The Millitron Facts about the Millitron Built in

The Millitron

Facts about the Millitron Built in 2000 1. 2. 3. 4. Speed: Capacity: Colours: Length of unit: 2 – 20 m/min 200, 000 m 2 per week 12 + endless mixes 120 m

1. Carpet attachment White carpet rolls are attached continuously, about 200 lin. metres (800 m 2) at a time.

2. Steaming unit 1 The carpet is steamed in order to raise the pile yarn and release tension and creases.

3. Tip shearing Rotating shearers cut off the yarn tips to give an even surface.

4. Steaming unit 2 Steaming and pre-wetting the carpet improves its ability to absorb pretreatments and dyes.

5. Foulard The foulard treatment reduces the dot gain – so the different colours do not bleed into each other.

6. Millitron - Dye unit (ink jet) The colours are dispensed through a series of 12 pressure jet bars. The carpet runs 2 cm under the jet bars and when it passes the first bar, colour 1 is applied, then colour 2… etc. Dye width 4 m.

6. Millitron - Dye unit (ink jet) Each bar has 1 jet per 1. 27 mm or 1/20”. The colours are applied to the carpet by a total of 38, 400 individually controlled jets.

6. Millitron - Dye unit (ink jet) More colours than the 12 ground colours can be made by using blending techniques. 2 or more colour dots can be placed on top of each other or slightly over-lapping each other, thus creating new shades.

6. Millitron - Design input The designs for the Millitron computer come from the patterns and colours developed or adapted by the ege Design Studio.

6. Millitron - Dye lab In the laboratory situated under the fixation chamber, the lab engineers prepare and check recipes before the production starts, and new colour recipes are developed to match the client’s wishes.

6. Millitron - Dye mixing facility The dye liquid is pumped into the Millitron colour bars from the automatic mixing facility. Surplus dye liquids are reused.

6. Millitron - Dye unit control Each single jet is controlled by the Millitron computer.

7. Dye fixation The coloured carpet rolls are fixated at ca. 1200 C in the 50 m long steam chamber for 4 -5 minutes.

8. Washing After the fixation, the carpet is washed in order to remove excess colour, if any.

9. Drying The carpet is dried in the heating unit.

10. Inspection and quality control Finally, the result is inspected before the carpet is carried on to the next process. Any deviations are registered according to ege’s quality control system ISO 9001.

11. Sample production Design samples for - interior design presentations - client’s approval - collection development are produced in separate 1 x 1 m Sampling Millitron Units (Sam. Tron)