Category Archives: Textile

10 Key Polyvinyl Alcohol Applications in the Textile Industry

By | April 2, 2025

Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) has quietly revolutionized the textile industry, offering solutions that transform how fabrics are made, treated, and finished. This remarkable compound combines special properties that textile manufacturers have come to rely on to create higher-quality products with less environmental impact. Whether you work in fabric production, manage a textile mill, or own a… Read More »

GSM Calculation for Woven and Knit Fabrics: Methods and Techniques

By | July 5, 2023

GSM Calculation for Woven and Knit Fabrics: Methods and Techniques Noor Ahmed RaazSpecialized in Apparel ManufacturingOwner and Editor in Chief Textile MerchandisingAsst. Prof., Department of Textile EngineeringAtish Dipankar University of Science & TechnologyEmail: textilemerchandising1@gmail.com     GSM: GSM stands for “grams per square meter”. It is a metric unit used to express the weight or density… Read More »

Differences between Tappet Shedding, Dobby Shedding and Jacquard Shedding 

By | May 21, 2018

Differences between Tappet Shedding, Dobby Shedding & Jacquard Shedding  Noor Ahmed Raaz Specialized in Apparel Manufacturing Owner and Editor Chief Textile Merchandising Assistant Professor Department of Textile Engineering Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology Email: raju.uttara105@gmail.com Tappet Shedding: A tappet is a shedding tool placed on the peak of a loom in order to produce a… Read More »

The Difference between Natural Fiber and Man Made Fiber

By | February 17, 2018

The Difference between Natural Fiber and Man Made Fiber  Noor Ahmed Raaz Specialized in Apparel Manufacturing Owner and Editor in Chief Textile Merchandising Asst. Prof., Department of Textile Engineering Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology Email: mnnabi@adust.edu.bd Textile Fiber: A textile fiber has some characteristics such as consist fibrous structure and length is a thousand… Read More »

Difference between Single Jersey Fabric and Double Jersey Fabric

By | February 11, 2018

Difference between Single Jersey and Double Jersey Fabric  Judy S. Bostick Fabric Technologist Dallas, TX, USA. Email: Judys.bostick@gmail.com Single Jersey Fabric: Single jersey is weft knitted fabric which is formed by one set of needles. Single jersey is the mostly used for making T-shirts in textile.  In single jersey face side and back side appearance is… Read More »