Andritz has recently supplied and commissioned a tearing line at Sealy Australia’s mattress manufacturing plant in Brisbane.

The versatile rexline technology enables Sealy to recycle both post-consumer and post-industrial textile waste and can process up to 1,200 kg of cotton denim waste and up to 800 kg of quilt waste per hours.

The six-cylinder Exel module allows flexible switching between the two types of material and in combination with an Andritz airfelt line, which has been in operation at the Brisbane plant since 2008, enables Sealy to process large amounts of waste into new mattresses ready for sale around the world.

Sealy is a leading Australian manufacturer of mattresses, producing 1,000 per day at its Brisbane plant.

“With our new line, we are taking a significant step towards circularity by making new mattresses from textile waste that would otherwise be burnt or landfilled,” says Shaun Guest, fibre plant factory manager at Sealy Australia, “It has been a pleasure to collaborate with the Andritz textile recycling experts again. They are the right partner to support us in our ambitious projects.”

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