Family-owned German home textiles leader boosts production with a complete finishing line upgrade.
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For leading European textile manufacturers, adapting quickly to changing and highly uncertain market conditions has long been a necessity. The need for flexibility has only been intensified since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
WülfingGmbH成立于1885年，是德国最古老，但也是最现代的家用纺织品公司之一，其主要的编织和整理运营位于北莱茵 - Westphalia的Borken，也是Steinfurt的Jacquard编织厂，也是作为捷克共和国的构成和包装工厂。
这家家族公司的大型家庭纺织品组合（由著名的床床亚麻品品牌带头）既可以向广泛的零售商，折扣和目录以及航空公司酒店，退休住宅和其他公共机构提供。
此外，Wülfing还是Steinfurt生产地点的非洲锦缎织物编织的专家。
All told, the company has over 500 employees and with 160 weaving machines in continuous operation has an annual capacity of 60 million square meters of cotton fabrics — roughly the area of 8,400 football pitches. In addition 200,000 kilograms (kg) of high quality 95 percent cotton yarns are always in stock, with 15,000 kg processed into fabrics on a daily basis.
Competitive Pressure
“Germany’s textile industry faces strong competitive pressure due to cheap imports from low-wage countries and is characterized by rapid change,” said Gerd Schulte-Mesum, Wülfing’s Borken plant manager. “In order to be successful in this environment, we have to have a high degree of flexibility and innovative strength. This is the only way to react quickly to economic fluctuations and changing customer requirements.
“我们的特殊优势是宽宽的编织和特定客户特定范围的发展。我们在德国的最现代机器上已经完全集成了生产，灵活性对于我们持续的成功至关重要。快速发展的市场需要不断增强的创新，服务和新想法的快速实施。”
Schulte-Mesum还强调了该公司对环境友好和可持续的生产的强调，该公司的80％通过其自身的热量和发电厂产生的能源以及废热恢复并重新使用以预热和处理工艺水。
Digitization is allowing further gains to be made in energy consumption and emissions and in logistics and transportation, the use of double-decker trucks for deliveries halves the number of journeys required.
“Our production in Germany also leads to considerably shorter transport route to our customers in Europe compared to imports from remote countries,” Schulte-Mesum said.
Monforts Partnership
The Germany-based manufacturer of finishing machines, Monforts, based in Mönchengladbach, has recently partnered with Wülfing on a project that has considerably boosted its productivity.
自2009年以来，Wülfing在其Borken Plant上已采用了Monforts扫地线，以保证其高质量床单的所需尺寸稳定性和收缩率。Sanforizing Process的工作宽度超过三米，是生产用于家庭纺织品的典型宽宽棉织物的中心支柱。
In 2017, the company was able to acquire a second Monforts sanforizing line from another company which, although built in 2005, had been virtually unused. It was overhauled and installed behind a Monforts equalizing frame of a similar age.
“Unfortunately, the two machines had to be operated separately via individual controls and did not represent an integrated unit,” Schulte-Mesum said. “This resulted in deficits in the desired productivity and in the control technology.”
Wülfing consulted with Monforts on a number of upgrade options and opted for a completely new joint control system to merge the two machines, as well as a new connecting inlet, a tensioning and damping field and a steaming unit.
“Monforts provided a fast and precise erection and commissioning of the technology in spite of the difficult pandemic circumstances,” Schulte-Mesum said. “The result has been an increase in production speeds by 20 percent and enhanced uniformity in fabric width through a much improved guidance system.
“由于新的控制和驱动技术，由于统一控制，我们还可以通过新的控制和驱动技术来节省能源。我们从简化的维护工作中受益，例如橡胶毯子的磨削，但最重要的是，我们已经极大地提高了我们的灵活性，现在有两个几乎相同的Monforts vanforts sanforts sanforts sanforning line。”
Monforts has been able to assist its customers through the difficult Covid-19 pandemic in a number of ways — not least with its MORE — Monforts Original Replacement Equipment — program.
The Monforts commitment to customer service is based on four principles — helpful, accurate, fast and reliable. The company has established a reputation for quickly and efficiently dispatching spares and components where they’re needed worldwide.
Monforts机器以其稳健性和长期使用寿命而闻名，但是数字技术的重大进步意味着，现在在改造最新的自动驱动器和控制系统到机器上可以取得重大收益，这远远超出了备用的基本替代品部分。
“这是一个高兴在Wul与团队工作fing on this project, which demonstrates what is possible in the modification and upgrading of Monforts machines already in operation,” added Thomas Päffgen, Monforts Area Sales Manager.
August 13, 2021
