Modern Textiles Need Modern Heat
Many different heating and drying processes are components of the manufacture and processing of textiles. High value, technical textiles must manufactured to high standards. Coatings on fabrics and materials must be be dried as quickly as possible. The demands on heating systems are continuously increasing, and heating processes must keep pace with manufacturing processes. Infrared is a proven source of heat in textile processing, because IR transfers high heating power quickly. This helps reduce energy consumption, increase production speeds and lower production costs.
Heating - Infrared heaters can be controlled individually, and can respond within seconds. Precise temperature profiles can be achieved.
Laminating - Infrared heaters transfer heat immediately before lamination.
Activation of adhesives - Targeted infrared heat ensures that adhesives are activated precisely where required.
Embossing - Infrared provides fast and targeted surface heating before embossing.
Coating - Choice of the correct infrared wavelength ensures effective drying of coatings.
Drying - Pre-heating prior to stenter speeds up production.
Thermofixing - Carbon infrared heats the material evenly and shortens the fixing section, allowing room for space-consuming high distance materials.
A Versatile Partner For Home Textiles
Fibers and yarns are dyed, carpets are coated on their reverse side, curtains or blinds are printed...and infrared technology is always there to help ensure that the required heating process is carried out quickly and effectively. Heraeus Noblelight offers a wide variety of wavelengths, shapes and power outputs to choose from, so that heating can be perfectly matched to product and process. This saves on time, effort and operating costs.
Fabric webs - Heating before embossing
Needle-punched materials - Powder coating
Cloth - Coating with neoprene and silicon
Polypropylene fibres - Heating for melting/fusion
Thread and yarn - drying of water-soluble inks
Blinds - Pre-heating prior to stenter
Thread and yarn - Drying with a slot emitter
Adhesives on carpets - activation before lamination
Screen printing - drying on textiles
Carpets - heating and brushing; reverse sides are heated to seal the latex backing
Infrared for Auto Industry-related Textile Applications
Heating stages should not cause a bottleneck in production. Infrared heating technology helps to modernize production and improve quality. Infrared heaters ensure that car seatcovers are crease-free, interior carpets fit perfectly, and airbags deploy rapidly in an emergency.
Vehicle Interiors - Infrared eliminates the need for pre-heating of car interior cladding and provides significant savings of time and money.
Covers - Infrared makes car seat covers and similar parts crease-free.
Airbags deploy much better when they have a silicon coating. Infrared is used to provide reliable, fast and efficient drying.
These examples are by no means a complete list. Infrared heat is an effective and efficient means of applying process heat in photovoltaics and many other applications.
Explore this site for application solutions employing infrared technology. Heraeus offers complete systems using infrared technology; we can design a system to meet your specific, unique and demanding needs.
