The positive impact of Trützschler’s next-generation carding machine TC 30i, launched in January 2024, is experienced by worldwide yarn manufacturers since then. It is stated that trials with cotton applications, customers in Indonesia and Türkiye have achieved outstanding results. Trützschler TC 30i had previously received full marks from its users in Türkiye. You can read the results of the trials of Mayfil Tekstil and Göl İplik here.
The TC 30i, designed to maximize process efficiency and product quality for spinning, has already proven up to 40 % higher productivity in man-made fiber applications. Due to its intelligent, self-optimizing functions it achieves consistent results from any raw material while reducing or eliminating the demand for operator intervention.
Big benefits for Budi Texindo Prakarsa
Budi Texindo Prakarsa is a leading spinning mill based in Indonesia, specialized in the production of premium cotton yarn with an annual capacity of 80,000 spindles. In their recent trials with the TC 30i, they produced 100 % cotton yarn (Ne 20 to Ne 30) via ring-combed processes. Compared to the previous benchmark, productivity increased by up to 30 % with the same IPI quality level. At the same time, energy and air consumption per kilogram have been reduced.
Measurable advantages for Mem Tekstil
In Türkiye, Mem Tekstil is one of the largest integrated manufacturers in the textile sector. Their products range from knitting, dyeing, rotation and digital printing to ring spinning, open-end spinning and vortex spinning. With Trützschler’s TC 30i they produced a yarn (Ne 20) made from 100 % cotton soft waste via open-end (OE) spinning. Its engineers tested the TC 30i because they are considering upgrading older card models from a Swiss competitor. The machine has increased productivity from 70 kilograms per hour to 160 kilograms per hour with the same or better quality.
SAFTEKS increased its output capacity from 70 tons to 85 tons per day with TC 30i
SAFTEKS from Türkiye produces cotton yarns with a monthly production capacity of 2100 tons. It uses OE spinning to manufacture 100 % cotton yarn (Ne 20) from 40 % virgin cotton and 60 % cotton soft waste. Swapping its cards for the TC 30i made it possible for SAFTEKS to increase its output capacity from 70 tons per day to 85 tons per day. That is a productivity boost of more than 20 %, with the same level of quality.
Promising results for PT Dhanar Mas Concern in man-made fiber applications
PT Dhanar Mas Concern (Danar Mas) is an Indonesian company dedicated to the production of high-quality textile products. The company specializes in spinning yarns and manufacturing greige fabrics. They also use TC 30Si card, which is specially customized for man-made fibers. In recent trials with the TC 30Si, Danar Mas produced a ring carded polyester yarn (Ne 20 to Ne 30) and a viscose yarn (Ne 30 to Ne 40) via vortex spinning. In both applications, the next-generation card produced 125 kg/h of material at the same IPI quality level, up to 40 % more than the company produces with its current benchmark.
A positive impact on cotton yarn production
One of the features that allow Trützschler customers to achieve a remarkable success for carding cotton with the TC 30i, is the T-GO automated gap optimizer improves quality by enabling the smallest and most precise carding gaps – far beyond anything possible with manual settings. Another one is that the TC 30i maximizes quality and productivity by increasing the number of active flats without sacrificing flexibility in the pre- and post-carding areas due to the larger cylinder diameter. The fact that the TC 30i minimizes cotton waste because it features a new and highly precise mote knife at the first licker-in is also effective in this success. Customers can automatically optimize and adjust the mote knife settings to meet their specific needs. Combined with the impact of the WASTECONTROL feature, this significantly reduces material waste.
The next-generation card TC 30i is suitable for a uniquely broad range of applications, including fine count (with the TC 30Fi model) and recycling (with the TC 30Ri model). It is announced that all orders from the last few months are now being installed.