Laroche Airflow Netting Solutions Make Innovative Nonwovens Made Of Waste

Laroche (Roach) is a professional manufacturer of textile recycling, airflow forming and phloem fiber processing equipment.

Over the past 100 years, the accumulation of expertise and commitment to innovation and development in the same field is the core of the company.

The company CEO Robert Laroche said: "10 years ago, we had rich experience in textile recycling and non-woven technology, but at that time we mainly sold and maintained stand-alone equipment.

Now, we provide turnkey projects from designing, manufacturing complete production lines to customer service.

In fact, joint research and development with customers helps us to make progress.

Customers will bring various problems that will help us develop new machines, such as how to recycle waste materials and convert them into products with market.

Or how to use recycled materials to design products that meet the needs of the market?

Technology Center investing more than 6 million euros

To understand Roach's technology in textile recycling, the simplest way is to understand the layout of its technology center.

According to Marc Moncorg e, director of the Roach technology center, the technology center that invested more than 6 million euros (about 7 million US dollars) also includes partners' equipment, such as the twin track dryer of shore and Mei's company and the needle punching machine of Andritz (Ander Liz) company.

Laroche's textile recycling line can handle waste textiles including clothing, carpets, etc., and can decompose them into fibers. If necessary, they can also decompose non fiber materials such as buttons, zippers, etc. the bast fiber production line can be shelled, and then further purified / cotton type flax fiber, hemp fiber, kenaf fiber, straw fiber, etc. These recovered fibers can also be mixed with other fibers, and are formed through airflow net, and through thermal bonding, needling or resin bonding and fixing nets.

Marc Moncorg e said: "we carry out about 200 tests every year on the basis of materials of 20~2000 kg shipped across the ocean.

Customers usually send an expert team to participate in the experiment to achieve their expected results.

The confidentiality agreements signed with our customers confirm our mission, which usually leads to innovative products and technology solutions.

R & D and industry 4

Roach's R & D department is also very strong.

Benoit Rombaut, head of R & D department, is working to develop future solutions.

The challenge now is to develop economically viable solutions to obtain recycled fiber from consumer products such as clothing, carpets, car seats, airbags and mattresses.

These fibers can be used to produce automobiles, furniture and building insulation materials. At present, Laroche is also actively studying the pformation of these fibers into yarn.

Another key point is customer service.

At present, the intelligent user friendly control system of Roach company can help customers solve problems.

Benoit Rombaut explains: "routers and more than 200 sensors across the entire line can connect the lines to engineers located in Cours-la-Ville, which can be used to fine tune equipment around the world, troubleshooting, remote assistance and software upgrading.

In fact, our team receives customers' enquiries almost every day, and this service is growing rapidly as more and more lines are equipped with these functions.

This is a great progress in the 4 industry revolution. "

For Asia's active market, Roach has technical support in Kuala Lumpur, with 2 full-time engineers.

Spare parts and consumables are delivered two times a day from headquarters by express delivery and by package delivery service of multinational companies, which can reach around the world within 48 h.

Case: custom solutions for Grupo de Todos group

Roach recently developed a customized solution for NovaFibers company under the Grupo de Todos group.

"NovaFibers has established a logistics business in the United States to collect second-hand clothing and send it to Guatemala for further sales," explains Roach Junker, sales manager of the company, "however, a large number of garments can not be sold even if the price is very low, and they must be disposed of." Charles

We work with customers to find sustainable alternatives. "

In order to test the acceptance of the market, NovaFibers sent the bulk of the unsold clothes to Roach's technology center, making recycled fiber and making all kinds of felt.

Since then, NovaFibers has opened up a new market for these felt products, while Roach has designed a complete production line for the company.

The flexible airflow production line with needle punching machine and oven has been successfully applied to the production of Nonwovens in Central South America furniture industry.

Every day, create new stories.

Robert Laroche concluded: "we write new stories with our customers every day to help them develop new markets, improve production processes and reduce costs.

Customers expect the best solution from us. Thanks to our customers, we can offer more possibilities.