Wool
The wool sector is at the center of an evolution that combines excellence, innovation and sustainability. In a growing global market, Italy stands out thanks to a supply chain of excellence, made up of skills, tradition and international vision.
Properties and Benefit of wool
Using ancient techniques combined with modern technologies, the wool fibers are transformed into soft and highly valuable fabrics and yarns, used by the best designers in the world.
Raw wool comes in particular from some Southern hemisphere countries, which alone supply over 90% of exports. These wools are partly merino and partly blended, with a clear prevalence of merinos (up to 80%). Australia is the main producer, followed by China and New Zealand.
Wool is famous worldwide for its next-to-skin softness, strength, innate versatility and technical benefits. The intrinsic properties of this natural fiber (effective control of odors, extraordinary breathability and excellent moisture management) cannot be matched by artificial fibers and protect the wearer from extreme temperatures.
Wool is the most important animal fiber that forms the fleece of various sheep breeds. There are different varieties of sheep breeds that give wool with different fibers for thinness, length, shine and resistance.
Australian Merino wool's versatility extends from luxury fashion to high-performance active wear, underwear, leisure wear, accessories and homewares. The recent increase in demand for technical garments has greatly improved the spread of wool in the sportswear sector.
Machines and solutions for processing Wool
Winding
Savio Proxima Smartconer® can be set up with different feeding types suitable for the woolen segment (feeding with bobbins from 200 to 450 mm, self-acting, packages and remnant cones) and a complete series of accessories for processing of wool, cashmere and carded, semi-worsted, combed, single and twisted yarns in a range of titles from Nm 1 to Nm 150.
Twisting
Savio’s DUO POT system can be considered an “all-in-one” winding and twisting solution. It ensures constant tension for the two independent cones and prevents tangling, minimizing defects and irregularities in the twisted yarn. Yarn produced on the Two-for-One Twister is generally fuller, more voluminous, and visually superior. These qualities enhance downstream processes, resulting in better fit in knitwear and more uniform dyeing.
Multicone Thread guide
The different downstream processes need a wide flexibility in the wound package construction, to optimize specific efficiencies. Cones for dyeing, warp, weft, knitting and twisting require completely different formation characteristics in terms of geometry, traverse stroke, shape of the edges and density. Savio Multicone electronic thread guide system is the solution to achieve flexibility in package formation.