| ...one of very few carpet manufacturers who can claim ‘from fleece to floor’, axminster carpets make woven axminsters and wiltons as well as highest quality tufted carpets, all famous for comfort and long lasting durability, recommended by generations. if that makes you associate axminsters with the past, however, think again. real axminster tm carpets range from stunning plains in everything from ... |
| ...our commitment at kraus is to manufacture quality tufted carpet through an effective continuous quality system employing highly trained and involved personnel, and to supply global markets with the service assurance that our customers have come to expect... |
| ...Fabrics and yarns that make up the back of the carpet as opposed to the carpet pile or face. In tufted carpet:
Primary backing - A woven or nonwoven fabric in which the yarn is inserted by the tufting needles.
Secondary backing - Fabric laminated to the back of the carpet to reinforce and increase dimensional stability.
In woven carpet, the backing is the "construction yarns" which are inte... |
| ...Stitches per inch. Number of yarn tufts per running inch of a single tuft row in tufted carpet... |
| ...The number of ends of surface yarn counting across the width of carpet. In woven carpet, pitch is the number of ends of yarn in 27 inches of width; e.g., 216 pitch divided by 27 = 8 ends per inch. In tufted carpet, gauge also means the number of ends of surface yarn per inch counting across the carpet; e.g., 1/8 = 8 ends per inch. To convert gauge to pitch, multiply ends per inch by 27; e.g., 1/10... |
| ...A fibrous plant, native to India and Asia, which can be shredded and spun into yarn, used for backing in woven carpets, or itself woven into sheets and used as secondary backing on tufted carpet. In many applications, jute is being replaced by fiberglass, polypropylene or other synthetic fibers... |
| ...A trade name of a manufacturer of continuous dyeing machines which apply dye to tufted carpet. (See "Continuous dyeing."... |
| ...A water emulsion of synthetic rubber, natural rubber, or other polymer. In carpet, latex is used for laminating secondary backings to tufted carpet, backcoating carpet and rugs, and for backcoating woven carpets and rugs. Almost all carpet latex consists of styrene-butadiene synthetic rubber (SBR) compounded with large quantities of powdered filler... |
| ...A method in which tufted carpet is dyed, as opposed to yarn dye methods in which color is added to yarn before tufting... |
| ...In woven carpet, this is the number of pile yarn tufts per running inch lengthwise. Called rows in Axminster and wires in Wilton and Velvet carpet. Analogous to "stitches per inch" in tufted carpet... |
| ...A woven or tufted carpet style having all tufts in a loop form with varying degrees of height... |
| ...A tufted carpet term for primary or secondary backing manufactured by the weaving process. Secondary backings are usually woven jute or woven polypropylene... |
| ...Carpet produced by a tufting machine instead of a loom... |
| ...A woven or tufted carpet style having all tufts in a loop form (either level or textured) in either a defined or random pattern and design... |