Strayfield, a manufacturer of textile dryers, is showcasing its radio frequency textile yarn dryer, SO200TS, for the first time at ITMA.
The machine is known by the company as being the world’s 'big small' dryer as it is Strayfield’s largest model, yet it is half the size of the equivalent on offer from competitors.
“It is the only dryer in the world that can process eight tonnes of cotton per day, using just 125 kW of energy,” says Strayfield’s managing director, Rakesh Monga.
“The technology can save people a significant amount of money, around US$160,000 per year. We base that on a quote we made last year where we quoted 320 kW for a particular application and a competitor quoted 440 kW for the same application.
“So, when we did the sums, we told them how much we could save them in energy costs alone.”
Monga adds that the running costs are so low that the cost of buying the dryer and running it is less than the cost of running a competitor’s dryer for three years.
“If you use a competitor’s dryer for free and you bought this from us for the market value and ran it, within three to four years you would still be better off,” he says.
The company says that the machine has had a very good response from visitors. “Everyone is quite excited with the numbers that we have presented them.
“It is creating quite a buzz.”
The new dryer is able to process both tops and hanks and it does not need to be manually altered to change between the two.
Strayfield Limited was founded in 1968, and the first equipment manufactured by the company was for the biscuit and cracker industry. Now, the UK-based company is associated with conveyorised dryers for the textile industry.
Visit Strayfield in Hall 1, Stand A209.
