Monforts
Monforts 
Following the commissioning of 2 new Monforts Montex wide-width stenter lines and additional environmental management equipment at its plant in Germany, GtA - Gesellschaft für textile Ausrüstung mbH, Neresheim/Germany, is aiming to be the first textile finishing company to become entirely CO2-neutral in the manufacture of all of its products by 2025.
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The purpose-built plant on a greenfield site was initially equipped with a fully-automated, 72 m long Monforts installation comprising a washing machine integrated with a 3.6 m wide, 7-chamber Montex stenter. The 2 new Montex stenter lines from the manufacturer of textile machinery A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach/Germany are both in expanded working widths of 5.6 m. They include the Smart Sensor system for the optimized maintenance planning of key mechanical wear components on the stenters. A comprehensive overview of the condition of all parts at any time is now available for operators within the highly intuitive Qualitex visualization software.
The GtA plant, which operates in near-cleanroom conditions, has also been equipped with proprietary technology to fully exploit the Monforts air-to-air heat recovery systems that are now standard with Montex stenters.
The purpose-built plant on a greenfield site was initially equipped with a fully-automated, 72 m long Monforts installation comprising a washing machine integrated with a 3.6 m wide, 7-chamber Montex stenter. The 2 new Montex stenter lines from the manufacturer of textile machinery A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach/Germany are both in expanded working widths of 5.6 m. They include the Smart Sensor system for the optimized maintenance planning of key mechanical wear components on the stenters. A comprehensive overview of the condition of all parts at any time is now available for operators within the highly intuitive Qualitex visualization software.
The GtA plant, which operates in near-cleanroom conditions, has also been equipped with proprietary technology to fully exploit the Monforts air-to-air heat recovery systems that are now standard with Montex stenters.
