Woollen mill · Piece-dyed route: two workshops on one map
Woven greige is dyed in the piece: burling and mending → wet finishing (piece dyeing inside) → dry finishing.
Piece-dyed route — full process route map
Machines on the map are clickable
On a phone the full map is small by nature — pinch to zoom in, or read the same decisions written out below.
QL new machine New + pre-owned available Pre-owned only Decision point Adjacent process (label only)
Where the route branches
The decision points on the map above, written out — each branch and where it leads.
Scouring and milling set-up / Choose one of three (milling is the core step for woollens)
- Separate: mill, then scour → Milling WPF-1S / Moist heat + mechanical action · felted, full face covers the weave
- Combined: scour and mill in one machine → Combined scouring and milling WPF-4XS / Scouring and milling in one machine · multiple parallel channels
- Mill first → open-width spreading → open-width washing → Milling WPF-1S / Moist heat + mechanical action · felted, full face covers the weave
Crabbing method / Choose one of two
- Batch → Batch crabbing WPF-ZN / One bath, back and forth · head and tail set alike
- Continuous → Continuous crabbing and drying line WPF-LXZH / Continuous crabbing section
Drying method / Choose one of two
- Conventional → Drying
- Roller cylinder → Continuous crabbing and drying line WPF-LXZH / Continuous drying section (roller dryer)
Bright lustrous face needed?
- Yes → Polishing WPF-TG / Heated-cylinder ironing · produces a bright lustrous face
- Conventional → Steaming-shrinking method: choose one of two / (determines weft straightening position)
Steaming-shrinking method: choose one of two / (determines weft straightening position)
- Pin-chain: selvedge-held conveying / weft straightening before entry → Weft straightening WPF-ZW · pin-wheel type / Corrects weft skew · prevents leg twist after garment washing
- Belt-type: tension-free conveying / weft straightening after shrinking → Belt-type steaming-shrinking WPF-WDYS / Removes residual shrinkage
Decatizing method / Choose one of four
- Batch → Batch decatizing WPF-JXZN-MAX / Even steam · set on one drum
- Continuous → Continuous decatizing WPF-LXZN / Continuous decatizing · balanced in three directions
- Continuous pressure → Continuous pressure decatizing WPF-LXZN-P / Pressurised continuous steam · autoclave-grade set
- Autoclave → Autoclave decatizing machine / Pre-owned available · enquire for details
Handle preference
- Lofty, soft handle required → Handle improvement (optional) / Air-flow softening / Pre-owned available · enquire for details
- Conventional → Final inspection · rolling
QL machines on this route
All of these are QL-built new machines. Click one to open its machine page.
WPF-ZS Vacuum Yarn Steaming Autoclave WPF-1S Wool Milling Machine WPF-XN Rope Scouring Machine WPF-4XS Four-Channel Wool Scouring and Milling Machine WPF-JXPX Discontinuous Open Width Washing Machine WPF-ZN Crabbing Machine WPF-LXZH Continuous Crabbing and Drying Line WPF-SSMDX Wet Brushing and Setting Machine WPF-CG Teasel Raising Machine WPF-PP Rotating Disc Moistening Unit WPF-ZSM Vertical Steaming and Brushing Machine WPF-TG Fabric Polishing Machine WPF-ZW Weft Straightener WPF-LTYS Pin-Chain Steaming-Shrinking Machine WPF-WDYS Belt-Type Steaming-Shrinking Machine WPF-JXZN-MAX Discontinuous Decatizing Machine WPF-LXZN Continuous Decatizing Machine WPF-LXZN-P Continuous Pressure Decatizing Machine
This route has 8 further stations where we supply rebuilt pre-owned European machines (raising, shearing, calendering, squeezing and the like) Pre-owned → Not sure which line is yours?
Tell us what you run and what you make — we will match the stations and the machines.