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World of PTC Volume II: ‘Market Characteristics & Trends’
Volume II is written with the aim of sharing information and creating opportunities in emerging and mature markets with new business cases towards a bright future in professional textile care industry. This book concerns the PTC markets worldwide. On the one hand, it will contain a collection of facts and figures on markets of professional…
Read MoreSOLVETEX IV: Quality evaluation of practical wet cleaning systems
The goal of the Solvetex projects is to provide reference documentation for the textile cleaning industry. In Solvetex IV the cleaning performance of wet cleaning systems are evaluated under practical conditions. This means that the experiments are performed in operational dry cleaning shops, giving an indication of the overall performance of wet cleaning. TKT…
Read MoreThermal power generation
The direct use of sunlight occurs in agriculture (photosynthesis) with an efficiency of 1%; flat plate collectors, such as photovoltaic solar panels (PV), with an efficiency of 15%; solar collectors for hot water with an efficiency of 50%; by concentration mirrors in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants with an efficiency of 20%; and mirror systems…
Read MoreNew and renewable resources: Thermal power generation & solar sells on textiles
The rapid developments in the field of solar cell technology have made photovoltaic (PV) energy an important factor in achieving sustainability objectives. Solar cell technology not only offers new opportunities for businesses, but policy ambitions and action plans have also led to obligations laid down in the new regulations, such as emission reductions in production…
Read MoreDevelopments and future aspects of traditional energy sources
The worldwide electricity market is continuously changing. Former resources are subject to depletion, although the predictions about the moment of depletion differ from time to time and from person to person. Together with the rise of renewable and sustainable energy, the offer of electricity is hard to predict and the source of electricity is even…
Read MoreEnergy efficient steam usage for professional laundries
Steam is widely used in the laundry processes. More efficiency steps are taken to improve the usage of steam and reduce energy consumption. This is one way of meeting this challenge. The advantage is that the current manner of laundry processing can remain. Only some adaptions are needed to improve the energy efficiency. The disadvantage…
Read MoreHanging and automation systems for textile cleaning companies now & in the future
Introduction Metalprogetti has been manufacturing hanging garment handling systems since 1980. All products are designed to maximise efficiency in terms of productivity and space. Particular care is given to the automation of different work phases and situations, from the drop-off of soiled garments and collection of clean garments to other crucial phases in the work…
Read MoreSaving energy; THE trend in textile care
In times of an ever harder price war in the textile care and laundry industry, reducing production cost per piece without any loss of quality is becoming one of the most important trends in our business. On the other hand, all over the world, employers find it increasingly difficult to hire qualified staff due to…
Read MoreTechnology defines new standards of quality in finishing
In former times, entrepreneurs of the textile care industry would entrust the responsibility of the results in finishing garments to their operators’ skills and finesse. When iron was the main, if not the only, tool used in finishing garments, we had an impressive difference in quality between those companies that had skilled operators and those…
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