Airbond
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Airbond Pontnewynydd Unit 1, Pavilion Industrial Estate
Pontypool
NP4 6NF
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Airbond’s technical team are true experts in the science of splicing. The company is committed to innovation, and its products are remarkably simple, reliable and effective. They have unique form and function, especially developed for use in the manufacture of all traditional and modern textiles.
Airbond provides solutions for all yarn splicing needs, especially new composite applications. And we are committed to creating new and better forms of pneumatic yarn splicer for the future.
Why use Airbond?
- Our performance all rests on research;
- We don’t seek trial and error solutions – we understand the true principles of splicing.
- We know how to handle yarns from the finest to the largest, from tender to tough.
- Airbond makes simple splicers that are difficult to damage, but easy to maintain.
- Why use a complex product, when you can achieve performance and simplicity at a moderate cost?
- We have a philosophy of commitment to customer support, through good customer relations, founded on quality, communication, honesty and openness.
Some notes about composites
Composite materials represent an important new market, distinct from traditional textiles. The supply-chain involves the creation of high-performance structures from fibres like carbon and glass, strong in tension, carbon and glass are brittle, causing most splicers to fail.
However, Airbond’s research keeps providing solutions for the problems posed by modern composites. We splice difficult fibres like carbon, aramid, and glass in all counts up to the largest, around 16000 Tex, meaning Airbond offers the composites supply chain significant cost savings. We are now building on our first wave of development – with even more effiicient products on the horizon. No other company can match our ground-breaking products.
How does splicing work?
Long established in the textile industry, pneumatic yarn splicing is a clever process for joining yarns, which works by intermingling individual filaments closely together, to make a joint which is stronger and flatter than a knot.
The process is complicated – we must get air moving at Concorde-speed to tangle fibres without breaking them. One of the secrets here lies in the design of a little component which we call the splicing chamber. Another lies in the control of the compressed air as it approaches and passes through this chamber. The airflow behaviour is extremely complex, but thanks to our research, Airbond understands the flow. Our know-how allows us to operate our chambers at lower pressure than other manufacturers. Knowing the Physics behind splicing allows us to change the characteristics of the air, splicing fragile or ultra-large yarns. With the airflow science understood, we can concentrate on making our splicers simple, but strong.
What we make:
- Splicers for simple continuous filament synthetics like nylon and polyester
- Splicers for high-twist complex constructions like those used for carpets
- Splicers for ultra-fine yarns.
- Splicers for fragile yarns,
- Splicers for large yarns – many times heavier than any other manufacturer
- Splicers for complete tyre cords.
AND, if you have a particular problem, we’ll probably be able to find a solution – just for you.
Continuing innovation
Airbond has a well-deserved reputation and holds the UK’s coveted Queen’s Award for Industry – for Innovation.
Unlike many other companies, we continue to develop new, cutting-edge designs for splicers – innovation being an integral part of our company culture. New Airbond products will keep coming, promising to be effective, simple, and strong. Airbond will be your go-to company for splicing, offering performance, quality, and customer service.
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Our Products
Model 144
The manual-cut splicer for very high-count synthetics, up to 16000 tex.
The Airbond Model 144 is a splicer designed for super-large yarns – up to around 16000 tex in the right circumstances.
Developed by expanding the existing Model 143, the 144 retains most of the 143’s characteristics, as a light, user-friendly tool. And, like the 143, this splicer can be supplied with a handle to suit the customer’s requirements, or with a very short base, so that it can be used in confined environments. Like the 143, the 144 can be supplied with a flow control system which supplies variable-pressure air to the blast chamber, while keeping the main factory line pressure unchanged.
With distinct, innovative techniques for joining brittle yarns such as glass and carbon and joining inherently strong aramids, the Model 144 is internationally recognized as the user-friendly, super-heavy-count splicer.
Model 162
Airbond’s splicers are respected world-wide for their simplicity and reliability. In some circumstances, however, pneumatic splicing just won’t work.
Examples include:
- Monofilaments
- False Grass
- Braided yarn
- Very heavily-sized or coated yarn
- Very high-twist yarn
Our customers needed an air-driven splicer which made joints in these problem materials. The Model 162 delivers the answer. When the Model 162 is used, two yarn ends are overlapped, and a fine auxiliary yarn is tightly wrapped around them and bound to produce a joint of high strength. The Model 162 jointing method does not need electric motors or chargers; it just uses the same air supply as that used by the rest of the Airbond range. Simply plug it into the same air supply as usual, and make the wrapped joint.
The Model 162 can be worn by the operator, or hanged on the creel. Operation is done by button or foot-pedal.
As our customers have come to expect, the Airbond Model 162 is rugged, reliable and simple to maintain.
Model 701
The multi-purpose splicer for higher-count synthetics, up to 7000 tex.
The Airbond Model 701 is a light, user- friendly tool, designed principally for the composites market. Matching the performance of our larger splicers, the 701 range makes neat, strong joints in yarns of very heavy count, typically glass fibre and carbon fibre rovings of 4800 Tex or more. With distinct, innovative techniques for joining brittle yarns such as glass and carbon and joining inherently strong aramids, the Model 701 is internationally recognized as the user-friendly, heavy-count splicer.
Lighter than most of our other splicers, the actual splicer body is protected from wear and tear, safe inside an impact-resistant ABS shell.
The 701 Series splicers resist damage in service better than most products on the market; but when they do go wrong, they are easy to maintain. They can be dismantled and rebuilt in just a few minutes. The range of application of the 701 is quite remarkable. A unique and patented form of splicing chamber and splicing system is so powerful that a single specification can handle yarns of widely different counts.
Model 152
The semi-automatic bench-mounted splicer for higher-count synthetics, up to 16000 tex.
Airbond has already established its position in the composites market with class-leading products such as the Models 113 and 114 splicers. These products are light, handy and quick to maintain. However, some customers identified a requirement for a splicer which is immune to operator error. The 122 met that need.
With its fixed-geometry splicing arrangement, and powerful reciprocating cutters, the bench-mounted 122 offered completely consistent, high-level performance. The adoption of 3d printing has now permitted Airbond to refine the design of the old Model 122.
The new 152 is simpler and lighter than its predecessor, and at least as strong. And much more elegant. And, like all other splicers in the Airbond range, the 152 is rugged, reliable, and easy to maintain.
Model 141
The multi-purpose auto-cut splicer for low-count synthetics and staple
The 141 occupies the market position for which splicers were originally developed – relatively fine yarns for industrial applications. The 141, with its wide range of formats and operating systems, is the ideal splicer for these lower counts.
Hand-held, fixed, or rail-mounted, the 141 can meet most factory needs, and if circumstances change, new 141 bodies to the required configuration can be printed quickly by Airbond. The splicer can be supplied with a blast timer, or with a flow control system which supplies low-pressure air to the blast chamber, while keeping full pressure for the cutters. The cutters are adjustable, to enhance performance.
The Model 141 sets a new standard as an effective and user-friendly tool for continuous-filament synthetics, particularly modern industrial fibres.
The range is simple, durable, and easy to maintain. The splicers can handle a wide range of yarn counts
