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Smart Glove to work with Future apple Headset.

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA/USA, secured another Smart gloves patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office with a title of “Knit data Input Glove”. This glove could be used as an accessory for future Apple products. Most probably this glove is made of knitted fabric, having fingers of the glove with fabric pockets. Sensors suchContinue reading “Smart Glove to work with Future apple Headset.”

Cheung Chau – The Island you’ll never get enough of

Cheung Chau, directly translated to ‘long island’ is an outlying island in Hong Kong with over 20,000 inhabitants. The Islands’ history could be dated back to the 17th century as a thriving fishing village. So what to do in Cheung Chau? What the island is most famous for? 3 reasons why you should visit CheungContinue reading “Cheung Chau – The Island you’ll never get enough of”

The Last Wish ۔ ۔

All religions of the world have the concept of heaven and hell.  Man’s destiny after death is one of them. Although some people will not believe this and there is a difference of opinion, but I will continue my point with the theory of heaven and hell.Heaven is the name of happiness and happiness isContinue reading “The Last Wish ۔ ۔”

What is thread count of a fabric? The “T” or “TPI” of a fabric.

Originally posted on Fabrieka :
To understand the term Thread count first you should understand the term thread density. The thread density means number of yarns per unit length of the fabric in two principal directions. The two principal direction means length/longitudinal and width/latitudinal of the fabric. In weaving terms length direction is called the warp…

IS THREAD COUNT THE BEST WAY TO GAUGE THE QUALITY OF THE FABRIC?

What is thread count? Thread count of the fabric or “T” or TPI of the fabric is actually the sum of warp density/inch and weft density/inch. Therefore, the thread count or T or TPI of the fabric can be calculated and expressed as shown in figure below. So the thread count refers to the totalContinue reading “IS THREAD COUNT THE BEST WAY TO GAUGE THE QUALITY OF THE FABRIC?”

Melt Blown Non-Woven Fabric

Melt-blown nonwovens are produced by extruding melted polymer micro- and nano fibers through a spinneret or die consisting of up to 40 holes per inch to form long thin fibers which are blown or stretched to a ultra-fine diameters typically ranging between 2-4 μm, and cooled by passing hot air over the fibers as theyContinue reading “Melt Blown Non-Woven Fabric”

What is GSM or weight or areal density of a fabric?

Typically the GSM stands for grams per square meter. Therefore GSM of a fabric means how much is the weight of a square meter of fabric in grams. In other words the weight in grams of a fabric with length X width = 1 meter X 1 meter. This is also called the areal densityContinue reading “What is GSM or weight or areal density of a fabric?”

What is thread count of a fabric? The “T” or “TPI” of a fabric.

To understand the term Thread count first you should understand the term thread density. The thread density means number of yarns per unit length of the fabric in two principal directions. The two principal direction means length/longitudinal and width/latitudinal of the fabric. In weaving terms length direction is called the warp direction because the yarnsContinue reading “What is thread count of a fabric? The “T” or “TPI” of a fabric.”