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Calculations
Dr. Jimmy Lam
Institute of Textiles & Clothing
Agenda
Calculations on weft consumption
Calculations on warp preparation
Calculations on warp/weft crimp percentage
Calculations on fabric weight (g/m 2)
Answer
Weft consumption
Warp Preparation
Question
Warp Preparation
Answer
Example
Crimp %
Crimp % , (Formula 1)
C=(L-S)/S * 100%
Where L is warp length, S is cloth length
Question 1
Crimp %
Answer
Crimp Percentage:
(21.2 20.0) / 20 = 6.0%
Take up Percentage
(21.2-20.0)/21.2 = 5.66%
N.B In many fabrics, there is not too great difference between the
warp and weft crimps, but there are examples of quite large
differences. E.g. in cotton poplin, the warp cirmp could be 14%
and the weft crimp in only 2%
Example 2
Crimp %
Ex2:
Calculate the length of warp required to weave
160m of cloth if the warp crimp is 12%
Ex3
What length of cloth can be woven from 800m
of warp if the warp crimp is 8%
Answer
Ex2
S= cloth length = 160m
Crimp = c = 0.12 and therefore warp length will
be:
C= (l-s)/s X100%; and c =l/s -1 and l=(1+c)*s
L=(1+0.12)*160 = 179.2m
Answer
Ex3
Warp Length, L =800m , find cloth length, s
S=L/(1+c) = 800/(1.08)
=740.8m
Fabric Weight
Calculation
Question 1:
A cotton fabric is woven from 18 tex warp and
21 tex weft. The fabric has 28 ends/cm and 25
picks/cm, and the warp and weft crimp
percentages are 2.5 and 9.0 respectively.
Estimate the areal density (fabric weight g/m2)
Answer
Fabric Weight
Calculation
Question 2
A satin strip cotton fabric is woven from a warp of 25
tex in the plain sections and from one of 12 tex in the
satin weave. There are 40 repeats of the pattern in a
fabric width of 1.28m, each repeat being made up of 48
ends of plain weave and 72 ends of satin weave.
The crimp is 8% in the plain weave and 5% in the satin
weave. The weft is 14 tex, with 28 picks/cm and has 6%
crimp.
Calculate the aerial density of this fabric (g/m2)
Answer
Fabric Weight
(Imperial System)
Sometimes, we need to express fabric weight in
Imperial System (oz/yd2), the calculation is as
follows:
Question 3
Calculate the fabric weight (oz/yd2) for the
following cotton cloth:
22s x18s, 64 x 60 and 6.5% x 8.5%
Fabric Weight
Denier
Question 4
Calculate the weight of the fabric (oz/lb2) for
the following nylon fabrics:
45 denier x 45 denier; 104 x 96 and 4% x 5%
Convert it to SI
Tex = Denier /9