Method and apparatus for treating a textile fabric

A method for desizing and/or shrinking a textile fabric, the textile fabric having a length and a width, the method comprising:

• moving, lengthwise, the fabric,
• wetting the fabric within a first pool of liquid, the first pool of liquid comprising water;
• passing the fabric through a chamber, and, in said chamber, contacting the fabric with at least one heatable roller heated at a treatment temperature of between 80° C. and 160° C.;
• soaking the fabric with a main pool of liquid, the main pool of liquid comprising water;
• and
• treating the fabric with ozone in gas;
• wherein treating the fabric with ozone in gas further comprises:
• passing the fabric through a pre-treatment tank containing water;
• squeezing out water from the fabric;
• moving the fabric lengthwise through an ozone treatment hollow chamber, the ozone treatment hollow chamber comprising rollers for directing the movement of the fabric and containing ozone, the ozone treatment hollow chamber being configured so that the fabric moves within the chamber along a linear path;
• and
• passing the fabric through a post-treatment tank containing water.