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MonoTier®
The MonoTier® dryer fabrics are low permeability, smooth surface fabrics with very high contact area.
Benefits
- Reduced air carrying for improved sheet control
- Very high contact area for improved drying
- Smooth surface for improved sheet quality
- Low caliper results in less sheet stress
Introducing our Smart Surface TECHNOLOGY® (SST) Platform of products featuring a patented design with structured fabric surface for ideal contamination management through longitudinal grooves.
MicroTec® with SST
This patented design is built on the MonoTier® Concept. The MicroTec dryer fabric has a structured monofilament with an ideal fabric surface for contamination management.
Benefits
- Improved contamination management
- High contact area for improved drying
- Smooth surface for better sheet quality
SpeedTec™ with SST
The SpeedTec dryer fabic is designed to reduce sheet stress on single tier positions and also minimizes the impact of contamination on fabric performance.
Benefits
- Contamination resistance with the grooved MD top yarns
- Reduced sheet stress with the altered neutral line.
- Improved abrasion and damage resistance by using two separate MD yarn systems
Packaging
MonoTier®III R -6
This product is built on the MonoTier® Concept with heat and hydrolysis resistant reinforced edges (PPS).
Benefits
- Resistant to edge degradation from hydrolysis
- High contact area for improved drying
- Smooth surface for better sheet quality
- Low caliper for less sheet stress
UltraTemp®
This product offers excellent heat and hydrolysis resistance (100% PPS) with MonoTier® weave advantages.
Benefits
- Highly resistant to degradation from heat, hydrolysis with 100% PPS design
- High contact area for improved drying
- Smooth surface for improved sheet quality
UltraTier™
Recommended for use where there is medium risk of hydrolysis.
Benefits
- Excellent cost compromise with a 100% PPS paper side and PET machine side
- Resistant to degradation from heat, hydrolysis and oil contamination
- High contact area for improved drying
Introducing our Smart Surface TECHNOLOGY® (SST) Platform of products offering a patented design with structured fabric surface for ideal contamination management through longitudinal grooves.
CleanTec™ with SST
The CleanTec dryer fabric helps prevent the formation of contaminant particles, improving life and performance on positions where contamination is a problem
Benefits
- Increased life at optimum performance level
- Less Cleaning requirements
- Improved drying by maintaining permeability
- Improved resistance to damage and abrasion by using two MD yarn systems
Bleached Board
MonoTier® III R
One of the MonoTier® concept platform of products, the MonoTier® III R is a high performance fabric offered in a wide permeability range for conventional dryer sections.
Benefits
- Increased heat transfer
- Reduced sheet fluttering
- Faster tail threading
- Longer life
Introducing our Smart Surface TECHNOLOGY® (SST) Platform of products featuring a patented design with structured fabric surface for ideal contamination management through longitudinal grooves.
MicroTec® with SST
This patented design is built on the MonoTier® Concept, the MicroTec dryer fabric is an all monofilament, low caliper fabric with very high surface contact and low air carrying.
Benefits
- Incorporates longitudinal grooves on the paper side MD yarns for improved contamination management
- High contact area for improved drying
- Smooth surface for better sheet quality
CleanTec™ with SST
With 25% more contact points than our MicroTec® design, the CleanTec dryer fabric helps prevent the formation of contaminant particles, improving life and performance on positions where contamination is a problem.
Benefits
- Increased life at optimum performance level
- Less Cleaning requirements
- Improved drying by maintaining permeability
- Improved resistance to damage and abrasion by using two MD yarn systems
Documented Value
Some documented example of the VALUE delivered by AstenJohnson…
- In the UK
- By use of one fabric in a specific position on the PM, this machine managed to decrease average tail threading time from 12 minutes to 8 minutes. On a year base total savings were about 200 000 £.
- In Germany
- Internal directive from the customer : “If an unplanned change is needed; put in only AstenJohnson fabrics because they allow the fastest seaming (S-4 seam)”.
- A service call in Austria
- Subsequent to the performed hood balance, our application engineer recommended to reduce the air temperature of 4 heat exchangers. One of the heat exchangers was adjusted and the customer is now saving approximately 300 tons steam/year.
- A service call in Germany
- Following the measurements he made, our application engineer recommended the installation of spoiler bars in the 1st dryer group. After the installation of the spoiler bars in the 1st dryer group the profile became much better. Due to the profile improvement the customer could :
- recover clients he lost due to quality problems
- increase the capacity by about 10%
- reduce de steam consumption
- Trouble shooting in Germany
- The complete analysis of the dry end (temperature, humidity, vacuum, thermography and hood balance) made by our application engineer identified a steam leakage, which caused a steam lost of 7.9 to./hour. With costs of 30 €to. steam consumption and a steam loss of 7.9 to., the saving potential for 320 working days is of : 237 €/hour / 5 688 €/day / 1 820 160 €/year.
- Quick supply in the Netherland
- The PM had big problems. 3 fabric crashed in the 2nd top position within one week. After that, the machine was running with an “emergency” spiral fabric (causing other problems). For this position, there were no more fabrics in stock. On Monday, our service engineer and our agent went to the machine to investigate what was going wrong and they resolved this excessive cleaning shower damage. On customer request, AstenJohnson had to deliver a.s.a.p. a new fabric for the 2nd top position. AstenJohnson managed a super fast delivery and we assisted putting in the new fabric on Wednesday
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