CONTRACT WEAVING – CONTRACT CHOPPING – CUSTOM TEXTILE PROJECTS

Allendale Fibertech Corporation, Inc is located in Allendale, SC, USA.

In our 68,000 sf facility, we provide services in respect to weaving, chopping or further going, value added processes; e.g. metal works, powder coating, confection, special packaging, storage, fulfillment and more.

CONTRACT WEAVING

The customer can provide technical or physical requirements such as

• temperature resistances,
• strength requirements,
• insulation values,
• thickness, width or length,
• other.

We then design a fabric which meet such requirements. Our experience with the various fibers available, their properties and the way they need to be processed will help to create successful and cost effective results, in a relatively short period of time.

Click the following link to read more about Contract Weaving: https://allendalefibertech.com/contract-weaving/

CONTRACT CHOPPING

Similar to Contract Weaving, we would ask to provide data to help us determine the optimal choice of fiber or fiber combination.
The advantage of being an independent manufacturer allows us to make use of any fiber available in the market.

Click the following link to read more about Contract Chopping: https://allendalefibertech.com/contract-chopping/

CONTRACT VALUE ADDED SERVICES

DeckProtect:

In addition, we offer value added services and combine technical fiber products with other components. In below example we form the metal, drill holes and powder coat the product, according to customer specifications. We then fill it with a Basalt fiber Insulation board.
Our experience with the very many choices in the market help narrow down the choice of materials, based on suitability, cost & availability.

You can visit our customer’s site by clicking on the following link: https://deckprotect.net/

We know some ideas may take time to develop and to prepare for a market; a product’s marketability is uncertain until it can be launched and proove itself. Some markets can take on slow, others can accelerate very fast. We hope to become your partner to help & assist with our knowledge, resources, connections and space.

PYROPROTECTO:

The PyroProtecto product line is involved with high temperature custom insulation and protective solutions.

Visit the site: https://pyroprotecto.myshopify.com/

Feel free to connect with us and schedule a conversation: https://allendalefibertech.com/contact/

ROGIER CUYLITS
CEO

Rogier Cuylits, has close to 40 years of experience in textile processes and insulation materials.
Rogier’s family history with glass fibers is three generations long. Already his grandfather, Henry Cuylits, represented Owens Corning glass fibers in the Netherlands.

Owens Corning was the first company to commercialize the making of glass fibers. Since then, his family has been involved with the processing of glass fibers and steadily growing its presence through the formation of various companies and by employing various processing techniques, such as twisting, braiding, texturizing, etc.

With his additional extensive knowledge in thermal protection, Rogier has been helping in designs for low and high temperature applications; Maytag for low temperature and Boeing for high temperature applications are just a few examples he helped to introduce “hi-end” insulation systems.

Rogier is “hands-on” and likes to be closely involved with the developments.

MARKUS MICHALIK
Textile Division Manager

Markus Michalik, a certified German Textile master, has close to 40 years experience in textile processes. Yarn preparation, warping, weaving, coating, twisting are only a few processes we mention here.

During his long textile career, Markus worked his way up from a worker, to a machine technician to a plant manager, within the same company.

Based on specific projects, Markus was entrusted to research, select and to approve the purchase of weaving machines and various other textile equipment.

His vast knowledge about the machines, his “hands-on” skills and the ability to train new people lead to the grand task of relocating an entire company division from one country to another. He dismantled, shipped, installed and made the equipment run production again.

Developing products, requisitioning ideal raw materials and running trials to successful, reproduceable production runs on a large scale was one of Markus’ day-to-day tasks.

Throughout his career, Markus processed technical fibers such as cotton, aramid, glass, carbon, basalt and many more.

During his time as a textile consultant, Markus’ expertise was required on an international level. In this capacity, he traveled to countries such as Italy, Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, USA and others.

CONSULT WITH US

We are confident the complementary knowledge between Rogier & Markus allow to engineer technical products which can be industrially produced with high quality standards in an efficient & safe manufacturing environment.

Allendale Fibertech Corporation has the space, the knowledge, the means and the ambition to grow with the stringent requirements of its valued clientele.

Please reach out with your design ideas, no mater the size of the overall project.

Following link will lead you to our contact form: https://allendalefibertech.com/contact/

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WEAVING:

Below description shall be very simplified and only for the purpose to explain a nonexpert the general process of weaving. We hope this helps with the basic understanding of weaving and as such with a particular project in question. Of course, there is a lot more to it, but that will be our job!

In very simple terms, during the weaving process one thread (also called the “fill”) will travel from the left side to the right side of the weaving machine. While doing so, minimum one harness is holding up many threads coming from a perpendicular direction (called “warp threads”) and another harness from the same perpendicular direction will keep many warp threads down. This creates an opening (also called the “shed”) through which the fill thread travels.
Once the fill thread makes it all the way through the shed, it will be cut on the left side of the machine and the two harnesses will move in the opposite direction (the one which was up will go down and the one which was down will go up). This will lock in the fill and creates a new opening for the process to be repeated.
One such process is also called a pick and after one pick is taken place, the machine moves the fabric forward to create space for the following pick.

The below slow motion video shows how a pick takes place. During this weaving technique, a gripper takes the fill from the left side and and transports it to the center. From the center, the right side gripper is then taking over the fill and transports it to the right side.

A reed, through which the warp threads are conducted, is pushing the fill thread towards the cloth side and makes sure it is in alinement with the fabric. The process is called the beat and it takes place, after the fill thread has been fully inserted and the two grippers moved completely out of the shed.

WEAVING FROM A CREEL

Below pictures indicate weaving from a creel.
Typically, heavier threads or high density fibers (warp fibers/ yarns/ threads) will be woven from a creel. You can see the many bobbins are stacked on a shelf system and then threaded into the machine.

WEAVING FROM A LOOM BEAM

Below pictures shows the preparation of a loom beam. In this case, a sectional warping device winds a few hundred threads on a large beam. This creates one section. The process will be repeated with many of such sections with the exact same length and the exact same fiber count of each section.
After that process, all sections will be wound onto a loom beam in one production step. The loom beam then can be mounted to the weaving machine.

Explanation of the pictures: From the left, the first picture represents the sectional warping machine. The second picture a yarn guide, the third picture is a bobbin with glass fiber, the fourth picture shows a weaving machine which holds a loom beam with all the sections wound to it.

Below video shows how a basalt woven mesh is wound up on an “off-loom-take-up”.

We hope these simple explanations and examples help to understand when discussing projects relevant to contract weaving.

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CHOPPING:

Below video demonstrates chopping of glass fibers. With this particular machine, the fiber is traveling over a metal roller (press roller) and then between it and a neoprene roller. This helps to feed the fibers into the cutting area.

The actual process of cutting takes place by the means of the metal blades which are mounted to a third roller. The blades press down on the fibers which are now on the neoprene roller and the fibers are broken. This implies, the term “cutting” is technically incorrect. In this example the fibers are broken.
The length of the broken fibers are determined by the distance between two blades on the roller they are mounted to.

After the breaking of the fiber, the processed material will now fall into a bulk box which can hold around 1,000 lb of material, depending on the density and the length of the fiber.

You can click on both videos to see the process taking place.

Please feel free to send us an e-mail with your requirements for contract work.

Allendale Fibertech Corporation, Inc.
2275 Bluff Road
Allendale, SC 29810, USA