Innovative Technology for Spinning 100% Recycled Yarns: Recompact 3.T
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Participating in the ITMA Press Conference organized by Swissmem, Swinsol Managing Director, CDO and R&D Engineer Dr. Laszlo Olah shared information about the activities of his company and the technologies it has developed. Olah also introduced the Recompact 3.T unit, which they developed in cooperation with Säntis Textiles and will exhibit at ITMA 2023.
Dr. Laszla Olah started her presentation by giving information about the Swinsol company. Switzerland-based company Swinsol develops and manufactures components as well as technologies of mechanical compacting systems for ring spinning machines for processing natural and man-made fibers and their blends into yarns.
“Our goal is to revolutionize compact spinning worldwide in the upcoming years with our mechanically based, Swiss compact spinning systems,” said Olah. “We develop green solutions for recycle, dose and spin 100% recycled fibers. Our goal is to increase sustainability through energy efficiency and CO2 reduction, maximize yarn quality, reduce downtime and increase the lifecycle as well as implement automatized processes.”
Swinsol AG and Säntis Textiles Innovating the Textile Circular Economy
Dr. Laszlo Olah explained how they decided to develop the Recompact 3.T unit with these words: “The economy is facing a rising demand for greater circularity and sustainability emphasized by government laws and public pressure regarding the Co2-footprint and sustainability reporting until 2030. Slowly but steadily, the economy is changing towards the needed recovering process of textiles. Through innovative technologies, a second and third lifecycle for textiles is made possible. Swinsol AG and Säntis Textiles have recognized the arising opportunity to make an impact in the textile industry years ago.
The rising demand for 100% recycled textiles
With the arising demands for sustainability, Swinsol AG and Säntis Textiles are already positioned to offer services and provide manufacturing processes for recycled textiles around the world. Both companies teamed up and approached the challenge and never looked back. Swinsol has developed the mechanical compact system ‘Recompact’ with the right fit and innovative geometry to spin 100% recycled yarns and even produce high quality yarn from short fibers recovered from textile waste.
2 Years of success in spinning recycled textiles
It has two years, since Swinsol AG and Säntis Textiles decided that it is time to invent a solution and spin 100% recycled yarn for the first time. Prior to the partnership, hardly any system could spin the short fibres of the recycled yarns. The system achieves up to Ne30 with 100% recycled cotton, including core yarns for denim. Those yarns are running commercially since more than 2 years at Kipas spinning plants in Türkiye.
Recompact 3.T superperformance for recycled fibers and circularity
The reason for the great success regarding the spinning of recycled fibers is made possible by the Recompact Unit which has a unique geometry tailored to spin all kinds of yarns and especially short staple recycled yarns. The fibres are shorter then the conventional yarn. Recompact demonstrates a competitive edge over competitor systems, who mostly cannot successfully produce yarn of recycled textile fibres due to having difficulties with yarn values and characteristics. Recompact spins these yarns with the highest precision up to count Ne30. The yarn is RCO100 certified and fullfills the OEKO-TEX 100 standards. Case studies on Recompact 3.T in 2022; shows that this product provides a 10% increase in production volume and a return on investment in less than 12 months.
Recompact 3.T Advantages
Energy saving (mechanical system)
For all ring spinning frames
Very fast installation
Low maintenance through traversing
Excellent yarn characteristics
All fibers type cotton, man made, short recycled fibers
Increased lifetime of cots & aprons
