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Wool processing from flock to fabric
A lean manufacturing structure, a fleet of machinery spread out across 10,000 m² of space, with 40 employees operating 24 looms that produce 400,000 m² of fabric each year
Lanificio Paoletti manufactures carded wool textiles from start to finish, from the spinning of blended, dyed wool flock to the finishing of cloth that is carded, spun, twisted, warped, woven, and darned in-house.
Blending
TEMAFA Blending System
Wool compressed into “balls” is opened using a Lupo, or “wolf” machine; “cyclone” blending, rotating cylinder enzyme-oil distributor
Carding
4 carding systems:
- 2 OCTIR (height: 188 cm) for thin fibers
- 1 SACHFEM (height: 250 cm) for ordinary fibers
- 1 OCTIR (height: 180 cm) customized to produce boutonné, or nep yarn, using the original English system
Spinning
6 OFFICINE GAUDINO (210 spindle) ring spinning machines, 2 of which have been customized to produce stretch or elastic carded yarn.
Twisting
1 SCHLAFHORST Thermo Splicer winding machine
1 MAGNI “spool to spool” twisting machine for fancy yarns
1 SAVIO plying-twisting machine for twisting onto spools
Warping
1 HERGETH 7.5 meter vertical warper for samples
1 16-spool KARL MAYER warper for samples
1 COMAT horizontal warper for production
Weaving
12 VAMATEX 9000 PLUS positive rapier looms
9 SMITH/PIGNONE traditional looms 190cm in height
3 VAMATEX P-1001 traditional looms
Finishing
We have a select network of third parties in Italy that help with the fulling and finishing of the textiles