Yarn Counts in Different System: There are several systems for counting yarns, depending upon the nature of the material; namely cotton, wool, worsted, silk, linen, man-made, and a host of other fibers. The terminology and the units are also different. Fortunately today’s efforts to introduce a universal chart comparing counts in different systems. Comparative or…
Winding in Weaving: The process of transferring yarns from ring bobbins, hank, etc. into a suitable package is called the winding process. Winding is very important in warping. In fabric manufacturing, though directly winding is not so much important, but rewinding is so important. Winding is two types- one is precession winding and another is non-precession…
Yarn Count System: The count is the numerical expression that expresses the coarseness or fineness of the yarn. It means that the yarn count refers to how much yarn is fine or course. Referring to different fiber yarn count: Cotton and spun silk is the number of 840 yds. Lengths per lb. Woollen (Yorkshire) is…
Weight of Blow Room Lap: A lap is a sheet of fibers or fabric wrapped around a core with specific uses in different sections of the yarn manufacturing process such as sheets of fiber wound on rollers. How to Find Out the Weight of a given Length of Lap? Sheets of cotton bales are fed…
Garments Costing Sheet: Apparel’s costing sheet is that where we get all types of information regarding its making. So to say manufacturing of any apparel will be profitable or not, can be detected by a good costing sheet. How much fabric will be needed, how much time will be needed etc. will take place in a…
Sewing Thread Consumption of Jute Sacking Bag: Normally five types of stitches are used in making a jute sacking bag. Hemming stitch Herakle stitch Overhead stitch Safety sewing Hand sewing Above these five types, Hemming and Herakle are the most common two. How to Calculate Sewing Thread Consumption in Sacking Jute Bag Determining Sewing Thread…
