The Segment Manmade Fibers of the Swiss Oerlikon group has announced that ten positions of the new Flex-6 concept for manufacturing polyamide 66 industrial yarns were commissioned by Sinowin Chemical Fiber, China.

The benefits of the new machine concept are said to include components that are optimised to the respective application, which are said to considerably reduce the required space compared to conventional solutions and its optimised energy consumption.

“With its new godet configuration, the Flex-6 concept promises an unparalleled price-performance ratio for the production of high-end yarns. Sinowin is therefore the first industrial yarn manufacturer in China to deploy our new technology,” commented Oerlikon Barmag Sales Director Oliver Lemke.

Sinowin Chemical Fiber

Sinowin Chemical Fiber is an industrial yarn manufacturer that entered the Chinese market in 2015: the young company has specialised in airbag yarns manufactured using Oerlikon Barmag polyamide 66 low denier industrial yarn (LDI) and medium denier industrial yarn (MDI) systems. Sinowin’s programme also includes sewing yarns, yarns for luggage, sails and tarpaulins.

“We are striving to become a leading Made in China enterprise in the chemical fibre industry. For this, we require state-of-the-art technologies that manufacture quality products. Oerlikon Barmag has an excellent reputation – above all for the PA66 industrial yarn process. To this end, there was no other partner for us,” said General Manager Sheng Jian Wang.

Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment

Oerlikon is a leading technology group supplying growth markets with market-leading technologies and services for surface solutions, systems for manufacturing manmade fibres, transmission systems and drive solutions, as well as prevacuum and high vacuum technologies and pumps and the corresponding accessories.

With its Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag brands, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is the market leader for manmade fibre filament spinning systems, texturing machines, BCF systems, staple fibre systems and artificial turf systems and – as a service provider – offers engineering solutions for the entire textile value added chain.

With the expansion of the product range to include polycondensation systems and their key components, the company now caters to the entire process – from the monomer all the way through to the textured yarn. The primary Oerlikon Barmag markets are in Asia.

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