Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts Flexible heating options provide the opportunity for ultimate efficiency Sports/​Outdoor has recently installed a new Brückner Power-Dry relaxation dryer The family-run company has been producing high-quality sports and leisurewear for over 100 years and is now managed by fourth-generation owners Wolfgang and Bonita Grupp the company employs around 1,200 people for the production of some 20,000 items of clothing from ten tons of raw material daily piqué polo and sweatshirts that have existed for decades and still account for around 70% of production is the consumer desire for more organic quality and sustainable clothing trigema sources organic cotton from certified European companies to offer its customers an Organic and Recycled collection great importance is attached to the conservation of resources and when purchasing new machines exclusively from European manufacturers the company pays very close attention to energy “In order to produce sustainably in the long term and ultimately bring a competitive product to market our production machines need to be sustainable energy-efficient and powerful at the same time,” explains production manager Simone Nuccio “We chose the Brückner Power-Dry for its pioneering hybrid heating system energy-efficient air-through suction zone and compact and space-saving design.” future-oriented technologies have always been the focus of Brückner’s development work and today hybrid heating concepts are offered for almost all machines is equipped with gas burners and one dryer compartment also has electric heating which can be switched on or off as required All other compartments are already prepared for electric operation and can be retrofitted at any time without great effort so that the machine can be heated with gas or electric This flexibility creates enormous advantages for trigema The first dryer compartment of the line is designed as the air-through zone the fabric is pre-dried using the warm exhaust air from the subsequent compartments without using additional energy Compared to a conventional line without an air-through zone Brückner has succeeded in making the dryer compartments in this newly developed system a third shorter than before while maintaining the same high output and productivity It has space-saving sliding doors and horizontally arranged lint screens that can be easily removed for cleaning during production and the dryer produces reliably,” says Wolfgang Grupp we are well equipped for the future.” www.brueckner-textile.com Moldovan textile producer expands possibilities with Brückner finishing line Brückner to exhibit belt dryers at INDEX17 Brückner lines for carpets and floor coverings Trigema invests in sustainable textile production with Brückner's innovative relaxation dryer Sports/​Activewear Stoll showcases composite solutions at JEC World will soon see a pioneering electrical substation connected to the grid Distribution grid operator Netze BW plans to put the transformer station into operation by the end of 2023 The station will be transforming electricity from the trans-regional 110,000-volt high-voltage grid to the regional grid’s medium-voltage larger producers feeding in electricity can be directly integrated into the grid The new hub for the transport and the distribution grid will be equipped with two transformers featuring state-of-the-art protection and control technology and weigh around 70 metric tons integrated sensors will supply a cloud-based digital twin with real-time status data the high-voltage installation uses purified and compressed air instead of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) power distribution is becoming more and more complex Smart grids are needed in order to monitor power grids and control the flow of energy This is where digital transformer stations come in Anyone interested in learning more about the latest developments in transformers and other smart grid technologies will find a wealth of information at EM-Power Europe one of the four exhibitions of Europe’s largest platform for the energy industry The smarter E Europe at Messe München from June 14–16 EM-Power Europe is focused on modernizing and digitalizing the power grid into a flexible smart grid e-mobility and power-to-heat concepts into a holistic The exhibition will be accompanied by the EM-Power Europe Conference that presents the perfect opportunity to discuss the smart integration of decentralized energy installations grid management and flexibilities into the energy system of the future with international experts Read here more about digital transformer stations SEWA installs six substations and over 29 km of cables in Al Qutainah 1 marking key progress in its plan to expand and stabilize Sharjah’s electricity network A 20 / 26 MVA mobile transformer will temporarily stabilise supply in Tseaddo and nearby communities as ECG works to upgrade La Primary substation GE Vernova will supply over 70 high-voltage transformers and reactors to bolster India’s renewable energy corridors and grid modernisation under POWERGRID contracts © 2013-2025 | All Rights Reserved MERIT MEDIA INT New Montex TwinAir stenter range with Montex Coat coating unit further expand opportunities to enter new markets Clothing/​Footwear The identification of profitable new niche markets has been central to the success and continuous expansion of Germany’s Dolinschek located in Burladingen in Baden-Württemberg “There is so much more to textiles than just clothing,” says Theo Dolinschek who runs the company with his brother Erwin “We handle many different technical materials such as automotive components but also those for more unusual applications such as inlays for extractor hoods cut protection fabrics and even wool felts which are employed as insulation on wind turbines “We have also recently started to produce compression stockings in a variety of colours The most important product areas for us now are in sportswear as well as orthopedic and medical products It’s very necessary to keep thinking ahead and recognise the full diversity of the textile sector.” The Dolinschek brothers moved their business to the historic site of the former Ambrosius Heim textile company in Burladingen in 2001 in order to expand the company – founded by their father in 1980 as a textile wholesaler before moving into dyeing – employed just 13 people the company had bought additional space at the site with Theo in charge of technology and sales the company employs almost 100 people and operates on an integrated site of 35,000 square metres a laminating department was established by the company and since 2012 investment in knitting machines has been ongoing “The further we went into vertical integration the more of our own products we were able to position on the market and so we were also able to make ourselves more independent,” says Theo “We have continued to develop and today we can produce high-quality fabrics for many fields three stenter frames and many other production and processing machines.” Dolinschek has also developed its own proprietary TMG dyeing machines which have subsequently been successfully sold to many other companies all over the world There are currently 11 of these machines  in operation at the Burladingen site and around 45 installed at other companies “There are many general techniques for finishing textile fabrics but it is necessary to constantly look for other ways and solutions,” says Theo and has installed a new seven chamber Montex TwinAir stenter range with a Montex Coat coating unit in knife execution enabling the coating of dimensionally stable knitted fabrics with polyurethane or acrylate Another unique feature is the Teflon-coated (non-stick) transportation belt through the system The Montex line is also equipped with integrated heat recovery and exhaust gas purification to ensure the most resource-efficient processing available on the market The exhaust air goes from the Monforts heat recovery system into an existing air/water heat recovery system and then into an electrostatic precipitator Highly-intuitive Monforts Qualitex visualisation software allows all machine functions and process parameters to be assessed and controlled easily and thousands of article specific settings and formulations to be called up at any time – with 100% reproducible results “The system was installed quickly and the well-engineered technology was soon put into operation,” Theo says “We enjoyed a very good cooperation with Monforts from the planning stage and especially during the commissioning We have also just put a new                    Erbatech open-width washing machine into operation to round off our new in-house technology and we are constantly involved in staff training and development and the improvement of our products as well as currently with the stabilisation and safeguarding of all processes.” www.monforts.com Carpets of the future 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