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It's About Finishing english IT’S ABOUT FINISHING The all-round finishing machine for washing, drying and softening any kind of woven, non-woven and knitted fabric. A high quality finishing style which has no equal in the world. The Airo® style. AVAILABLEINSEVERALVERSIONS Two or four channels Washing & drying or drying only TREATMENTSPEED Up to 1000 metres per minute EVAPORATIONCAPACITY Up to 450 kg per hour UNIQUELYORIGINAL Biancalani and Airo® In 1985 Biancalani introduced the revolutionary AIRO® to the market: an instrument that completely changed the way in which textile producers treat and finish their products, to the extent that the textile industry adopted the term AIRO® to define this finishing process. The AIRO® improves the hand and look of the textile product with considerable effects on its quality, allowing an almost infinite number of finishing combinations, ranging from a basic drying and softening treatment to sophisticated wet pro- cesses with added chemicals, always within full respect of environmental standards. 2 AIRO® QUATTRO 1 1 The Airo® principle The AIRO® is based on the combination of an air-only fabric transport system and the high-speed impact of the material against a special grid. 4 The fabric, in rope form, is driven by an intense airflow and accelerated without any tension inside the processing tubes. It is then ejected against an impact grid positioned at the rear of the machine, where it discharges all the accumulated kinetic energy. After falling onto a Tef- lon-coated slide, the fabric flows to the front of the treatment vat, ready to be guided by a roller to the beginning of a new cycle. Air transport system The exclusive air transport system keeps the fabric safe from any form of me- chanical crease or abrasion. Simultaneously, it also delivers a strong and del- icate action during the washing or squeezing process without any friction and with absolute absence of defects, as the fabric is continuously “massaged” by air inside the tubes and immediately opened at the exit point. Moreover, the air surrounding the rope forces the water to deeply penetrate the fabric while also saturating the inner part of the fibers, preparing them 5 for the strong mechanical action that will determine their optimal swelling, and largely improving the efficiency of the washing process. 2 The impact grid The fabric is completely opened by the airflow as soon as it is ejected from the tubes, thus preventing the formation of any kind of marks, and then undergoes a strong and controlled crash against the impact grid. This contributes to the release and discharge of the water and provides a mechanical and permanent ef- fect of softening and natural compaction of the fibers, delivering what is universally known as AIRO® Hand. 3 Efficient filtering, automatic self-cleaning All AIRO® versions are equipped with an efficient filtering system in order to guarantee zero level emissions and to allow for minimal maintenance times. The drying-only version (AIRO® SL) is supplied with an automatic self-cleaning disc filter with lint compactor, while the version with washing capabilities features a cyclone-based system with a cascade filter and water recycling, and provides an automatic self-cleaning system that rapidly cleanses the whole interior of the machine, minimizing the need for human intervention. 4 Productivity and economy The efficient management of air flows ensures a high evaporation capac- ity and clean operation, while the specific design of the ejectors allows for extremely fast treatment speeds (up to 1000 m/min) for effective grid crashing. This way the desired result can be reached in a shorter time, minimizing specific energy consumption and treatment costs, and in- creasing the production capacity. As an example, in a single day one AIRO® Quattro can soften more than 15,000 metres of chenille upholstery fabric, or easily process 10 tons of polar fleece for lamb skin effect. The availability of four- and two-channel versions, the inverter-con- trolled motors, the possibility to also work with a single channel and the overall efficiency of the machine, all allow the AIRO® to flexibly meet the needs of each and every user, always delivering quality, in a cost-effec- tive way. Steam treatments Multipoint steam injection ensures an intensive and uniform steaming, 3 allowing for excellent dimensional stability of woven and knitted fab- rics and perfect results (lamb skin) on polar fleece. A first set of nozzles injects the steam at the entrance of the treatment tubes, where it is pushed by the air to deeply penetrate through the fi- bers, creating an intense massaging effect. A second set of nozzles acts upon the fabric at the point where it is opened (at the exit of the tubes and right before the contact with the grid) and helps to maintain optimal steam concentration inside the machine. 5 Recipe management system and real-time monitoring Every parameter in the AIRO® is managed by a PLC, and con- trolled through a touch screen with a specifically designed user interface that is simple and easy to use. Programming the various parameters (temperature, air ca- pacity, speed, water inlet, chemicals inlet, steam supply…) allows users to define and store their personalised stan- dards into recipes, and ensures complete repeatability. Con- stant functional monitoring and an in-line help system per- mit the rapid identification of any area in need of intervention. 6 Washing, special treatments, enzymes, fibrillation and defibrillation 6 Thanks to a sophisticated hydraulic system, equipped with an introduction and re-circulation pump, with bath filtering, direct and indirect heating, chemical tank with mixer, and optional pH-meter, in combination with the air action, all types of wet treatments are performed with great results. The AIRO® is the only machine able to carry out fibrillation and defibrillation of both light and heavy fabrics, either wo- ven or knitted of Lyocell and Tencel in absolute absence of defects, thanks to the special air transport system and to the design of the ejector tubes. Defibrillation is carried out perfectly due to the exclusive mechanical beating action that guarantees the complete removal of pilling. EMPOWERINGCREATIVITY Performing excellence The AIRO® can perform an incredible variety of treatments, ranging from processes that ennoble the textile material and increase the competitive value on the market by enhancing its intrinsic qualities, to unique and trendsetting fashion ef- fects that – by creatively modifying the appearance and SOME TREATMENT SAMPLES touch of the fabric – will allow designers, weavers, and finish- ers, to profitably explore new marketing opportunities. On all versions: _ MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL-FREE, SOFTENING OF DRY FABRIC, WITH OR WITHOUT STEAM APPLICATION _ AIRO® DRYING AND MECHANICAL SOFTENING OF WET FABRIC Materials and fabric constructions _ INTENSIVE STEAMING TREATMENTS _ ® POLYMERIZATION OF RESIN-TREATED FABRIC An extremely wide range of materials are suitable for AIRO _ treatment. The flexibility of its functions allow this machine COMPACTION AND RELAX to adapt to any type of product: natural fibers (cotton, linen, Additionally, on Airo® versions with washing capabilities: ramie, jute, silk, wool, and blends), artificial fibers (viscose, _ APPLICATION OF CHEMICALS (I.E. SOFTENER) BY EXHAUSTION cupro, polynosic, polyammide, Tencel, Lyocell, Modal), _ WASHING synthetic fibers (PES, nylon, acrylic, PP, PU, PVC) in all _ ENZYME TREATMENTS types of construction such as woven, knitted, flock and _ FIBRILLATION AND DEFIBRILLATION non-woven, with different applications: apparel, uphol- _ stery, technical textiles. There are no limits in terms of BIO-POLISHING weight and width. Results are obtained in complete safety _ DESIZING and with absolute absence of defects. _ BLEACHING _ MILLING _ RAPID SCOURING Custom technical and fashion solutions THE RESULTS The AIRO® Hand club is the technological division of Biancala- _ SOFTNESS, VOLUME, DRAPE (AIRO® HAND) ni that studies – with expertise and discretion – together _ with our customers, the process solutions which are most LAMB SKIN ON POLAR FLEECE suitable for each type of material and treatment require- _ INHIBITION OF PILLING FORMATION* ment. _ OPENING OF THE CHENILLE; THREE-DIMENSIONALITY ON JACQUARDS DIRECT CONTACT [email protected] _ SWELLING AND VOLUME ON VELVET, CORDUROY, AND PILE FABRIC IN GENERAL _ COMPACTION AND DIMENSIONAL STABILITY ON KNITTED AND STRETCH FABRICS _ DELAVÉ AND COLOR REDUCTION* _ TENCEL AND LYOCELL FIBRILLATION AND DEFIBRILLATION* _ RESILIENCE, CREASE-RESISTANCE (EASY CARE, NO-IRON) _ ENZYME WASHING OF SILK FABRIC* _ SENSE EFFECT ON CUPRO AND BLENDS* _ AIRO® HAND ON PARTICULARLY RIGID FABRIC OR COUPLED/LAMINATED MATERIALS _ WRINKLED EFFECT AND CASUAL LOOK Washing, special treatments, enzymes, _ ELASTICITY AND SEWABILITY fibrillation and defibrillation _ SOFTNESS AND UNIFORMITY OF THE SURFACE ON PRINTED CLOTHS _ PEACHY HAND ON EMERIZED AND BRUSHED SURFACES _ GRAIN-ENHANCEMENT AND NATURAL/AGED LOOK ON SYNTHETIC LEATHER _ OPALESCENCE* _ PAPER HAND _ GUMMY HAND _ FROSTING EFFECT* …AND MANY OTHERS! (*) only on Airo® machines with washing capabilities. INDETAIL mm 4200 mm 8350 mm 5100 mm 4700 mm 3600 mm 8600 mm 6850 Technical specifications AIRO DUE AIRO DUE SL AIRO QUATTRO AIRO QUATTRO SL Number of channels 2 2 4 4 Drying & softening treatments Steam treatments (i.e. polar fleece) Wet treatments (i.e. enzyme washing) - - Loading capacity (according to type of fabric) 1.200 m 1.200 m 2.400 m 2.400 m Treatment
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