AIRO®

The AIRO® system

AIRO® is based on the combination of an air-only fabric transport system and the high-speed impact of the material against a special grill. This produces a permanent mechanical effect of soft touch of the fabric and natural compaction of the fibers.

The impact grill

The fabric is completely opened by the airflow as soon as it is ejected from the tubes, thus preventing the formation of any kind of marks, and then undergoes a strong and controlled crash against the impact grill. This contributes to the release and discharge of the water and provides a mechanical and permanent effect of softening and natural compaction of the fibers, delivering what is universally known as AIRO® Hand.

Recipe management system and real-time monitoring

Every parameter in the AIRO® is managed by a PLC, and controlled through a touchscreen with a specifically designed user interface that is simple and easy to use. Programming the various parameters (temperature, air capacity, speed, water inlet, chemicals inlet, steam supply…) allows users to define and store their personalised standards into recipes, and ensures complete repeatability. Constant functional monitoring and an in-line help system permit the rapid identification of any area in need of intervention.

Efficient filtering, automatic self-cleaning

All Biancalani AIRO® versions are equipped with an efficient filtering system in order to guarantee zero level emissions and to allow minimal maintenance times. The drying-only version (AIRO® SL) is supplied with an automatic self-cleaning disc filter with lint compactor. The AIRO version with washing capabilities features a cyclone-based system with a cascade filter and water recycling and provides an automatic self-cleaning system that rapidly cleanses the whole interior of the machine, minimizing the need for human intervention.

Washing, special treatments, enzymes, fibrillation and defibrillation

Thanks to a sophisticated hydraulic system, equipped with an introduction and re-circulation pump, with bath filtering, direct and indirect heating, chemical tank with mixer, and optional pH-meter, in combination with the air action, all types of wet treatments are performed with great results. AIRO® is the only machine able to carry out fibrillation and defibrillation of both light and heavy fabrics, either woven or knitted of Lyocell and Tencel in absolute absence of defects, thanks to the special air transport system and to the design of the ejector tubes. Defibrillation is carried out perfectly due to the exclusive mechanical beating action that guarantees the complete removal of pilling.