Alma, based in Florence, Italy, has installed a state-of-the-art production line from DiloGroup.

Alma is a specialist in the floor covering sector, providing high quality products in a vast range of styles, colors and aesthetics. For its own fiber supply, Alma keeps an in-house production of PP fiber to accommodate its need for excellent raw materials and broad production needs. Its production is mostly dedicated to four different sectors in the market of floor coverings: exhibition carpet, artificial grass, automotive interiors and car mats, and domestic sector (DIY).

In a longer phase of engineering, performed jointly among the management of Alma and the engineering departments of Dilo, the required fulfillment of quality, efficiency and economics could be optimized and has led to the ideal choice of state-of-the-art components from fiber preparation, web forming, needling and end-of-line equipment.

The new production line consists of a DiloTemafa fiber blending and filtration system, DiloSpinnbau card feeding, state-of-the-art carding, DiloMachines high speed crosslapping, and needling 6 m wide, including inline DI-LOOP for high-speed structuring.

Along with this high-performance preparation, web forming and needling line, modern components of process controls and the Industry 4.0 DI-Connect system according to high level standards have been integrated.

According to the Casini family, the line has been installed and started-up in a smooth, straightforward way, synchronizing Dilo’s field service and installation team together with the Alma operating and maintenance department. The launch provided a quick start-up and is providing full production capacity with the expected features of the renowned Alma quality.