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Turnkey modernisation scheme pays dividends
A Turnkey conversion/modernisation on a 20 year old Monforts Thermex continuous dyeing range pays dividends for Belgian integrated textile producer Utexbel, with significant energy savings of up to 15% and reduced maintenance call outs.
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Belgian’s fully integrated textile producer, Utexbel, is benefiting from a turnkey conversion/modernisation which included recent inverter conversion on its first Monforts Thermex installed in 1989 to ensure significant energy savings of up to 15%.
The 20 years old unit had presented problems with the original Thyristor dc-technology componentry. Since dc drives are today outdated and no longer available on the market this, according to Engineering and Maintenance Manager, M. Jan Morel, “required frequent maintenance and service calls by the Monforts representative, Le Clair et Meert.”
In total 15 ac inverters were installed in the conversion, one per motor, during a five weeks machine shutdown. During the shutdown, Utexbel also took the opportunity to rewire all the Thermex underground cables to above ground, eliminating possible corrosive problems caused by chemical seepage.
The ventilator motors were also replaced and a new PLC- system with visualization was installed.
Carried out as a turnkey project, the complete conversion/modernization was carried out by the Monforts service department at a fixed price and to a defined schedule: ensuring standstill time was kept to a minimum. Commissioning of the new components was also undertaken by experienced Monforts technicians.
The conversion has proved very successful with significant energy savings of up to 15% for the gas-fired Thermex. When the Thermex is idle, it consumes less gas with the variable speed inverters turning off the power of the different motors.
“In addition, we have also eliminated the frequent electronic failures of the past resulting in reduced maintenance and service call outs,” confirmed Jan Morel.
Utexbel, located in Ronse, Belgium was formed in 1929. By 1935 it had become a consortium of local textile companies. Today it is a fully integrated operation producing its own ring, open end and worsted yarns; raw white top and yarn dyed for knitting and weaving with bleaching, mercerising, dyeing and finishing facilities.
By the 1980’s the company had opted to concentrate on supplying public authorities and much of Europe’s military forces with treated fabrics to the customer’s requirements, such as insect resistant, water repellent and fire retardant for uniforms,” added Jan.
Fabrics are predominantly cotton and cotton/polyester mixes featuring a variety of different weaving thicknesses with a mean average density of 250 gm/m2.
Monforts ranges
The Thermex is one of six Monforts units installed at the Ronse dyeing and finishing facility and includes a Montex stenter – also installed in 1989.
Two further stenters were installed in 1991 and 2002 respectively with the second Thermex installed in 2005 and a sanforiser.
All post 2002 units feature Monforts inverter technology with Utexbel considering conversion of the two early Montex stenters following the success of the Thermex.
During the drying, dyeing, fixing and finishing processes fabrics can pass through the Montex stenters up to three times. Two stenters are used exclusively for all dyeing and/or fixing processes with the third Montex being used for finishing.
The second Thermex unit, having more fabric content than the first unit, is able to simultaneously undertake dyeing and fixing; freeing up time on the Montex.
Following finishing all cotton fabrics are finally passed through the sanforiser.
As an integrated textile company from fibre to fabric, Utexbel operates a sustainable development programme ensuring all its fibres feature Oekotex certification, Fairtrade labelling and REACH registered dyestuffs and chemicals.
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