Worsted mill · Top-dyed route: three workshops on one map
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.
Top-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.
① Crabbing position / Choose one of two
- Mainstream: scour before crabbing / (clean first · so stains are not set in) → ② Fabric type
- Option: crab before scouring / (set first to relieve weaving stress / sharp patterns, good elasticity · distortion-prone types) → Crabbing method / Choose one of two
② Fabric type
- Clear-finish types (mainstream · gabardine/serge) / scouring only · no milling → ④ Scouring form
- Face-finish types (flannel) / add light milling → ③ Scouring and milling set-up / Choose one of three
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
④ Scouring form
- Rope form → Rope scouring WPF-XN / Removes weaving lubricants · size · stains
- Open-width → Open-width washing WPF-JXPX / Runs open-width without creasing / (no untwisting or open-width spreading needed)
③ Scouring and milling set-up / Choose one of three
- Separate: mill, then scour → Milling WPF-1S / Moist heat + mechanical action · lightly felted, fuller face
- 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 · lightly felted, fuller face
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)
Fabric type / (as in ②)
- Face-finish types (after milling) → Raising (raises fibres to form the pile) / Pre-owned available · enquire for details
- Clear-finish types (mainstream) → Shearing (levels the surface) / Refurbished / pre-owned available · enquire for details
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-MTFX Wool Tops Backwashing Line WPF-NJ Wool Tops Splicer WPF-ZS Vacuum Yarn Steaming Autoclave WPF-ZN Crabbing Machine WPF-LXZH Continuous Crabbing and Drying Line WPF-XN Rope Scouring Machine WPF-JXPX Discontinuous Open Width Washing Machine WPF-1S Wool Milling Machine WPF-4XS Four-Channel Wool Scouring and Milling Machine WPF-PP Rotating Disc Moistening Unit WPF-ZSM Vertical Steaming and Brushing 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 7 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.