Some yarn users have developed a policy of taking sample packages from a yarn lot and testing them by running the yarn through their weaving or knitting machines.
“Total customer satisfaction is every spinner's goal and reputations depend on it. Every critical yarn parameter must be tested to ensure that the #
“The effort of knitting or weaving a fabric can be reduced to the minimum or eliminated if you have a yarn test report containing reliable information relating to fabric appearance,” Gabriela Peters explains.
She adds, “The Uster Tester 5, the heart of textile quality control, provides testing data which can predict exactly how a fabric will look and feel and the Uster Classimat 5 identifies the number of disturbing thick and thin places, helping to assess fabric defects.”
Together the parameters measured by both instruments can help to assess fabric appearance issues and downstream performance. Both instruments correlate all quality parameters to the Uster Statistics value, for easy comparison.
Durai of Pallavaa Group underlines by saying, “We are obliged to our customers, but also to our own reputation, to make sure that fabric made from our yarns leads to satisfaction. A comprehensive quality control is the least we can do.”
“Spinners without an efficient quality control concept risk losing a lot more than just the odd customer – they are putting the good name of their entire business on the line”, Uster concludes by saying.
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