CARPET CONSTUCTION

Tufting carpet manufacturing process


Tufting process

Tufted: Tufting is the process of creating textiles, especially carpet, on specialized multi-needle sewing machines.  Several hundred needles stitch hundreds of rows of pile yarn tufts through a backing fabric called the primary backing. The needles push yarn through a primary backing fabric, where a loop holds the yarn in place to form a tuft as the needle is removed. The yarn is caught by loopers and held in place for loop-pile carpet or cut by blades for cut-pile carpet.  Next, secondary backings of various types are applied to render a variety of performance properties.

Wilton weaving process


Wilton weaving process


Axminster carpets weaving process

Axminster weaving process

Woven:  Woven carpet is created on looms by simultaneously interlacing face yarns and backing yarns into a complete product, thereby eliminating the need for a secondary backing. A small amount of latex-back coating is usually applied for bulk.  Principal variations of woven carpet include velvet, Wilton and Axminster.

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