Folding process of the textile fiber web produced in the fulling mills, characterized by comprising the successive operations of folding the fiber web at the exit of the fulling mill, according to a zig-zag folding without pressure, and then subjecting a certain amount of nappa thus folded to a strong compression in the direction of folding formation, for which, the nappa delivered by the compressor cylinders of the batºn is made to pass through a reciprocating folder that deposits it freely on a sliding platform inside an appropriate mold and to which is printed a descent movement proportional to the delivery of the nappa, whose mold, once filled with zig-zag folded nappa, is taken to a press that acts on the same platform inside the mold, compressing the nappa against a suitable counter-mold, to form a compact nappa fabric devoid of any accessory or folding core. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
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