Benninger, the Swiss textile finishing and cord production machine ranges manufacturer, is

offering its Ksters S-roller technology as a safe, reproducible dyeing method the CPB
(Cold Pad Batch) process. According to the company, the CPB process is becoming
increasingly important, as it can be used to dye both short and long yardages of knitted and
woven fabrics very economically.
The new Ksters S-roller technology with the very latest technical features combined with
modern control equipment and electronics supplied by the Benninger mechanical
engineering division is said to provide the technical process conditions that are expected of
such a process today.
Complex dyeing process
Dyeing is a very complex process and influenced by a number of parameters, the company
reports and dyeing results are now not only gauged by visual assessment, but also by
technical measuring instruments that can determine these results accurately and precisely.

According to the manufacturer, correction of dyeing faults is time-consuming and expensive

and furthermore, ecological sustainability demands are constantly rising, especially with
regards to the consumption of natural resources, and are increasingly becoming a cost
factor that affects decisions. CPB dyeing with reactive dyes is a cost-effective process with
a very high level of reproducibility, the company reports.
Application system
Impregnation in the padder is the most important part of CPB dyeing, Benninger reports.
There are also other factors affecting the process that also require consideration but cannot
be directly influenced by a plant engineer.
On the surface, the demand for an application system for forced application is relatively
simple, Benninger observes and it must be ensured that the dye can be equally and

constantly applied across the entire width of the fabric after a short period of contact with
the dye liquor. This is only possible if the squeezing pressure and the squeezing nip can be
kept constant, the company adds.

This task becomes complicated when the properties of the material to be dyed have to be
included in calculations. From a purely technical viewpoint, conditions are affected by

different fibre and yarn thicknesses, absorbency, fabric tension, weft distortion, admission
moisture content and liquor temperature, dye properties and errors such as dye migration at
the selvedges during drying. For this reason the requirements to be met by an application
system are complicated and can only be satisfied by the use of state-of-the-art control and
instrumentation equipment.
Maximised reproducibility
The new Ksters / Benninger S-roller technology is said to ensure even liquor application
over the entire fabric width, as well as deliberately different liquor application in the edgecentre-edge areas. The reproducibility is maximised by an electronic pressure system
(patented) that ensures controllable line forces over the entire roller width. In addition, dyers
have a higher level of flexibility that is said to offer decisive advantages, especially when
dyeing knitted fabrics and stretch woven fabrics.
Higher-level technologies that ensure additional process safety from a technical viewpoint,
such as tailing correction and the cleverly designed dosing system with the trackproven Contidos, as well as the new four-circuit cooling and temperature management,
enhance the ease of handling of the dyeing padder and its reproducibility, according to the
company.
With computer aided simulation, the flow conditions at various speeds and with various
fabric qualities were tested to prevent so-called dead zones in the dyeing trough, and
resulted in the development of the mini U-Flow. It was therefore possible to improve
additional influencing factors to achieve optimum dyeing results, which also has positive
effects on the dye consumption, Benninger reports
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