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Fabric Roll Weight Calculator

Weight of a fabric roll from its GSM, width and length.

Roll weight

28.8kg

The formula

kg = GSM x width (m) x length (m) / 1000.

Worked example

Fabric GSM: 180 g/m2, Width: 1.6 m, Length: 100 m. Result: Roll weight = 28.8 kg.

Assumptions

  • Excludes tube or packaging weight.

In the platform

Intelactory records which yarn lot went into which fabric roll, dye batch and carton as the work happens, so a count or GSM question traces back to its source.

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