Specification

Carpet And Rug Construction

Understanding carpet construction

The look and performance of a particular carpet is determined by its construction, which

may be loop, cut or combinations of the two. In corridors, lobbies, offices, classrooms,

hotel rooms, patient care facilities and other public areas, loop piles of low, dense

construction tend to retain their appearance and resiliency and, generally, provide a better

surface for the rolling traffic of wheel chairs or food carts. Cut pile or cut and loop pile

carpet are very good choices for administration areas, libraries, individual offices and

boardrooms.

Various types of high performance backing systems have additional advantages,

including higher tuft binds, added stability, imperviousness to moisture, and resistance to

edge raveling. Consideration should be given to the functional needs of a particular area.

Understanding carpet construction assists in specifying elements that will provide the

best performance in a particular location. Commercial carpet is primarily manufactured

by tufting or weaving. Each process will produce quality floor coverings, but tufted

carpet accounts for 95 percent of all carpet construction. Both tufting and woven

manufacturing are efficient and employ advanced technologically to provide capability

for a myriad of patterns and floor covering.

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Carpet And Rug Construction Understanding carpet construction The look and performance of a particular carpet is determined by its construction, which may be loop, cut or combinations of the two. In corridors, lobbies, offices, classrooms, hotel rooms, patient care facilities and other public areas, loop piles of low, dense construction tend to retain their appearance and resiliency and, generally, provide a better surface for the rolling traffic of wheel chairs or food carts.
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Tufted: Tufting is the process of creating textiles, especially carpet, on specialized multineedle sewing machines. Several hundred needles stitch hundreds of rows of pile yarn tufts through a backing fabric called the primary backing. The needles push yarn through a primary backing fabric, where a loop holds the yarn in place to form a tuft as the needle is removed. The yarn is caught by loopers and held in place for loop-pile carpet or cut by blades for cut-pile carpet.
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Understanding dyeing Dyeing is the process of coloring materials by impregnating fiber, yarn or fabric with dyestuff. Coloration in carpet can be achieved at two possible times in the manufacturing process – either by dyeing the fiber or yarn before the fabric is tufted or by dyeing the tufted fabric before the application of the secondary backing and the finishing process. Pre-dyeing of yarn includes both solution dyeing and yarn dyeing.