Count is very important factor for the Textile Yarn Manufacturing.
Maintaining the yarn count is mandatory to retain the quality of a yarn
and fabrics. Now read the basic things about yarn count at below:
Definition of Count: According to the Textile
Institute “Count is a number of indicating the mass per unit length or
length per unit mass of yarn”. Generally Yarn Count is the weight per unit length of the yarn of the length of per unit length.
There are several count system of yarn. These count systems have been
divided in two ways. One is Direct System where length is fixed and
another is Indirect system where weight is fixed.
- Direct System (Length Fixed):
A). Tex: Weight of yarn in gm present in 1000 meter length. It is a universal system of counting the yarn.
B). Denier: Weight of yarn in gm present in 9000 meter length. It is basically used for man made fiber.
C) Pounds Per Spindle: Weight of yarn in lbs present in 1440 yards length.
- Indirect System ( Weight Fixed):
A). English Cotton Count: No. of hanks of 840 yds present in 1 lb of yarn.
B) Metric Count: No. of hanks of 1000 meters present in 1 kg of yarn.
C) Worsted count: No. of hanks of 560 yds present in 1 lb of Yarn. It is basically used for Wool.
If you want to know more about count system you may follow another
post. link of yarn count. In the textile manufacturing industry;
indirect count is widely used. That means; the higher number of Yarn
Count the finer it is. But in the Jute or Carpet Manufacturing Industry
where Jute is the main raw material instead of cotton; there the Direct
System of Count is usually used. In the Direct Count System; the higher
number of count of the yarn; the coarser that Yarn will be. Most of the
time Yarn Count is expressed in Pound unit. For example; 10s, 15s, 30s
etc. Here “S” is the symbol of expressin yarn count.
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