Scouring Process

Home Contents Scour with us! Feedback Search

A number of operations are conducted to give a scoured end-product. These processes have been broken down into 5 sequences, to aid understanding of the entire process. Transport covers the first and last steps in the process...

Transport

How our wool is transported, where we source our wool from, and where scoured wool goes...

Wool blending

How wool is blended to give a consistent scouring product, removing contaminants in the process...

Scouring

How wool is scoured, what physical processes are followed, and what resources are used in the scouring process...

Drying

How wool is dried, with dust removed in the process...

Conditioning
 
Conditioning and further blending of wool...
 
Packing

How we pack wool for export...

Water Treatment

Processes of recycling wool scour water and reuse of wastewater in irrigation...

Click on the sheep to go to the first step in scouring: Transport

 

Copyright © 2000 Goulburn Wool Scour
Last modified: May 28, 2002