AWTA Scanners

Milspec worked closely with AWTA and CSIRO to design and manufacture new technology in wool processing.

The Wool Comfort, Wool Handle meters and Laser Scanner measure wool diameter, smoothness, softness, warm and dry feel, hairiness, tightness, perceived weight and luxurious feel.

These instruments are used to accurately predict next-to-skin comfort and can calibrate a garment’s touch, or handle, to the specific requirements of a brand and its target customer.

Milspec Manufacturing general manager Neil Morrison said the technology was now being produced in volume for AWTA’s national and international clients. “As a manufacturer of subsystems to defence and industry, this has been a really interesting project,” Morrison said. “Our part in this project was to take the design and ingenuity of this Australian product and redesign for manufacturing repeatability.”