Winding: The winding process can be defined as the transfer of spinning yarn from one package to another large package (cone, spool, pirn, etc). On the other hand, it can be defined as the transfer of yarn from ring bobbin, hanks, etc into a convenient form of a package containing a considerable long length of…
Stitch length: Stitch length (knitting) is the length of yarn in a knitted loop. It’s theoretically a single length of yarn which includes one needle loop half the length of yarn (half of a sinker loop) between that needle loop and the adjacent needle loops on either side of it. In this article Relation between…
Bleaching: Bleaching is a chemical treatment employed for the removal of natural coloring matter from the substrate. Also, absorbency is increased because sodium hydroxide is used to increase the pH value and remove oil, fat wax, etc. This is an oxidation process where the natural color of the fabric destroyed. For any type of dull…
Fabric Weight: Fabric weight is the most important characteristic of the fabric. It is one of the ways in which fabrics are classified. Fabric weights are measured in a few different ways. Generally, the fabric weight is measured by weighing a standardized width of a yard or meter on a scale. Fabric weights are also…
Neps Count: Nep count is the number of neps per 100 square inch of card web forming a standard hank of the sliver of 0.12 Ne on a 40-inch wide card. In this article, we will know how to calculate neps count from the card web. Before we know how to calculate it, we have…
Crimp Percentage %: Crimp Percentage is defined as the mean difference between the straightened thread length and the distance between the ends of the thread while in cloth, expressed as a percentage. There is a relation between crimp% and take up % with will be discussed following. ……………………L-p Crimp%, C =……….. X 100 ……………………….(1) ……………………..p…
