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Glens Falls Interweb, Inc.
Business Plan
To provide equipment, engineering, and design services to the Pulp and Paper, and Nonwovens Industries with an emphasis on machines and auxiliary systems.
These services are provided cost effectively, and on a timely basis in order to satisfy the short-term and long-term goals of our customers.
History
Founded in 1996
Experienced core group of custom machinery/systems engineers and designers
Purchased Wet Laid Nonwovens business from Valmet in 1998
The GFI Team
Jeff Riggi – General Manager
Ray Stevens – Applications Manager
Roger Ahrens – Engineering Manager
John Harke – Nonwovens Product
Manager
Services/Products
Design Services
Conceptual Development
Project Management
Engineered Equipment & Systems
Nonwoven & Specialty Machinery
Design Services
Machine design and layout
Installation drawings
Evaluation of existing machinery and systems
Conceptual Development
Engineering studies
Machine rebuilds and retrofits
Machine expansion
Process improvement studies
Project Management
Bid Specification preparation
Evaluation of vendor specifications
Project scheduling
On site management & supervision
Coordination with vendors
Engineered Equipmentand Systems
Machine components
Rebuilds
New machine sections
Turnkey installations
Nonwovens and Specialty Machinery
Sandy Hill Deltaformer™
Sandy Hill Rotoformer™
Rotoformer™ 2000
Saturator with Microflow Applicator™
Hydro-Entanglement Units
Deltaformer™
Rotoformer™
Rotoformer™2000
Saturator Unit
Hydro-Entanglement Unit
High Dilution Forming
Major Markets
• Food
• Medical
• Filtration
• Industrial
High Dilution Forming
Forming consistencies of 0.01 to 0.2%
Higher stock dilution to keep longer fibers from entangling
Fiber lengths from 5 mm to 38 mm
High Dilution Forming
Longer fibers require high dilution forming
– Natural fibersAbaca, sisal, kenaf, cotton linters
– Man made & synthetic fibersPolyesters, rayon, nylon, glass, polyolefins
High Dilution Forming
Two basic forming configurations
– Inclined wire former (Deltaformer™)
– Vacuum cylinder former (Rotoformer™)
Deltaformer™
Deltaformer™
Inclined wire former - 15° to 35°
High dilution forming up to 400 gpm/in.
Can form synthetic fibers up to 38 mm long
Machine widths up to 5 meters wide
Machine speeds up to 600 m/min
Over 40 units delivered
Deltaformer™
Primary grades:– Glass mat for roofing
– Teabag
– Cigarette papers
– Auto filter
– Vacuum dust bag
Rotoformer™
Rotoformer™
Vacuum cylinder forming unit
In use since 1953
Medium dilution forming up to 70 gpm/in.
Machine speeds up to 700 fpm
Machine widths up to 150 inches
Over 90 units delivered
Rotoformer™ 2000
Rotoformer™ 2000
Improvements– Reduced CD profile variation
– Wider flow range
– Wider range of fibers
– Improved headbox adjustments
– Improved repeatability of process settings
– Better internal access to headbox
Rotoformer™
Primary grades produced:– Filter– Automotive specialties
• Air bag• Catalytic converters
– Ultra- filtration• HEPA / ULPA
– Battery separator– Electrical circuit board
High Dilution Forming
Benefits/Advantages– Formation of long fibers
– Blending of wood fibers and synthetic fibers
– Excellent formation at low basis weights
– Excellent basis weight control at low basis weights
Glens Falls Interweb, Inc.
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