William Clark & Sons – the oldest linen producer in North-ern Ireland commissioned new finishing plant with BRÜCKNER

At the old site, where the original company was founded more than 300 years ago, the company had limited space suitable for expansion, so they decided to establish a new factory close by. Amongst other new equipment in the factory a new coating and finishing line including a Bruckner stenter frame was installed. The 6-zone stenter frame with vertical returning pin chain finishes fabric being supplied to different markets, such as apparel fabrics, military uniforms, home furnishing and other technical ap-plications. Being equipped with two bowl pad mangle and multifunctional knife coating unit, many finishing processes are being provided: 

- water and stain repellent

- flame retardant padding and back coatings

- stiffening and softening

- abrasion performance

In order to monitor the optimum machine settings and to identify potential waste of energy, the stenter is equipped with a modern recipe management system and also energy counters, providing batch related energy consumption details. Needless to say, that also the exhaust air settings can be regulated via reliable sensors into an optimum level in order to avoid unnecessary exhaust air taken out of the machine. 

Kevin Devlin, plant manager of William Clark says, that the purchase of a new stenter and coating line was essential to control processing costs and provide the quality and consistency demanded in today’s market. They found Bruckner to be a supportive and reliable partner in this venture and would have no hesitation in working with them again.