Relation between Thread Size, Needle Size and Fabric Thickness
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
Introduction:
Generally sewing machine needle size depends on the fabric thickness and thread thickness or size. A proper combination of thread size, needle size and fabric thickness are essential for sewing operation in garments floor. Therefore, need to select the right needle and thread size for joining the fabric in the apparel industry. In garments industry, follow a standard size ratio for smooth sewing operation between thread size, needle size and fabric thickness. Now I would like to discuss about those relationships in garments sewing floor.
Fabrics are Joining
Relation between Thread Size, Needle Size and Fabric Thickness:
The following table shows the relationship between thread size, needle size and fabric thickness which is most necessary to know for proper sewing-
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Metric Ticket
Number of Sewing Thread |
Fabric
|
Needle Size
|
|
|
Singer System
|
Metric System (Nm)
|
||
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320, 260
|
Light
|
7
|
55
|
|
Medium
|
9
|
65
|
|
|
Heavy
|
10
|
75
|
|
|
200, 180, 160, 150
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Light
|
9
|
65
|
|
Medium
|
10
|
70
|
|
|
Heavy
|
11
|
75
|
|
|
140, 120, 100, 80
|
Light
|
11
|
75
|
|
Medium
|
12
|
80
|
|
|
Heavy
|
14
|
90
|
|
|
75, 70, 60
|
Light
|
14
|
90
|
|
Medium
|
16
|
100
|
|
|
Heavy
|
18
|
110
|
|
|
50, 40
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Light
|
16
|
100
|
|
Medium
|
18
|
110
|
|
|
Heavy
|
19
|
120
|
|
|
15, 20
|
Light
|
19
|
120
|
|
Medium
|
21
|
130
|
|
|
Heavy
|
22
|
140
|
|
|
18, 16, 13, 12
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Light
|
21
|
130
|
|
Medium
|
22
|
140
|
|
|
Heavy
|
23
|
160
|
|
|
10, 8, 7
|
Light
|
23
|
160
|
|
Medium
|
24
|
180
|
|
|
Heavy
|
25
|
200
|
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