08.10.2024
Festooner successfully delivered
Dreiling Maschinenbau GmbH has designed and manufactured a nonwoven stretcher for McAirlaid’s.
Nonwoven fabric is a frequent companion in our everyday lives without us consciously noticing it. For example, it ends up as an absorbent insert in plastic packaging trays for foods such as meat, fish and fruit. The MeatPads from our customer McAirlaid’s absorb meat juices and prevent the meat from swimming in its own juices. This reduces bacterial growth and keeps the product fresh for longer.
A machine designed and manufactured by Dreiling Maschinenbau GmbH over the course of 18 months is now doing the groundwork so that these MeatPads can be produced. This so-called festooner was successfully delivered to McAirlaid’s Berlingerode site at the end of 2023.
The festooner – or strip layer – unwinds fleece from a roll, cuts the material into strips, perforates them and then puts them together in a block so that this block can be shipped. This allows more material to be transported at once, reducing transportation costs.