How To Produce A Qualified Felt Hat

1 Preparation of raw materials

A: Choose high-quality wool as the raw material and clean the wool.

B: Dye wool according to product requirements.

2 Hot water roughening

A: Place the dyed wool into a specially designed machine for hot water scouring to make its fibers more durable and softer.

B: According to product requirements, wool can be processed into different silk thicknesses.

3 Blanket making

A: Press the wool into felt pieces using a machine, then add water and soap during the pressing process to make it more compact and compressible.

B: Roll the felt multiple times to make it thicker.

C: Shape the felt sheets into the basic shapes of the felt hats.

The production process of hat shaping:

Hat shaping refers to the process of transforming a hat into the desired shape and size through specific processes and equipment .

The hat shaping process includes the following steps:

Hat cutting: First, according to the design requirements, we use a cutting machine to cut the fabric, which can reduce waste of fabric and improve cutting accuracy and efficiency.

Networking: Organize the cut fabric into a network of suitable shapes and lengths according to different process requirements, and provide sewing.

Manual edge pressing: Organize the edges of the hat made by hand, trim the raw edges flush, and facilitate the next step of bonding.

Adhesive hat buckle: According to the design requirements, attach the matching hat buckle to the top or side of the hat.

Hot forming: Place the hat in an oven or specific cold and hot forming equipment to make it more flexible and easy to shape in high temperature environments.

Machine forming: according to different process requirements, molding is carried out through the required environment and equipment.

4 Cutting and sewing

A Cut large felt pieces into small base pieces required for making felt hats: 2 Sew and trim the base pieces.

5 Finished product processing

A: Stamping, welding, labeling, and other processing of finished products.

B: After packaging, the felt hat can be sold at the factory.

Nantong Yinwode Textile Technology Co, Ltd, produces 100% pure wool felt hats and polyester felt hats for men and women It can produce 80000000 hats per year. From the shape of the hat，cowboy felt hats、panama felt hats、flat boater felt hats、floppy wide brim felt hat、trilby felt hat、and bucket felt hats are all can be produced.We can also help customers design and manufacture logos, belt decorations, sizes, colors, etc. CONTACT US TO HAVE FREE SAMPLE NOW!