Machine classes

91 classes hold machines and 1 hold none yet, across 12 process stages. A class is what the machine IS; the stage is where it sits in the line. Each stage heading links to its department.

Spinning

• Blowroom kg/h 21 machines
• Carding kg/h 17 machines
• Draw frame m/min 1 machine
• Breaker draw frame m/min 10 machines
• Finisher draw frame m/min 12 machines
• Lap former kg lap 6 machines
• Comber nips/min 9 machines
• Roving frame (simplex) spindles 15 machines
• Ring spinning frame spindles 10 machines
• Rotor / open-end spinning rotors 9 machines
• Air-jet spinning spinning units 4 machines
• Autowinder drums 30 machines
• Two-for-one twister spindles 18 machines
• Doubler winding spindles 11 machines
• Intersecting gill m/min 4 machines
• Yarn conditioning plant kg batch 4 machines
• Man-made filament spinning (POY/FDY) kg/h 7 machines
• Draw texturing (DTY) positions 24 machines
• BCF carpet yarn line m/min 2 machines

Weaving

• Direct warper m/min 9 machines
• Sectional warper m/min 4 machines
• Sample warper ends 7 machines
• Sizing machine m/min 6 machines
• Beaming machine m/min 2 machines
• Air-jet loom cm reed width 16 machines
• Rapier loom cm reed width 42 machines
• Rapier with jacquard hooks 6 machines
• Projectile loom cm reed width 1 machine
• Water-jet loom cm reed width 5 machines
• Sample loom cm reed width 2 machines

Knitting

• Circular knitting inch diameter 80 machines
• Flat knitting gauge 50 machines
• Warp knitting / raschel inch width 52 machines
• Hosiery and sock needles 132 machines
• Seamless bodywear inch diameter 8 machines

Dyeing, finishing and printing

• Vacuum drier kg batch 2 machines
• Yarn / cheese dyeing kg batch 15 machines
• Fabric dyeing kg batch 13 machines
• Hydroextractor kg batch 6 machines
• RF / vacuum drier kg batch 6 machines
• Mercerising range m/min 3 machines
• Stenter m/min 6 machines
• Pad-dry-thermosol range m/min 5 machines
• Rebeamer m/min none yet
• Singeing and desizing m/min 6 machines
• Bleaching and scouring range m/min 7 machines
• Open-width washing range m/min 4 machines
• Indigo warp dyeing range m/min 4 machines
• Compactor / sanforiser m/min 16 machines
• Coating and lamination m/min 29 machines
• Rotary screen printing m/min 5 machines
• Flatbed screen printing m/min 2 machines
• Digital textile printing sqm/h 73 machines
• Festoon drier linear m 5 machines
• Relaxation and shrink drier m/min 7 machines
• Padder and application unit m/min 5 machines
• Raising, sueding and shearing m/min 10 machines
• Decatising and crabbing m/min 3 machines
• Continuous hot-air drier m/min 5 machines

Nonwovens

• Nonwoven carding kg/h 17 machines
• Needle punching mm width 12 machines
• Spunlace / hydroentangling mm width 5 machines
• Spunbond and meltblown mm width 7 machines

Composites

• Tape production and slitting m/min 3 machines
• Tape and 3D weaving cm width 3 machines
• Automated fibre placement and lay-up mm tape width 3 machines
• Preforming and profile moulding 2 machines

Garment making

• Sewing machine stitches/min 119 machines
• Overlock and flatlock stitches/min 63 machines
• Cutting room cm ply height 25 machines
• Spreading machine m/min 12 machines
• Fusing press cm width 12 machines
• Pressing and finishing pieces/h 20 machines
• Buttonhole and button attach stitches/min 11 machines

Embroidery

• Multi-head embroidery heads 11 machines
• Single-head embroidery needles 5 machines

Laundry and wet finishing of garments

• Industrial washing machine kg load 10 machines
• Tumble drier kg load 13 machines
• Garment dyeing kg load 15 machines
• Laser and abrasion finishing pieces/h 4 machines

Accessories and narrow fabrics

• Narrow fabric and tape loom tapes 11 machines
• Braiding machine carriers 60 machines
• Zipper and trim making m/min 8 machines
• Label weaving cm width 8 machines

Testing and laboratory

• Laboratory equipment 17 machines
• Yarn testing tests/h 32 machines
• Fabric testing 43 machines

Utilities and handling

• Compressor m3/min 4 machines
• Humidification and filtration m3/h 8 machines
• Fibre deposit plant kg/h 3 machines
• Material handling 17 machines
• Generator and engine kVA 2 machines

The machinery register