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Yarn Counting System

The document discusses various yarn counting systems used to express the fineness or coarseness of yarn, including English Cotton Count, Tex, Denier, and Metric System. It differentiates between indirect and direct count systems, explains plied yarn and single equivalent counts, and introduces ticket numbering systems for sewing threads. Additionally, it provides conversion formulas between different yarn count systems and relationships between CGS and FPS measurement units.

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Yarn Counting System

The document discusses various yarn counting systems used to express the fineness or coarseness of yarn, including English Cotton Count, Tex, Denier, and Metric System. It differentiates between indirect and direct count systems, explains plied yarn and single equivalent counts, and introduces ticket numbering systems for sewing threads. Additionally, it provides conversion formulas between different yarn count systems and relationships between CGS and FPS measurement units.

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Yarn Counting Systems

Yarn count: Yarn count is a numerical expression of fineness or coarseness of yarn. The size
of yearn to be used in a fabric is determined by the purpose of fabric. All types of textile yarn
can be produced in different thicknesses and the relationship between the length and weight
of a specific yarn. There are many traditional counting systems which are either fixed-weight
system that show the number of unit length, or fixed-length system that show the weight of a
given length.

1. Commonly used yarn counting systems

1. English Cotton Count: It is the number of hanks of 840 yards in one pound yarn.
e.g. In English cotton count system 40 NE as it express one pound yarn contains
40 number of hanks, each of 840 yards length. Usually used for spun yarn.
2. Tex: Weight in grams per 1000 meter or 1 km of yarn e.g. If 1000 meter of a yarn
weight 25 grams, then the yarn count is 25 T. Usually used for sewing thread.

3. Denier: Weight in grams per 9000 meter of yarn. e.g. if 9000 meter of a yarn
weight 225 grams, then the yarn count is 225 D. Usually used for filament yarn.

4. Metric System: It is the number of hanks of 1000 meter in one kg yarn. e.g. In
Metric System 20NM as it implies in one kg of yarn contains 20 number of hanks
each of 1000 meter length

5. Jute Count System: Weight in pound per 14,400 yards (spindle) of yarn e.g. if
14,400 yards of a jute yarn weight 5 pounds, then the count is 5 pounds/spindle.

6. Worsted System: Number of hanks of 560 yards in one pound.

2. Indirect Count vs. Direct Count

 Indirect count: It implies the higher the number of the yarn count the finer the
yarn in size. English Cotton Count and Metric Count are indirect counts.
e.g. 20NE, 30NE, 40NE, 60NE, 80NE or 20NM, 30NM,40NM, 50NM, 60NM thinner respectively.

 Direct Count: It implies the higher the number of the yarn count the thicker
the yarn in size. Tex and Denier are direct count.
e.g. 5T , 10T , 20T , 30T , 40T or 40D , 50D , 60D , 70D thicker respectively.

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3. Plied Yarn and Single Equivalent/Resultant Count

 Plied Yarn: When two or more singles are twisted together, is called plied yarn
e.g. 40NE/2, Have to read “Forties Two” it implies two 40 NE yarns are plied together.

 Single Equivalent: It implies unique thickness or diameter of plied yarn


e.g. 40NE/2 Single equivalent will be 20NE
70D /2 Single equivalent will be 140D

 Formula for single equivalent


1 1
1
∑ n
+..... ....... .. ..+
n
 Indirect Count: N =
Where,
N = Single Equivalent or resultant count
n = Count of individual plies

 Direct count: ∑ of Count

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Ticket Number
Ticket number is a commercial numbering system usually used for sewing thread. Ticket
numbers resemble the fixed-weight system that shows the number of unit length that gives a
fixed weight. They can simply denote the higher the ticket number the finer the thread and
the lower the ticket number the thicker the thread. Ticket number is calculated via the
resultant count, recalculated into three fold terms whatever the number of plies of yarns
twisted together to form the thread. There are two ticket (tkt) numbering systems used-

1. Metric ticket number system


The metric tkt number system for sewing thread is based on a threefold equivalent
of the Number metric system and relates its number to the finished thread rather
than to the single yarns from which it is made.

2. Cotton ticket number system


The cotton tkt number system for sewing thread is based on a threefold equivalent
of the Number English system and relates its number to the finished thread rather
than to the single yarns from which it is made.

Cotton Ticket Metric Ticket Number


Number
NE Resultant Cotton Tkt NM Resultant Metric Tkt
count No. count No.
20/3 6.6 20 20/3 6.6 20
20/2 10 30 30/3 10 30
40/2 20 60 40/2 20 60
60/3 20 60 60/3 20 60
80/4 20 60 80/4 20 60

Last three examples of above show that the same ticket number for the more different thread
construction but to the user the size of the final thread is same. (Pls. note regarding thickness
60 cotton tkt no is not same as 60 metric tkt no.)

Conversion of tkt no :
1. Tex to metric tkt no. 1000/Tex*3
2. Tex to cotton tkt no. 590.54/Tex *3

Relationship between CGS and FPS systems


Unit of Length Unit of Mass
1 inch = 2.54 cm 1 ounce = 28.3495 grams
1 cm = 0.3937 inch 1 gram = 0.03527 ounce
1 yd = 36 inch 1 lb = 16 ounce
1 yd = 91.44 cm 1 lb = 453.592 grams
1 yd = 0.9144 mtr 1 lb = 0.4535 kg
1 mtr = 100 cm 1 kg = 1000 grams
1 mtr = 39.37 inch 1 kg = 35.2739 ounce
1 mtr = 1.0936 yd 1 kg = 2.2046 lb
1 ft = 12 inch
1 ft = 30.48 cm

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Yarn Count Conversion
590 .54
1. English cotton count to Tex Tex = Ne

590 .54
2. Tex to English cotton count Ne = Tex

5314 . 86
3. English cotton count to denier Denier= Ne

5314 . 86
4. Denier to English cotton count Ne = Denier

5. Tex to denier Denier= Tex X 9

Denier
6. Denier to Tex Tex = 9

1000
7. Metric count to Tex Tex = Nm

1000
8. Tex to metric count Nm = Tex

9000
9. Metric count to denier Denier = Nm

9000
10. Denier to metric count Nm = Denier

1000
11. English to metric count Nm = Tex (Converted from Ne)

590.54
12. Metric to English count Ne = Tex (Converted from Nm )

NM = NE X 1.6933 i.e. 20ne = (20*1.6933) = 33.86


Nm
NE = NM X 0.5905 i.e. 20nm = (20*0.5905) = 11.80 Ne

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