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Fabric Inspection
Why, when and where Inspection Systems
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Inspection Standards
Ten Point System
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Oldest and most used in woven finished fabric Widely adopted and used in knitted fabric major and minor types, used in garment pieces
Weft Defects
10-36 inches 10 points 5-10 inches 5 points 1-5 inches 3 points up to 1 inch 1 point Full width 10 points 5 inches to half width 5 points 1-5 inches 3 points up to 1 inch 1 point
Second Quality
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A piece is graded as first if the total quality points do not exceed the total yardage of the piece. Eg. 100 yard piece got the penalized of 70.
A piece is graded a second if the total penalty points exceed the total yardage of the piece.
Finished Goods Buyer must inform seller on any particular condition of goods
Calculation
Points per 100 square yards =
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e.g inspected 100 yards fabric and got 100 penalty points,fabric width is 72 inches, the points per 100 square yards is :
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(100X3600)/(72X100) =50
Graniteville78 System
It was introduced in 1975 for the field of fabric grading. The system divided defects into major and minor types The major defect was one which was very obvious and lead the goods to second quality The minor defect was one may or may not have caused garment to second, depending on its location in the end use
78 System Point
Penalty Point Assignment of Graniteville78 Defect Length Penalty Points
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78 Points- Notes
The principle was established in garment cutting piece, which the short length defects (less than 9) will normally be removed. The system tries to balance the importance of longer defects (over 9) and put less weight on 1-10 defects such as slubs The system also suggests the viewing distance of 9 foot instead of normal 3foot viewing distance. The system tend to eliminate very small