Faults of Knit Fabrics

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Faults of Knit Fabric Observed in the Textile Industry:

In the textile industry, a lot of faults are observed in knit fabric from its manufacturing process to totally unexpected dyeing finishing. These types of fabric faults decrease the total quality of the knit fabric which ultimately creates a significant impact on the profit percentage. So, a textile engineer should have sufficient idea about all the knit fabric faults which are mentioned in this article with correct images.

Defects in Knitted Fabric:

Faults in the knit fabric can be produced at the three stages from its manufacturing to dyeing finishing. Knit fabric faults from all three stages have mentioned the below:

Faults have seen during knitting the fabric:

1. Yarn dust,

2. Set-up,

3. Loop mark,

4. Needle break,

5. Oil spot,

6. Thick and thin place,

7. Mix yarn or Lot mix,

8. Hole,

9. Lycra out,

10. Yarn contamination,

11. Yarn missing,

12. Tara fault (Star).

Faults saw during dyeing the knit fabric:

1. Uneven dyeing,

2. Dye spots,

3. Pilling,

4. Soda spot.

Faults have seen during finishing the knit dyeing fabric:

1. Skew,

2. Slitting fault,

3. Uneven brushing,

4. Crease mark,

5. Unwanted mark,

6. Oil mark,

7. Silicon spot,

8. Line mark,

9. Burning effect,

10. Chemical spot,

11. Sewing fault.