A first-of-its-kind, innovative and sustainable textile fabric processing machine to process diverse kinds of fabrics, whether mercerising, bleaching, desizing or washing has been launched by India’s Geratex Machinery at ITMA 2015. The Geratex fabric washer offers higher efficiency in terms of space, energy usage and chemicals and water consumption by using ultra-sonic technology on industrial size washing machines. This technology can even be retro-fitted into existing fabric processing machines to achieve comprehensive savings.

The major benefits of the technology are that it helps reduce around 20-30 percent of chemicals, achieves 25-35 percent in water savings, delivers 30-35 percent in energy savings, and its compact size helps save space up to 60 percent. Although, the technology is new, the cost of installing it would be less by 40 percent when compared with conventional fabric washers. Also, as the cost of the new technology is lower, it requires smaller related ancillaries such as boilers, electrical power, etc., and finally uses very less space.