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Knitting Yarn Requirement Calculator
Yarn to issue for a knitting program, from required grey fabric quantity and process loss.
Yarn required
560kg
The formula
yarn kg = fabric kg x (1 + process loss %).
Worked example
Required grey fabric: 500 kg, Process loss: 12 %. Result: Yarn required = 560 kg.
Assumptions
- Process loss covers knitting waste, doffing and QC rejects as one percentage.
Read the guide
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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