Solutions by mill type
Tops, worsted, woollen, knits — see how the workshops and routes divide on the overview map, then open a route and follow the QL machines station by station.
Tops Mill
Two workshops — top making and tops processing — and four product routes. QL’s main focus is tops processing: the backwashing line in top-dyed recombing, and the shrink-resist lustre line.
Top-dyed recombing · Wool tops backwashing line WPF-MTFX
From ecru top to dyed top on one map: loading → dyeing → hydro-extraction → backwashing line → recombing, plus the short route and the printing branch. See the full route → QL · full process routeShrink-resist lustre finishing line WPF-MTFSSG
Ecru tops take this line before dyeing: chlorination descaling → resin coverage → multi-stage chemical finishing → through-flow drying, in one pass — the result is machine-washable Superwash top. See the full route →Tops Mill — process overview map
Worsted Mill
Top-dyed or piece-dyed — two routes, two finishing chains. QL supplies three workshops: the backwashing line in top-dyed recombing, yarn steaming in the weaving workshop, and wet and dry finishing.
Top-dyed route
Tops are dyed before spinning and weaving, so the finishing chain carries no dyeing step: top-dyed recombing → weaving (with yarn steaming) → wet and dry finishing. See the full route → QL · full process routePiece-dyed route
Woven greige is dyed in the piece: inspection and mending → wet finishing → Kroy pre-treatment (optional) → piece dyeing → dry finishing. See the full route →Worsted Mill — process overview map
Woollen Mill
Stock-dyed or piece-dyed — two routes. QL supplies yarn steaming in the weaving workshop, and wet and dry finishing — where woollen cloth is milled, raised, sheared and decatized.
Stock-dyed route
Loose stock is dyed before spinning and weaving: stock dyeing → weaving (with yarn steaming) → wet and dry finishing, with no dyeing step in the finishing chain. See the full route → QL · full process routePiece-dyed route
Woven greige is dyed in the piece: burling and mending → wet finishing (piece dyeing inside) → dry finishing. See the full route →Woollen Mill — process overview map
Wool & Blend Knits
Two very different businesses: sweater mills (flat-knit garments) and knitted-fabric mills (circular-knit greige → finishing). QL’s main focus is the finishing of knitted fabric.
Wool & Blend Knits — process overview map
Not sure which line is yours?
Tell us what you run and what you make — we will match the stations and the machines.
No station or machine matches
Try a process word (decatizing, milling, raising) — or just tell us what you run.