Dickson-Constant’s new plant in France has been equipped with a highly-customised Monforts Montex 8500 stenter.

The seven-chamber Montex stenter for drying, heat-setting and polymerizing applied resins has a maximum working width of 2.2 metres. It is installed in line with the washing compartments and is equipped with special entrance and exit fabric accumulators to enable non-stop processing during batch changes, in addition to an integrated vertical infrared dryer and exhaust air cleaning. Two Mahlo weft straighteners also ensure maximum regularity of fabric batches at strategic points in the line.

Monforts is a German machine builder. Dickson-Constant is a French sun protection and outdoor upholstery fabrics specialist.The latest advanced technology, including the Montex stenter, has equipped Dickson-Constant to maximize its resource savings and face the current market challenges with confidence. The oldest weaving operation in France, with roots dating back to 1836, Dickson-Constant specialises in woven acrylic fabrics. Its Dickson-branded solar protection and flooring materials and Sunbrella home upholstery and market-leading marine industry fabrics are renowned for their quality and durability.With many new weaving machines, the new plant increases the company’s overall manufacturing capacity by 50 per cent while providing the flexibility to accommodate more medium-sized orders and meet requests from certain customers for full exclusivity in respect of specific performance fabric ranges.