A manufacturing machine used to produce towels can be built as a complete assembly line that produces large quantities of terry towels consistently and at a reduced cost in labor. A typical line contains the components for preparing the warp yarns, computerized weaving machines for producing terry towels from the yarns, looping stations, textiles dyeing or finishing units in multiple colors and a section for compressing and softening the overall towel after it has been produced.
Each module will have the ability to quickly change over to allow an operator to use the same production line for making bath towels, hand towels and spa towels without having to do major tooling changes. Each module also has advanced controls for maintaining fabric tension (tension control), automatic lap winding (automatic lap) and sensors for fault detection, which help to ensure a consistent thickness of fabrics, heights of terry piles and widths of the fabric. The circuitry for controlling the production line contains both PLCs and HMI's, which will provide the ability to monitor throughputs, energy usage and maintenance requirements in real time.
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