Optimizing Textile Recycling: Expertise and Cutting-Edge Technology Combine to Boost Quality and Sustainability

Georg Stegschuster, a researcher specializing in textile recycling, emphasizes the importance of fine-tuning both tearing and spinning preparation processes to achieve the best quality results and minimize unnecessary fiber shortening. Trützschler’s Truecycled system covers the entire process, from cutting and tearing textile waste to carding and drawing secondary fibers. This holistic approach, combined with Trützschler’s extensive expertise, enables manufacturers to maintain control over the process and prevent unnecessary fiber shortening.

Recently, Trützschler has expanded its portfolio to become the first full-liner in the preparation of textile waste, offering solutions from mechanical recycling to the spinning preparation of torn secondary fibers. The expansion was made possible through the development of Truecycled recycling technology in collaboration with Balkan Textile Machinery in Turkey.

Extensive academic and practical research has been conducted to address the challenges of textile recycling, which often results in shorter fibers compared to virgin materials. By having expertise in both processes and ensuring optimal configurations and settings, manufacturers can improve the quality of end-products made from recycled materials without compromise. As a result, the share of pre- or post-consumer waste in yarns can be increased without sacrificing quality, demonstrating the potential for higher quality end-products from recycled materials.