winding and downstream equipment.

In addition to the winders and twisting machines of STC Spinnzwirn, ITMA visitors will be able to get a good impression of the Industry 4.0 solutions of winding specialist, Georg Sahm based in Eschwege/Germany, which joined Starlinger Group in 2002. Further, ITMA highlights will be the software solutions for central plant monitoring and digital process optimisation developed for the Starlinger Group by GRAFiT, a subsidiary founded in 2018, the company said in a press release.

With a focus on the circular economy, Starlinger will exhibit an FX 6.1 circular loom at ITMA 2019 to demonstrate the circular weaving of tapes made of recycled PET; the resulting rPET fabric is ideal for the manufacturing of U-panel FIBCs (flexible intermediate bulk containers or container sacks). The FX 6.1 is a 6-shuttle circular loom that is primarily used for the production of high-performance fabrics and does not possess any sliding parts which would require lubrication. This ensures that the fabric is completely oil-free and suitable for packaging food products.

Starlinger currently registers a high demand for circular looms with a large working width that are often used to make plastic fabric for FIBCs. Due to its form stability, flexibility, and high melting point, (recycled), PET lends itself perfectly to FIBCs, in which large product quantities are transported and stored. Further advantages of (r)PET FIBCs are their suitability for multiple use as well as their excellent recyclability. (GK)

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