Our wool felt manufacturing process combines tradition and technology.

Tradition, experience and a highly specialized team.

While wool felt was one of the first textiles developed by humans, the basic principles behind its manufacturing process have not changed.

At Textil Olius, we have adopted modern technologies to optimize the process, add flexibility and, above all, fully control the attributes that our customers value and that give our products the highest quality.

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An innovative manufacturing process.

We have the technical means to carry out the entire production and finishing process internally, which gives us full control and the capacity to adapt to the requirements of our customers.

Selection

The best wool

We select a wide variety of wools, each with unique properties that make it suitable for a specific use. Every year we process more than 800 tons of wool from the main wool-producing areas all over the world.
Blend

Wool homogenization
We blend the different types of selected wool in each of the products that we process. Both our standard felts and the made-to-measure felts ordered by our customers are made from carefully selected blends of the most suitable wool varieties.
Carding

Fibre alignment

Carding ensures that all the wool fibres are aligned in the same direction and distributed evenly and homogeneously. At this stage, wool fibers form a fluffy superposition of layers to create a batt.
Felting

Fibre consolidation
The wool fibre differs from synthetic and other natural fibres in that it has small scales at a microscopic level. In the felting stage, we take advantage of this property and process one or several of the wool batts to provide the wool fibres with moisture and heat while subjecting them to a friction process that facilitates fibre consolidation.This process is highly sensitive because the starting material is highly brittle and prone to breakage if not treated with extreme precision.
Fulling

Fibre compaction
This is one of the most important stages of the manufacturing process, as the fulling compacts the felt to give it optimum strength and durability.

The fulling machine performs a repetitive process by creating a difference in processing speeds. In this way, each iteration increases the resistance of the resulting felt until reaching the ideal levels for its intended use.
Washing

Removal of impurities
The washing stage helps to remove any remaining impurities of natural origin that may remain in the felt.
Dyeing

Colour application / Customization

The dyeing process is one of the most technically complex stages of our manufacturing process, as a satisfactory result requires great precision. In addition, the dyeing of wool felt requires the use of very specific machinery, different from the equipment more commonly used in textile dyeing.

Our constant innovation in the manufacturing process has allowed us to develop a dyeing method perfectly adapted to wool felt:

→ Temperature: we control the water temperature with total precision to prevent alterations in the dyes.

→ Low water consumption: we use as little water as possible.

→ Chemical control: the use of various chemical products is essential in the dyeing process. Even so, we use very few chemical additives, we analyse them meticulously and we eliminate them completely from the water released in the process by our own water treatment plant.

→ Customization: we can achieve any colour that the customer wants, both in large batches and in small quantities.
Drying

Felt drying
The felt is dryed to obtain a finished product ready to undergo quality controls.
Inspection

Removal of imperfections and quality control
Small tweezers are used to manually remove the small impurities of natural origin that may remain on the surface of the felt.
Shearing

Removal of loose fibres
The process of shearing consists of “shaving” the felt to achieve a smooth and uniform finish without loose fibres.
Ironing

Final finishing
The ironing of some of our felts helps to give our products a slightly softer touch and hand feel needed in some applications.
Packaging

Preparation for shipment to customer
Prior to packaging, our specialists carry out the final check to ensure that the felt meets the required specifications. When each batch has successfully passed all quality controls, it is packaged and stored for later shipment.

From this moment on, our products travel to many different places in the world to be part of projects in all sectors.

At Textil Olius, we strive to manufacture products that meet our customer expectations.

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Our wool felt manufacturing process combines tradition and technology.

Tradition, experience and a highly specialized team.

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An innovative manufacturing process.

Selection

Blend

Carding

Felting

Fulling

Washing

Dyeing

Drying

Inspection

Shearing

Ironing

Packaging

At Textil Olius, we strive to manufacture products that meet our customer expectations.

Please contact us and we will gladly provide more information.

The security of your data is our top priority.

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