Type of fabric

Textile fabrics are classified in five

Category

1. According to type of fibre.
2. According to type of yarn.
3. According to type of manufacturing process.
4. According to type of fabric design and weave.
5. Industrial fabric

Fabric types

1. According to type of fibre:

According to type of fibre fabric is classified in many types.

• Cotton fabric:

Cotton fabric is generally made for shutting, shirting and dress materials. It  is type of fine fabric.

• Polyester fabric:

Polyester fabric is generally used for shutting and corse fabric.

• Silk fabric:

Silk fabric is very fine fabric. It is used for sarees fabric, ladies garments, chunari etc.

• Linen fabric:

It is used for men's garments like shirts,dhoti, etc.

• Jute fabric:

Jute fabric is coarse fabric. It is used for bags,carry bag, laugage bags, agriculture.

2. According to type of yarn:

According to type of yarn fabric is many types.

• Melange fabric:

In this type of fabric melange yarn is used.

It is generally used in knitted garments.

• Roving grindle fabric:

Roving grindle fabric is made from roving grindle yarn. Roving grindle yarn is made from two types of roving is spun a single yarn. It is used for knitted garments, ladies garments.

• Slub fabric:

In this type of fabric yarn is used slub yarn for fancy effect. It is used for knitted garments like T- shirts.

• Injection slub fabric

In this type of fabric injection slub yarn is used. It is used for fancy t shirts, ladies garments.

• Navy fabric:

In this type of fabric Navy shade yarn is used. It is very useful for knitting fabric.

• Khaki fabric:

In this type of fabric khaki shade yarn is used. It is used for dress materials.

3. According to manufacturing process.

According to manufacturing process fabric is many types

• Knitted fabric

This type of fabric is made from knitting machine. In this type of fabric loop is formed. Knitted fabric is very finer fabric. It is used for ladies garments and t shirts.

• Weaving fabric:

This type of fabric is made from weaving machine. This type of fabric is used for shutting, shirting and dress materials.

• Non woven fabric:-

This type of fabric is made from different types of fibres.

It is used in industrial purposes.

4. According to type of design or weave:

Many types of fabric is produced.

• Plain fabric:

This type of fabric is made to plain weave design. It is used for formal dress materials and shutting and shirting.

• Twill fabric:

In this type of fabric is made from twill weave design fabric. It is used for shutting and shirting.

• Terry fabric:

This type of fabric is made from Terry weaving machine. It is used for towels,and curtains etc.

• Double fabric

This type of fabric is made from two types of fabric is meshed with each other.

This type of fabric is used in automobile accessories.

5. Industrial fabric:

• Automobile fabric:

This type of fabric is used in automobile accessories like sheet covers, roof flooring etc

• Filter fabric:

This type of fabric is used for filters used in vechicles, like tractor engine filters,car filters, etc.

• Medical fabric:

It is used for masks, medical gowns, hand glubs.

• Geotextile:

This type of fabric is used for land covering,agricultural uses.

     

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