UNITEX is expanding its capacity by a further 36,000 tons per year with a new filament yarn production plant. Once again, the Vietnamese company is relying on solutions from Barmag.
New UNITEX plant opens in Trang Bang
What makes it special is that the plant, which was inaugurated in Trang Bang at the end of January, is completely digitalized using Barmag’s atmos.io digitalization platform. This means that the entire material flow is digitally recorded and networked, and each individual package is individualized and documented with its personal characteristics. With the help of artificial intelligence, deviations in production are detected at an early stage so that operators can react immediately. Corrections in the material flow can be made in real time.
The laboratory, which is digitally integrated into the process, safeguards interventions in the material flow. As a result, atmos.io increases efficiency on the shop floor and enhances process quality – and thus product quality as well. “With the atmos.io digitalization platform, we create a holistic solution that unifies the entire production process. This not only enables us to achieve consistently high overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), but also supports fast, well-informed decision-making and flexible adaptation to individual customer environments,” says UNITEX CEO Jack Dang, explaining his decision to choose atmos.io.
Extensive third-party automation is also seamlessly integrated into atmos.io. “atmos.io is the platform for the smart factory. We don’t stop at connecting our scope of supply, as that would not help our customers. Our aim is comprehensive tracking from the melt to the stored package,” explains Jörg Groß, Lead of Digital Product Development. The Remscheid-based plant manufacturer and solution provider for manmade fiber production supplied the hardware for all process stages, from chip preparation to extrusion, spinning, and texturing, including utilities.
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UNITEX is a subsidiary of Century Corporation and a leading Vietnamese supplier of high-quality specialty yarns and recycled DTY.
