Parts of Conventional Terry Towel

A woven Terry towel consists of five parts. These are the Hem, Terry Bar, Border, Body(Terry), selvedge. Every towel does not have to contain all of these parts. The pile area is considered the toweling part of the towel.  The beginning and end sections are the tightly woven areas of a towel which come before or after the pile fabric part and prevent this pile area from unraveling.  The selvage contains fewer number of warp end s than the pile area, woven without pile as a flat weave and has the purpose to reinforce the towel sides. Hem at the beginning and end of the towel stitched with two fold. Border mainly used for decorative purpose.

Terry Towelling parameters for designing and production

Terry Towelling parameters for designing and production 

- Size of towel: Grey & Finish

- Dimentions of Hem, Terry Bar, Border and Body Of Towel

- Finish & Grey weight/GSM of towel

- Reed count ie warp density

- Weft density (Body & Border)

- No. of splits on loom

- Yarn used in warp(Pile & Ground),weft(Body Weft & Border Weft)

- Material used cotton /polyester(Pile, Ground & weft)

- Major count _2/20 k, 2/24 K, 1/10 OE, 1/14 OE, 1/16k etc.

- Tape length used in pile and ground

- Weight loss consideration during all process like shearing, washing,tumbling and dying etc.

- Production calculations by PCs and wt.

- Wastage parameter at various stage of manufacturing

- Pile Height

Terry Towel Calculations -1

Assumptions

Number of Ground Warp Ends = 694
Ground Warp Count = 25 tex x 2
Warp Crimp = 8%
Weft Yarn count = 34 tex
Number of Pile Warp Ends = 576
Length of pile part = 102 cm
Pile Ratio (for pile height)= 52:10 (52 cm of pile warp for 10 cm of cloth)
Pile Yarn count = 30 tex x 2
Length of plain part = 4 cm
Picks per cm = 20
Reed Width = 58.4 cm
Grey Length ( Pile and Plain Part) = 106 cm
Fringe Length = 2 cm

How to Determine the Weight of a ground Warp for Terry Towel

Weight of Ground Warp = Weight of ground warp in grey cloth + weight of ground warp in the fringe.

Weight of ground warp in grey cloth = (length of grey cloth x warp crimp factor x no of ground warp threads x warp yarn count in tex )/ (100 x 1000)
= (106 x 1.08 x 694 x 25 x 2)/(100 x 1000)
= 397.25 gms

Weight of Ground Warp in Fringe (here the warp crimp is not involved) = (Fringe length x no of ground warp x yarn count in tex)/ (100x 1000)
= (2 x 694 x 25 x 2)/ (100 x 1000) = 0.69 gms

So Ground Warp Weight = 397.25 +.69 = 397.94 grams.

How to Determine the Weight of Pile Warp in Terry Towel

Weight of Pile Warp = weight of pile warp in pile part + that in plain part + that in fringe

a. Weight of pile warp in pile part ( Pile ratio: 52:10)=( Length of pile part x number of pile threads x pile length x yarn count in tex) / (100 x 1000)
= (102 x 576 x 52 x 30 x 2)/(100 x 1000)
= 183.31 g

b. Weight of Pile warp in Plain Part
=( Length of plain fabric x number of pile threads x crimp factor x yarn count)/ (100 x 1000)
= (4 x 576 x 1.08 x 30 x 2)/(100 x 1000)
= 1.49 g

c. Weight of Pile warp in fringe ( No crimp , no loop )
= (fringe length x number of pile threads x yarn count)/(100 x 1000)
= (2 x 576 x 30 x 2)/(100 x 1000)
= 0.69 g
Weight of pile warp = 183.31+ 1.49 + 0.69 = 185.49

How to Determine the Weight of Weft in Terry Towel

Weight of Weft Yarn

= (Total no of weft threads x reed width x yarn count)/(100 x 1000)
(Reed width is equal to the length of one weft yarn)
= (106 x 20 x 58.4 x 34)/(100 x 1000)
= 42.09 g