Biax-Fiberfilm purchases Davis-Standard Fibermaster II for large line

Biax-Fiberfilm, a company working on meltblown and web/film stretching technologies, purchased a 165mm Fibermaster II from Davis-Standard, LLC for a large-scale meltblown line supplied to a customer earlier this year. This is the largest and most advanced Fibermaster that Biax-Fiberfilm has purchased from Davis-Standard since 2002. This specific Fibermaster model revolves around screw design to give end users more flexibility when using compounds with a high recycled content.

"We've purchased Davis-Standard extruders ranging from pilot equipment to the recent 165mm extruder and have been very pleased," said Doug Brown, president of Biax-Fiberfilm.

Biax-Fiberfilm's largest product line is meltblown machinery for fine to course fibers. The company, based in Greenville, Wisconsin, US, serves customers in the oil sorbents, filtration, hygiene and insulation markets with about 50% of the business in the US and the other 50% throughout Asia and Europe. Depending on application, Biax-Fiberfilm can build systems capable of processing fibers ranging from submicron to 30 microns. Currently, the company is in the process of developing products with biodegradable microfibers and submicron fibers. Most meltblown products are synthetic, so Biax-Fiberfilm is working with customers to spin cellulose fibers which would be 100% biodegradable.