The DOLLFUS & MULLER sanforizing felts are used on the Palmer unit of the compressive shrinking range or sanforizing machine. The sanforizing machine does for plain woven fabric what a compactor does for knitted fabrics : Pre-shrinking and stabilisation. The difference comes from the fact that the shrinkage is not given by the felt, but by a thick rubber belt using steam and mechanical pressure on the first unit of the machine. Sanforizing machines are used in shirting, bottom-weight and Denim finishing plants.

The felt on the Palmer unit has mainly two purposes :
- To dry the wet fabric coming from the shrinking unit,
- To improve the fabric handle.
These sanforizing felts are used on the following machines : Monforts, Morrison, Muzzi, Sperotto Rimar, Bisio, Cibitex, Mather & Platt, Farmer & Norton, Monti, Tepa, Swastik, Dhall, Ronson, I Kuang, Poong Kwang,…