Gear (thread size)

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Gait was a counting measure in the textile industry and was used to denote the fineness of yarn . The measure was widespread in weaving mills in Austria and Bohemia . From today's perspective, this measure for determining the yarn count can only be seen as a rough subdivision.

The warp threads were counted the width of a cubit . The more warp threads, the finer the yarn. For example, “40-thread” means 1600 warp threads.

In the hand-weaving technique is transition the number of warp yarns at a full return rotation of the shear frame warped be or warped. Their number does not depend on a specific width dimension.

Processing examples

  • 12–16 common hemp yarn for wicks , straps , twine and sackcloth
  • 13–20 common thread for coarse canvas
  • 16–30 common flax yarn on canvas
  • 30–60 common thread for medium-fine canvas
  • 80–200 common thread for fine canvas and batiste
  • 28–40 common yarns for plain thread , d. H. high-quality fabric made from twisted warp and weft threads
  • 40–70 common threads for medium-fine threads
  • 120 common thread for batiste twine
  • 140–200 common thread for point thread

literature

  • Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute (Vienna), Johann J. Prechtl: Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. Volume 13, Verlag Carl Georg, Vienna 1828, p. 144