Cotton terry fabric has long been the most significant segment in the home textile sector. Over the years, it has evolved from a simple functional necessity to a design element and a source of domestic comfort. Biancalani offers the solutions guaranteeing minimal production costs and reduced environmental impact.
Traditionally, the processing of cotton terry fabric begins with preparation (for example, to remove sizing agents), continues with bleaching, necessary to prepare the fabric for the dyeing phase, followed by a washing process after dyeing, before moving on to the actual drying and finishing treatment in a tumbler, where the terry fabric transforms into that magnificent work of art that enriches our eyes by beautifying our homes, and pampers us daily with infinite softness.
But all of this comes at a price, which we have always been paying with a gigantic environmental debt. To produce a single towel, current processes require up to 5,000 liters of water. Of these, a good portion is used in cotton cultivation, but a non-negligible amount is employed in traditional preparation and finishing processes. To these environmental costs must be added those related to energy and chemical products, which are also quite significant.
Biancalani’s solutions for sustainable Terry Fabric treatment
AQUARIA®, Biancalani’s continuous open-width washing system brings the concept of sustainability to levels never reached before, allowing necessary treatments to be performed on the fabric before and after dyeing in a completely sustainable and economically competitive manner.
After washing, the use of AIRO®24, the open-width dryer that has completely redefined the concept of tumble drying, introducing an innovative drying system capable of considerably increasing terry quality while simultaneously reducing energy consumption and chemical products.