Pleating Machines
Pleating
machine is used to create pleats on a large variety of materials. Its main
function is to form pleats on different types of materials whether on
fabrics, papers, drapes, upholstery or mesh.
Prior to the augmentation of the pleating machines, manual pleating was the
common and popular method used for pleating. Manual pleating is very time
consuming and results in high costs. There were several disadvantages and
drawbacks of manual pleating, like uneven pattern of pleats, non-uniformity
in the thickness of pleats, etc. Finally all these result in poor quality
products. Then the pleating machines were adopted in the pleating
technology, which made the entire process simpler, faster and cheaper.
What is Pleating?
Pleating is a traditional Japanese technique. The aim of the process is to
create special kinds of patterns known as pleats. It is a mechanical process
used to create some special kinds of patterns in materials, like fabrics,
meshes, sheets, etc. The patterns are created using heat, pressure and
tension in which the fabric is folded upon itself into an accordion-like
configuration. This process is followed by placing the fabric in a heated
chamber to permanently set the shapes.
Pleating Machine as Filter Manufacturing Machine
The main aim of pleating machines is to create pleats on different types of
materials, like fabrics, metals, etc. They are largely used in the filter
manufacturing machine industry. They are one of the important machines to be
used in the manufacturing of filter machines. They are used to form pleats
on filter mediums, like filter paper, filter mesh, plastics, etc. They
provide an easy, efficient, faster, and cheaper way to create pleats on
filter mediums.
Types of Pleating Machines
There are three main types of Pleating machines.
- Blade
Type Pleating Machine: The blade type pleating machines
are used to pleat different types of materials, like paper, cardboard,
aluminum, copper foils and so on. These machines are frequently used in
those applications where parallel accordion type pleats are required.
The filter media which use this machine are: filter paper, glass fiber,
and stainless steel wire mesh being some of them.
- Rotary
Type Pleating Machine: The rotary type pleating
machines are used for the products, which are required to be produced in
huge numbers and hence need a very high speed production. The size of
the pleats can be varied by changing the set of the pleating rollers.
- Push-up
Pleating Machine: Push-up pleating machines are special
improved pleating machines used for creating controllable and
non-repeating pleated patterns in all materials.
Advantages
Pleating machine has provided several advantages over the manual pleating
method.
- The pleating machine allows very fast and uniform pleating of
flexible and tubular bodies.
- They help to get rid of strenuous and time-taking task of manual
pleating.
Common Features of Pleating Machines
- They pleat automatically.
- They can pleat papers, card boards, copper, aluminum and other
metallic foils.
- They are capable of pleating multi-layered media, such as fabric,
wire mesh and multiple layers of filter papers.
- These machines are well designed for filtration media, like
impregnated filter paper, glass fiber, synthetic media, various types of
stainless steel, wire mesh and combination of fabric and wire mesh duly
stitched together.
Why Pleating Machines
Pleating machines are efficient, faster and cheaper. They are a definite
edge over the manual pleating process. A pleating machine is considered as
an investment which yields rich dividends in the future. It is a valuable
constituent of filter machine production equipments.
