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NDC Nonwoven Textiles Applications

NDC Nonwoven Textiles Applications

NDC Nonwoven Textiles Applications

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Overview: The document discusses NDC's advanced web gauging solutions for the nonwoven industries, emphasizing the importance of accurate measurement for quality and efficiency in manufacturing processes. NDC's technologies aim to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and improve process visibility.
Key Technologies and Solutions:
  • Infrared Sensors: NDC's NW710s infrared sensor measures basis weight and moisture, suitable for PP spunbond and meltblown nonwovens.
  • Gamma Backscatter Gauges: Cost-effective basis weight measurement, ideal for challenging process locations.
  • Laser Gauges: Measure thickness using laser beam triangulation, designed for thick nonwoven products.
  • Beta Transmission Gauges: High-efficiency detection for basis weight measurement of airlaid, carded, and spunbond/SMS products.
  • X-ray Backscatter and Transmission Sensors: Compact sensors for basis weight measurement in difficult locations, suitable for spunlace, carded, airlaid, and hybrid nonwovens.
Scanner Solutions:
  • Accutrak O-Frame Scanner: Engineered for precise, repeatable measurements with a low cost of ownership.
  • Minitrak Scanners: Compact, cost-effective scanners for high-quality nonwoven products, supporting multiple sensor payloads.
Applications and Controls:
  • Nonwoven Applications: Solutions for spunbond/SMS, spunlace, airlaid, carded, and hybrid nonwovens, providing measurements for basis weight, moisture, and more.
  • Nonwoven Controls: Options for optimizing raw material consumption and energy use, including machine direction and cross direction controls.
  • System Options: FFT analysis, SPC quality reporting, 3D profile analysis, and integration with SCADA systems.
Company Overview: NDC, part of Spectris plc, develops gauging and analyzer systems for various industries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, UK, and Belgium, and sales operations worldwide. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified and focuses on enhancing productivity and quality for its global client base.
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Nonwoven industries Advanced Web Gauging Solutions

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APPLICATION NOTE Web Gauging NDC’s Nonwovens Systems: Addressing quality and productivity for outstanding results from your process Successful nonwoven manufacture depends on producing translates into greater yield from the raw materials. It also ► irlaid, Carded and A Hybrid Nonwovens up. This all adds up to greater quality, productivity and efficiency quality fabrics efficiently. For example, accurate measurement reduces lost time and scrap during product change and at startthat helps drive plant profitability. NDC’s web gauging platforms represent an opportunity to assist the nonwovens business....

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APPLICATION NOTE Web GaugingFOOD INDUSTRY Accurate Measurement Performance A complete gauging portfolio for the entire nonwovens process NDC’s Beta transmission gauges feature NDC’s NW710S Infrared sensor can NDC’s Gamma BackScatter (GBS) gauge an ultra high-efficiency detection system measure the basis weight and moisture family provides a cost-effective basis and a minimized source activity for safety for specific nonwovens. Its unique optics weight measurement. This compact sensor collect forward-scattered light that has can provide valuable measurements from interacted with the nonwoven material....

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APPLICATION NOTE Web Gauging Rugged, Reliable, Maintainable Scanners High performance intelligent scanners for fast, accurate measurement NDC’s AccuTrak scanner supports a multiple sensor payload for complex nonwoven applications. NDC’s AccuTrak O-Frame scanner has been specifically engineered for today’s stringent AccuTrak O-Frame Scanner quality requirements. Its rugged design utilizes a revolutionary head carriage bearing system that provides long-term precise, repeatable measurement performance. This intelligent iFrameTM scanner delivers fast, accurate, reliable measurement that is tightly...

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APPLICATION NOTE Web Gauging Proven, Capable Solutions NDC nonwovens industry expertise ...a solution for each application ► Nonwoven Applications Spunbond/SMS: With 12 different sensor designs utilizing 5 different measurement technologies, NDC can provide the optimum measurement solution across the entire family of spunbond/SMS applications. Spunlace: Based on its repeatability and accuracy performance, NDC’s X-ray backscatter (XRB) represents the ideal measurement sensor for spunlaced and medical-hygiene products. Also, when combined with the NW710S infrared sensor, basis weight and moisture...

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Company overview Combining industry-best performance and reliability with a global support structure NDC, based in Irwindale California, develops and manufactures gauging and analyzer systems for a wide range of process industries. The company also manufactures in Essex, UK and Alleur, Belgium with direct sales and support operations in China, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Brazil. Our global client base consists of some of the world’s most successful companies who rely on NDC to ensure that their product performance, process yield and quality meet the stringent standards demanded by their...

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