DETERMINATION OF YARN COUNT (Indirect System)

DETERMINATION OF YARN COUNT (Indirect System)

Yarn count is very important to achive desire GSM after knitting. Not only for GSM but also its have some other important issues thats are... 5:15 AM

Yarn count is very important to achive desire GSM after knitting. Not only for GSM but also its have some other important issues thats are important to know before knitting. 

At spining and knitting yarn count tested for varius reason. Today's discussion about Yarn count. Textile testing professionals always use this indirect system to test yarn count. 

Here, 

• PURPOSE AND SCOPE

To determine of yarn count.

• APPARATUS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED:
• Yarn warp reel
• Weighting balance.

• PROCEDURE:
• Take required length of yarn using warp reel.
• Then take the specimen from the warp reel and weight it.
• After measuring the weight of that known length use below equation to measure the count-

English Count(Ne)  =L X W'/L'X W

Here,

L = Sample Length in yds. Prepared by: Shamim Hossen

L'= Unit length in yds = 840 yds

W= Sample weight in lbs

W'= Unit weight in