Supply, Delivery and Commissioning of a Wet-laid System

The Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (LMC) require a single suitably qualified and experienced supplier to supply, deliver and commission a Wet-laid system, on-site at the LMC.

• The required Wet-laid system will have the ability to produce nonwoven mats with a board range of fibres, including but not limited to: glass fibre, carbon fibre, nature fibre, etc.
• The equipment must be compact, of R&D-scale, and able to produce nonwovens from small quantities of fibres to allow for quick and easy screening of products properties.
• The provision of the system will include stock preparation, wet-laid forming, dewatering, binder application, dryer and winder and can be tailored for low to high production volumes. -The resulting nonwoven fibre mats shall fit in many industrial applications including but not limited to; building and construction, filtration, and transportation end-uses. This equipment must have a fully automated control system and be able to be equipped or modified in future to add more functionality to the products.