Industry Sector: TEXTILES
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· OVEN HEATING
· INFRA RED PRE HEATING
· INFRA RED PRE HEATING BY HOT FLUE SYSTEM
· FOAM PRE-GELLING.
· PRODUCT SINGEING
· HEATING SYSTEM CONVERSIONS FAMATEX, BABCOCK ARTOS, AZTEC
The system incorporates highly efficient burners with total reliability, with high turndowns to allow for a wide range of required temperature settings.
A wide range
of industrial gas fired package burners and controls have been supplied to
the textile industry either in the UK or to areas which require specialist
approvals such as the United States and Canada.
For further information
see 'Package Burners' in the Products
section.
INFRA
RED PRE HEATING
Requirement:
Compact, cost effective heater system with the ability to cope with new production
processes.
Due to new specialist textiles and coatings, and the constant requirement to increase production speed, existing stentors and ovens are unable to reach the necessary temperatures or dwell times needed for these new processes. In some cases heavy weight textiles have to be sent through the oven twice to dry the fabric sufficiently.
Compact cost effective gas fired heaters have been developed and installed at the oven inlet to emit high energy infra red heat directly onto the product prior to entering the oven. Results showed that in some cases production speed could be increased by as much as 20% and that heavier weight products could be dried in a single pass.
For further information
see 'Infra Red Heat Systems' in the
Products section.
INFRA
RED PRE HEATING BY HOT FLUE SYSTEM
Requirement:
A gas fired hot flue system that could provide a high amount of controlled
infra-red radiation to both sides of a vertically moving product.
On new large textile finishing machines pre heating the product prior to entering the dryer is essential to reach the production speeds required.
The resulting products
of combustion rise upwards warming the products in addition to the radiated
heat. The hot flue system provides a cost effective, efficient way of applying
a large amount of heat to a product within a small area.
Modulating high intensity gas fired infra red heaters were used to set the foam surface. Accurate control was required to prevent over setting as this could cause bubbling or under curing of the final product.
For further information
see 'Infra Red Heat Systems' in the
Products section.
A cast section burner
was developed to provide a uniform flame across a wide product area. Specialist
air and fuel mixing equipment were incorporated to allow the flame pattern
and length to be altered to suit various product requirements.
For further information
see 'Bar / Singe Burners' in the Products
section.
HEATING
SYSTEM CONVERSIONS:
FAMATEX STENTOR
Requirement:
Direct fired system to emulate heating characteristics of existing Stentor.
An existing 4 bay Famatex stentor was heated by 8 indirect fired light oil burners. Spares had become difficult and costly to obtain... furthermore the reliability of the burners had become a serious issue for many months and the temperatures in 2 of the 4 bays were up to 25 degrees below the required set points.
A direct fired natural
gas system was developed to mimic the heating characteristics of the Famatex
stentor. The implemented system was totally reliable, considerably more efficient
with very accurate temperature control. The production speed could also be
increased as the required set points could all be met, especially in the first
bay. New processes could also be undertaken which required higher process
temperatures.
A combustion system was
developed using dual process burners and heater cans to distribute heat across
the full diameter of the unique Babcock re-circulating fans.
Start up and cool down
times were greatly reduced, efficiency was doubled due to the removal of the
steam boiler and all the associated costs. The process temperatures could
be raised and the production speeds increased.
A twin burner heater system was developed which independently controlled the heat input to each circulating fan balancing the oven to within + / - 1 Degree.
Bruckner, Krantz, Campen
and many other oven manufacturers combustions systems have all been successfully
modified, converted or upgraded.