Santex Unveils SUVAC® Hydroextraction Machine
Santex AG, Switzerland, has introduced the SUVAC® vacuum hydroextraction machine for circular
knitted fabrics.According to the company, conventional hydroextracting methods for tubular fabrics
result in crease marks and spin-drying marks or edge marks from squeezing.With the SUVAC machine, a
tubular fabric is first untwisted by a twist detector. The fabric then moves through the wetting
trough to a circular nozzle for hydroextraction. Due to the even overstretching of the fabric on
its way through the circular vacuum extraction nozzle, a uniform mesh structure is maintained all
the way over the relaxation loop.Santex said other advantages of the SUVAC include increased
efficiency and improved results such as the elimination of crease marks.
Summer 2004