Some Useful conversion factors in Textile Industry



Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2004

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Being one of the oldest industries, Textile industry has undergone many changes not only in methods of manufacture but also in units used to measure various characteristics. In olden days Brtish sytem of units were used. Later metric systems  and finally International system of units known as SI units were recognised as standard units to be used world over. However, the industry, being orthodox, has been very slow in adopting these units. Many mills and even Research Institutes still use the old units. To facilitate the adoption to new system, knowledge conversion factors from one system to another will be useful. For this purpose some useful conversion factors are given below.
TableI: Conversion Factors
Quantity to be converted To be converted into Conversion Details
Cotton Count Ne Tex Tex= 590.5/Cotton Count
Metric Count Nm Tex Tex= 1000/Metric Count
Kgf Newton  Kgf = 9.81*Newton
gf/den milliNewton/tex,mN/tex mN/tex = 88.3 * gf/den
Denier Tex Tex= Denier * 0.1111
Denier dTex dTex = Denier * 1.111
Denier Microaire(mircogrms/inch) Micronaire = Denier * 2.822
Gr/yd Kilotex Kilotex = 0.07087 * Gr/yd
Grms/yd Kilotex Kilotex = 1.094 * Grms/yd
Twist Factor(conventional = (TPI/(Count^0.5) Twist Factor (SIunits)= Turns/cm * (Tex^0.5) Turns/cm * (Tex^0.5) = 9.57 *TPI/(Count^0.5)
Pascal(Newton/sq meter) Kgf/sq cm Pascal = Kgf/sq cm * 9.806 * 10000


  

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Top-level comments on this article: (8 total)
» left by Flip Brady
from San Clemente Ca. USA 5 years 344 days ago.
This only converts one way what if you do not know the Denier?
» left by rahul
from india 5 years 261 days ago.
nice to see such a thing
» left by ASIF SHAIKH
from PAKISTAN 5 years 201 days ago.
Perfect, but need more conversion like inverser Denier to Micronaire but how to convert Micronaire to Denier to NM, to Ne etc.
» left by senthil from tirupur 4 years 323 days ago.
HI BALA REALY HELPFUL ,NEED MORE CONVERTION FACTORS.
» left by R K JASSAL
from Modinagar 4 years 285 days ago.
Quite easy to understand..
» left by hp
from Peru 4 years 234 days ago.
EXCELLENT! Saved my behind...
» left by paramjit grewal from ludhiana india 3 years 236 days ago.
very fine tit bits for beginners paramjit manager tech. (lubricants)
» left by Newton from Newtonland 1 year 186 days ago.
9,8 N = 1 kgf
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