Pleating machine especially designed for manufacturing fabric rolls, fabric cloths, ready made garments, shawls and scarves, leathers. Easy working-with, excellent quality of the produced materials and pattern-easy-changing, achieved by simply shifting some steel-ropes, are peculiar to Ruffle/165. Ruffling effect can be de-or- increased by setting a different ruffling percentage. Moreover, particular drape effects are obtained by releasing its steel- ropes. Ruffling effects are mainly appreciated in the leather-fashion-field, in the fashion-accessory industry and among curtains manufacturers. The machine is supplied complete of an outlet winding device and of a 4P electronic control device. On request, the machine can be equipped with an unwinding device for support-paper and fabric.