Nonwovens

Spooner Industries Ltd is able to offer a wide range of thermal bonding, drying and cooling systems; custom designed to suit the product, process and your requirements.

Typical Applications

Spooner provides specialised process equipment for:

• Impregnation and Drying Lines
• Thermal Bonding Systems
• Thermal Finishing

Typical applications include:

• Automotive Interiors
• Medical Products
• Hygiene Products
• Floor Coverings
• Home Furnishings
• Insulating Materials
• Battery Separators
• Clothing (interlining, shoe linings, geotextiles and overalls)
• Filtration
• Wipes

Thermal Bonding, Curing Drying and Cooling Systems:

• Air Flotation
• Through Air Drying (TAD)
• Conveyorised
• Air Turn
• Air Cooling Systems
• Curing Systems

Bypass and Retraction Systems

• Quick access
• Eliminates waiting time for cool down
• Less downtime
• Quickly back up to operating temperature and in to production

Air Flotation

A unique nozzle system developed by Spooner Industries Ltd for non-contact, high clearance flotation of non-woven and high porosity webs on web widths up to 9 metres.

• Non-contact operation, web supported on air cushion
• Elimination of belt marking and belt cleaning issues
• Elimination of continual belt replacement costs
• Accurate temperature and pressure profiles CD and MD
• High and controllable heat flux rate for accurate thermal bonding
• Low maintenance, no moving parts

Through Air Drying (TAD)

The Spooner Industries Ltd TAD system is able to offer efficient, high performance thermal bonding, curing and drying whilst ensuring even air distribution.

• Efficient drying
• Uniform air distribution
• Uniformly dried and cured product
• Humidity control systems
• Modular designs

Spooner works with customers such as Ahlstrom Fibre Composites, Kimberly-Clark and Proctor & Gamble.

Conveyorised Systems

• Single and twin conveyor systems
• Accurate temperature and pressure distribution CD and MD
• Modular design

Air Turn

• Non-contact turning using air flotation
• Eliminates roll contact
• Constant floating clearances of 6mm
• Porosities up to 8000 m3/m2/hr (measured at 125 Pa pressure drop)

Air Cooling Systems

• Quickly reduces product temperature
• High cooling rates using ambient or chilled air