CARDING

TECHNOLOGY
AUTEFA Solutions leads the way
AUTEFA SOLUTIONS –
Experience, Know-How and Competence
in Nonwoven Technology

AUTEFA Solutions leads the way

AUTEFA Solutions represents companies with a long tradition and a history of years of successful participation in the market.
Combining the experience of the companies AUTEFA, Fehrer, FOR and Strahm the company stands for high quality, durability and
performance made in Europe.

AUTEFA Solutions creates innovative technological concepts for nonwoven products by utilizing the skills and practical experience of
its employees. The customers benefit from the dynamic flexibility and specialist know-how of AUTEFA Solutions key technology sites
in Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

AUTEFA Solutions Nonwoven Technology

OPENING/BLENDING FIBER OPENING AND BLENDING

WEB FORMING CARDING CROSSLAPPING AERODYNAMIC WEB FORMING

WEB BONDING NEEDLING CHEMICAL BONDING THERMOBONDING

WEB FINISHING DRYING IMPREGNATING

WINDING/CUTTING WINDING CUTTING STACKING

AUTEFA Solutions is part of China Hi-Tech Group Corporation (CHTC).

China Hi-Tech Group Corporation is the world biggest successful textile machinery supplier.

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AUTEFA Solutions leads the way in carding technology
The combination of flexibility, high line speed and process efficiency is mandatory for state-of-the-art carding technology.

AUTEFA Solutions offers fully integrated turnkey lines including all components from fiber opening to web drafting. All process
steps and corresponding machines are fully integrated into the AUTEFA Solutions control system.

All cards are equipped with a controlled air flow using a vacuum system in order to minimise the flow of fibers. Easy access to all
components of the card is provided by the “Monoblock” design of the machine frame allowing a quick and easy opening of the card.

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Injection Card
The traditional mechanical carding principle using workers and strippers has been replaced by an aerodynamic principle in the
Injection Card. The fibers are taken off the worker rollers by an aerodynamic effect generated by specifically shaped devices. This
avoids considerable mechanical stress on the fibers which usually applies to traditional carding systems with stripper rollers.

THIS PATENTED CARDING PRINCIPLE OF THE INJECTION CARD PROVIDES SOME VERY IMPORTANT BENEFITS:

·· The carding action takes place at the tangent point of two convex surfaces and is very smooth.
·· The fibers are not picked up by worker and stripper rollers minimising the fiber path. This reduces the mechanical and thermal
stress on the fibers resulting in a significant reduction of neps, fiber breaking and melting.
·· The fiber path is completely on the inside of the card reducing the negative effects caused by centrifugal forces. It is possible to
run the main cylinder at maximum rotation speed to improve the web quality.

Combined with the patented EVO-2 and EVO-3 take-offsystem, the Injection Card achieves very high production speeds with an
excellent uniformity also with fine fibers. All cards are equipped with the new easy opening system.

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INJECTION CARD WITH TWO DOFFERS

INJECTION CARD WITH THREE DOFFERS

INJECTION CARD WITH THREE DOFFERS, IN LINE

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WM 2+2 CARD
The Webmaster WM 2+2 Card is designed for high productivity and top quality nonwoven materials.

A patented system of two doffers between the two main cylinders of the WM 2+2 Card provides an optimal strip-off at the first cylin-
der and allows the division of the fiber flow in the intermediate area providing improved blending and fiber distribution on the second
cylinder. In addition, the use of two doffers in the intermediate section increases the carding power of the machine with the effect of
about two additional worker rollers compared to a traditional card.

The standard configuration of the WM 2+2 Card is equipped with a double doffer delivery section. Each doffer of the delivery section
is equipped with a randomiser which is quickly convertible to a rotary comb allowing the production of randomised webs as well as
highly oriented webs on the same machine according to the material specifications. By using the One Web System the WM 2+2 Card
can also be used to produce a single web suitable for the production of light weight materials. And all cards are equipped with the
new easy opening system.

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CARD WM 2+2 WITH VOLUMETRIC CONTROL CHUTE FEED TYPE CF-S AND SERVOLAP

CARD WM 2+2 WITH VOLUMETRIC CONTROL CHUTE FEED TYPE CF-L AND WEIGH BRIDGE

MINICARD DOUBLE DOFFER CARD WITH FANCY ROLL

CARD WITH RANDOM ROLLS

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Fiber Orientation
AUTEFA Solutions offers a wide variety of different delivery sections according to the requirements of the web and fibers to be used.
The patented EVO-2 and EVO-3 condensing system using a web control roller, enables the achievement of high line speeds without
the need of a suction system under the belts.

A) B) C) D)

E) F) A) Quick change system for parallel or condensed web

B) Condensing system for long fibers
C) Condensing system
D) Condensing system EVO-2
E) Randomising and condensing system
F) Randomising system

Card Feeding
For optimal opening of the fibers, AUTEFA Solutions offers the new FTO system using a vertical roller system. In addition to the tradi-
tional volumetric hopper feeder HF, there is a feeding system using a FCU filling cage transporting the fibers in a controlled way to the
new volumetric control chute feed CF. This system provides an excellent uniformity in the feeding process at high production rates.

FINE-OPENER FTO VOLUMETRIC HOPPER FILLING CAGE FCU VOLUMETRIC CONTROL

FEEDER HF CHUTE FEED CF

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Card Regulation
Feeding systems of the card can be combined with an inline control of the weight of the fiber matt or alternatively by controlling the
fiber density with the “Servolap” system (x-ray). The settings of the feeding system are automatically optimised based on the informa-
tion provided by the inline control system.

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Carding Competence Center
The AUTEFA Solutions Carding Competence Center (CCC) possesses an industrial scale carding line for the production of needle
punched nonwovens with a working width of 3.5 m, combining F.O.R. (carding), Autefa (crosslapping) and Fehrer (needle punching)
technology. All process steps are fully integrated, in order to obtain top quality and maximum efficiency from bale opening to winding.
Each unit, together with its relevant operating data, is displayed in a process control system for central operational und process con-
trol. A further 2.4 m width production line is available for airlay (aerodynamic carding), needled and thermobonded nonwovens. This
technological diversity will furnish customers with a unique opportunity for targeted nonwoven product development.

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 AUTEFA SOLUTIONS ITALY S.P.A.
Str. Campagnè, 16 · 13900 Biella · Italy
T: +39 015 8484 111 · F: +39 015 8491 880
www.autefa.com · italy@autefa.com