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VITS PLANT ENGINEERING

IMPREGNATION AND COATING LINES

Since 1928, VITS has been an innovative system supplier in mechanical and plant engineering. Our strength is our know-how, which is based on own patents and many years of experience and which we have already used for a lot of industries and applications worldwide: Cross cutting competence, contact-free drying via our LAY-ON-AIR® technology and various coating methods: Dip impregnation, roll application systems, squeezing units.

We develop individual solutions and technologies for the processes of our customers - worldwide.


IMPREGNATION LINES

VITS is the global market leader for impregnation lines. More than 1.000 VITS-treater are in production all over the world. 75 % of the worldwide production of decorative laminates is manufactured on VITS-saturation lines. For each type of impregnated product VITS offers the best solution: From economical and high-end furniture foils up to abrasion-resistant melamine floors, luxury work tops or weather-resistant exterior compact cladding.

PROLINE

Speeds melamine up to 50 m/min
Speeds phenolic resins up to 75 m/min
Working width up to 2.3 m
Heating: gas/thermal oil/steam
Plant configuration:

  • one-stage or two-stage design
  • roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheeter production

TECHLINE

Speeds melamine up to 90 m/min
Speeds phenolic resins up to 150 m/min
Working width up to 2.7 m
Heating: gas/thermal oil/steam
Plant configuration:

  • one-stage, two-stage or three-stage design
  • roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheeter production
  • ARP or scattering device for flooring production
  • optional: cut-to-mark and basis weight and moisture measuring

HIGHLINE

Speeds melamine up to 120 m/min
Speeds phenolic resins up to 300 m/min
Working width up to 3.0 m
Heating: gas/thermal oil/steam
Plant configuration:

  • two-stage or three-stage design
  • roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheeter production
  • ARP or scattering unit for flooring production
  • optional: cut-to-mark and basis weight and moisture measuring
  • fully automatic web feeding

Do you have any questions about our impregnation plants? If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

LACQUERING AND COATING LINES

These are mainly machine systems, which coat resp. refine one or two sides of the paper web.

Coating systems for these are:

  • doctor knives (Meyerbar)
  • swimming doctor knife for high production speeds
  • roll application systems

Our coatings are multi-purpose and bring a variety of possible processes and final products.

Materials, which we can lacquer and/or coat:

  • masking tape
  • finish-foils
  • cardboard
  • glass fibres and non-woven
  • art papers
  • and many more

Parameters:

  • speeds up to 400 m/min
  • working widths up to 4,0 m
  • heating gas/thermal oil/steam
  • Plant configurations:
  • multi-stage
  • roll-to-roll
  • on request integrated surface weight and moisture measurement are possible

A solvent concentration monitoring according to ATEX-standards prevents an explosion risk at use of inflammable, solvent-containing coatings.

RTO-systems for a regenerative thermal oxidation from our partner Airprotech srl and Wessel make sure that during the production process formed environmentally harmful substances, as e.g. formaldehyde, are removed from the exhaust air.

Do you have any questions about our painting and coating systems? If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

MASKING TAPE LINES / CREPE PAPER PLANTS

Crepe paper coating is a process, which is quite comparable to a standard impregnation. Differences are the first saturation and the coating systems for release agents and primer. Particular attention is paid to the automatic web tension control in the different plant areas.
A typical VITS – Masking Tape Line consists of the following aggregates:

  • non-stop unwinder with splicing/separating device
  • special impregnation device
  • dryer I
  • cooling roll stand
  • coating device for release agent
  • coating device for primer
  • dryer II
  • cooling roll stand
  • non-stop rewinder with splicing/separating device

Parameters:

  • speeds up to 400 m/min
  • working widths up to 3,0 m
  • heating gas/thermal oil/steam

Plant configurations:

  • multi-stage
  • roll-to-roll
  • on request surface weight and moisture measuring
  • fully automatic web feeding

Exhaust air purification systems from our partners Airprotech and Wessel ensure that the environmentally harmful substances produced during the production process, such as formaldehyde, are removed from the exhaust air.

Do you have any questions about our crepe paper lines? If you have any questions or are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

FILTER PAPER LINES

VITS has vast experience and know-how in filter paper impregnation for the automotive industry. Oil filters used here are mainly consisting of papers impregnated with phenolic resin. Our plants are laid-out and configured according to customer-specific parameters, such as web width and speed.
Our plants stand for latest technique and efficiency in the production of filter papers for petrol, oil or air filter papers.

Parameters of a typical filter paper plant:

  • speeds up to 250 m/min
  • web widths up to 4,0 m
  • heating gas/thermal oil/steam

Plant configuration:

  • roll-to-roll
  • on request integrated surface weight and moisture measuring

A solvent concentration monitoring according to ATEX-standards prevents an explosion risk at use of inflammable, solvent-containing coatings.

Exhaust air purification systems from our partners Airprotech and Wessel ensure that the environmentally harmful substances produced during the production process, such as formaldehyde, are removed from the exhaust air.

Do you have any questions about our filter paper plants? If you have any questions or are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

PLANTS FOR TECHNICAL LAMINATES

Beside the manifold solutions for the wood based panel industry VITS engineers and builds special plants for the production of technical laminates. These plants are subject to highest requirements regarding quality and safety engineering.

With the continuous improvement of our coating and impregnation devices it is possible to have the - mostly expensive - resins precisely dosed onto or into the carrier material. This enables a raw material and energy consumption reduction for our customers.

No matter if radiation or high-efficiency drying: your product and your operating reliability are in good hands with VITS. Based on our experience from decades we make - together with our customer - a choice of the optimal drying technology and we specify the required heating and drying capacity for obtaining the chemical and technical qualities of your prepregs and/or end products. When using aggressive media, we use stainless steel floating dryers.
Of course, energy recovery concepts, exhaust air cleaning as well as a construction under consideration of current national and international standards, e.g. the explosion protection directions (ATEX), are also provided.

Plant examples:

  • Impregnation lines with vertical dryer for the production of prepregs on an epoxide resin base
  • Impregnation lines for the production of friction and clutch linings on a phenolic resin base
  • Flotation dryers made of stainless steel in case of aggressive media
  • Impregnation and coating lines for the production of mica foils on an epoxide resin base

Do you have any questions about our technical laminates? If you have any questions or are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

MICA COATING AND LAMINATING PLANTS

Mica is a mineral material with extreme low electrical conductivity, which is used in the electro industry.

The special feature of the plants supplied by us is the wrinkle-free lamination of glass fibre webs and mica as well as the possibility to apply several protective foils.

Furthermore the dryer has an on-line metallic support belt, which allows - due to the large opening degree - not only different temperatures, but also air speeds in the dryer.
This support belt is also of good use, when mica as sole material - provided with resin saturation - should be dried.

Typical tasks:

  • electrical isolator - electro industry
  • laminates / Insulating materials – semi-conductor industry

A typical VITS - mica plant consists of the following aggregates:

  • several unwinders for glass webs, mica and protective foils
  • up to three coating devices
  • dryer with sieve belt
  • calender
  • cooling rolls
  • rewinder

Parameters:

  • production speeds up to 15 m/min
  • working widths up to 1,5 m
  • roll-to-roll

A solvent concentration monitoring according to ATEX-standards prevents an explosion risk and a fire danger at use of solvent-containing components.

RTO-systems for a regenerative thermal oxidation from our partner Airprotech srl make sure that during the production process formed environmentally harmful substances, as e.g. formaldehyde, are removed from the exhaust air.

Do you have any questions about our laminating machines? If you have any questions or are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

GLASS FABRIC AND NON-WOVEN TREATING LINES

Web-shaped glass cloth is in a one-step or two-step impregnation process saturated with a resin solution. In case of need a coat with an adhesive or a release agent can be carried-out. Then the non-woven products can be processed appropriately.

Typical utilizations:

  • laminates / heat-insulating materials for the building industry
  • laminates  - Thermal insulation against the exposure of high temperatures, heating insulation in the area metallurgy

A typical VITS - glass fabric line consists of the following aggregates:

  • non-stop unwinder with splicing/separating device
  • special impregnation device
  • dryer I
  • coating device
  • dryer II
  • cooling roll stand
  • non-stop rewinder with splicing/separating device

Parameters:

  • production speeds up to 150 m/min
  • working widths up to 2,3 m
  • roll-to-roll

A solvent concentration monitoring according to ATEX-standards prevents an explosion risk at use of inflammable, solvent-containing components.

Exhaust air purification systems from our partners Airprotech and Wessel ensure that the environmentally harmful substances produced during the production process, such as formaldehyde, are removed from the exhaust air.

Do you have any questions about our glass fleece lines? If you have any questions and are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

LABORATORY PLANT

VITS is the only plant manufacturer, who has got an in-house laboratory impregnation plant. This pilot plant enables our customers to test new products with own resins or raw materials, or to execute technological adaptations in existing production processes.

The pilot plant is an impregnation line in laboratory scale for web widths of max. 400 mm, offering a broad spectrum of saturation and coating applications and has got more than ten different coating systems available.

Basic equipment are - although in a simple construction - an unwinder, a rewinder, a core saturation device, a two-step dryer as well as several intermediate coating devices. It is possible to use wire doctor systems as well as various roll application systems.

If you are interested, we would be glad to offer a laboratory plant to you, designed according to your requirements, enabling you to simulate your production processes and to test new products.

Parameters:

  • speeds up to 200 m/min
  • working widths up to 0,4 m
  • heating gas/thermal oil/steam /electric heater

Plant configurations:

  • multi-stage
  • roll-to-roll
  • on request integrated surface and moisture measuring possible

Do you have any questions about our laboratory systems? If you have any questions or are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de

FINISH FOIL LINES

These are mainly machine systems, which coat resp. refine one or two sides of the paper web.

Coating systems for these are:

  • doctor knives (Meyerbar)
  • swimming doctor knife for high production speeds
  • roll application systems

Our coatings are multi-purpose and bring a variety of possible processes and final products.

Materials, which we can lacquer and/or coat:

  • finish foils
  • masking tape
  • cardboard
  • glass fibres and non-woven
  • art papers
  • and many more

Parameters:

  • speeds up to 400 m/min
  • working widths up to 4,0 m
  • heating gas/thermal oil/steam
  • Plant configurations:
  • multi-stage
  • roll-to-roll
  • on request integrated surface weight and moisture measurement are possible

A solvent concentration monitoring according to ATEX-standards prevents an explosion risk at use of inflammable, solvent-containing coatings.

RTO-systems for a regenerative thermal oxidation from our partner Airprotech srl make sure that during the production process formed environmentally harmful substances, as e.g. formaldehyde, are removed from the exhaust air.

Exhaust air purification systems from our partners Airprotech and Wessel ensure that the environmentally harmful substances produced during the production process, such as formaldehyde, are removed from the exhaust air.

Do you have any questions about our finish foil lines? If you have any questions or are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you: sales(at)vits.de