Comments on: Fabric Weight and Conversions

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:52:49 +0000

gsm 210 g/meter square
width 80 inches

1 lb fabric will have 1.161440186 yd of Fabric
1 lb fabric will have 1.270166432 Mtr of Fabric
1KG of fabric 2.55981417 yd of Fabric
1KG of fabric 2.340694077 Mtr of Fabric
1 mtr of fabic will have 0.005625408 Kg
1 Yd of fabric will have 0.390653358 Kg

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:51:39 +0000

For Knitted Fabrics
gsm 210 g/meter square
width 80 inches
consumton 1.03 yard/pc

1 lb fabric will have 1.161440186 yd of Fabric
1.270166432 Mtr of Fabric
1KG of fabric 2.55981417 yd of Fabric
1KG of fabric 2.340694077 Mtr of Fabric
1 mtr of fabic will have 0.005625408 Kg
1 Yd of fabric will have 0.390653358 Kg

By: Rashel

Rashel — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:26:24 +0000

I want to knows the relation between GSM & Yarn.
There is lot of fabric like S/J, Laycra Jersey, 1 X 1, 2 X 2,
Yarn Count 24’s-30’s
How Can I make 24′ S/j- which gsm will came like also othere fabric

By: Kathleen Fasanella

Kathleen Fasanella — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:47:54 +0000

Ganesh (and Selvadurai) do you have a textile engineering reference book? It may be a worthwhile investment. I mean, I’m delighted if someone in the crowd knows the answers to these questions but even from my limited knowledge of the topic, know that the variables and the costs of each (subject to market conditions), are considerable.

By: ganesh

ganesh — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:50:15 +0000

Dear Sir,

I want fabric construction calculating method. Because, buyer given only “GSM” .

In that how much reed and pick, & cotton count insert on the loom.

please tell me sir.

By: Eric H

Eric H — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:45:04 +0000

@Selvadurai

With a question with that much technical detail, I am guessing that there may be some money riding on getting the answer correct. Do you really want an answer that you can get for free? I would say no. You should pay for the answer to this question. I would suggest starting with the company that is going to be producing the fabric.

By: Selvadurai

Selvadurai — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:02:40 +0000

I need a solution on the following:
Available information : Fabric Required is Reed 66 & Pick 44 / Warp 10s PC (65% Cotton & 35 % Polyester) & Weft 14s OE. Bleached White (Peroxide). The Warping Charges @ INR. 12 per Kg & Weaving Charges @ INR 0.28 Per Pick. Finished Fabric Width 94″ after process.

Required Information : How to calculate Cost of fabric (Grey) per Meter @ Yarn Rate INR 90 for 10s PC & INR 80 Per Kg for 14s OE? What Should be the width of grey fabric before bleaching?

By: Stuart Friedberg

Stuart Friedberg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:52:38 +0000

jERRY, I believe you are correct, and that notation seems to be used mostly with textured yarns (e.g., “wooly”). I was not familiar with this notation, but some quick web research found a table with the heading “Denier / Filaments”. Presumably, a 50D/36F yarn is made of fewer, heavier filaments than a 50D/72F yarn.

I don’t have a reliable way of going from fabric weight to denier for reasons discussed immediately above. However, looking at some sample swatches I have, an uncoated 60gsm fabric is probably close to a 60 denier. If it’s coated, it’s probably closer to a 40 or 50 denier.

For everyone, I need to correct a consistent misstatement of mine. The denier thread sizing system is used for filament yarns, not just monofilament. Monofilament is like fishing line, one solid cylinder. Filament yarns are not limited to monofilaments, and include silk, polyester and nylon yarns of many fine filaments. My apologies.

By: jERRY

jERRY — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:45:56 +0000

Please advise meaning of 50D/72F re a polyester fabric. Could it mean denier 50; filaments 72?
please advise how to convert fabric weight 60 grams/sq. meter to denier, if possible.

By: sfriedberg

sfriedberg — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:25:06 +0000

Irene, "denier" is technically a measure of monofilament yarn size rather than fabric weight. There is a reasonably good relationship between fabric weight and denier for a given weave, enough that people have no difficulty recognizing 200D fabric as a packcloth and 1000D as luggage material. But different weaves (or mill processing) can produce different fabric weights from the same size denier yarns. Also, the water repellant or waterproof coatings often applied to nylon fabrics described by "denier" will add directly to the fabric weight. "T" is short for Tex, and there is rather detailed article that includes Tex, denier and lots of other thread sizing systems here