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FIBRE INLAID
 
Designation Warp Weft Pile Construction. Ends per Dm. Picks per  dm

 

Pile Hight mm Mass Gms/m2
AB1 Vyucome Vycome Hard Twisted Yarn bits Inserted bits 11 12 35 9000
 
CORRIDOR MATS
General characteristics:- A mat in which both warp and weft strands are continuous without tucking in or binding.
  Designation Type of warp yarn Ends /dm Min. Type of weft yarn Runnage Mtr/kg Mass Gm/m2
AC 1 Rope yarn 6 Anjengo 240 4550
AC2 do 5 do 240 4250
AC 3 do 5 do 220 3650
AC 4 Spl CD 1 Anjengo double Strands 12 score 6 do 275 3650
AC 5 @ (Spl.CD 9) Aratory 3ply twisted 6.4 mm dia. 5 Anjengo 3 ply Twisted 6.4 mm Dia. ------ 5400
RC 1 Rope Yarn 6 Aratory 240 4250
RC 2 Rope Yarn 5 do 240 4000
RC 3 do 5 do 220 3350
RC 4 (Spl.CD 2) Aratory double Strand 12 score 6 do 280 3350
RC 5 Spl.CD 5 Rope yarn 6 do 280 3650
LC 1 do 5 Alapat 190 4250
WC1 do 5 vycome 260 4250
WC2 do 5 do 240 3650
WC3 do 5 do 220 3050
WC4 SplCD-4 do 3 Vycome/ Aratory* 220/220 5800
QC1 (Spl.CD-3) do 5 Quilandy 110 4000
QC2 (FSQ1) Wooden reapers Fully covered with Quilandy yarn 3 do 120 10750
YC1 (Spl.CD-6) Beypore 5 Beypore 70 3200
YC2 (Spl.CD-8) do 5 do 80 4250
CC1 (SplCD-7) **Laccadive Rope No.2 5 Laccadive Rope No.2 40 5450
DC1 Spl CD-10 2ply yarn spun from unretted fibre 5 2plyyarn spun from unretted fibre ------- 4050
TC1 Rope yarn 5 T. Vycome --------- 3650
SCD 12 Hawser laid rope (3ply) of 10 mm Dia made of Anjengo A yarn 3 Hawser laid Rope(3 ply) of 15mm dia made ofAnjengo A yarn Picks/dm 7 6100
* Binding weft Aratory 12 scorage minimum
** Definition of Laccadive Rope yarn:- Hand spun yarn, spun from coir fibre  extracted from retted husks containing little or no pith, less hairy evenly spun, ranging from natural golden colour to natural reddish brown, grads as per scorages given below: Laccadive No.1 : 6 to 8 and Laccadive No.2 : 4 to 6
@ The number of layers of rope on the four sides of the mat shall be two or more to made t the border prominent. The four sides are knitted with Anjengo yarn to prevent slipping  of the warp and weft.
 
SINNET MATS
General Characteristics:
A mat made of plaited (braided) coir yarn of 3 or more strands stitched together in a frame.
Constructional Details of Sinnet Mats
  Designation Type of yarn Runnage    M/kg. No.of strands      Of ply Thickness Minimum       mm Mass Gm/m2
SA 1 Anjengo 220 9 19 3650
SA 2 do 220 9 19 4250
SA 3 do 220 11 25 4850
SA 4 do 220 11 25 5450
SA  5 do 220 11 25 6300
SA 6(Spl S –2) do 220 11 25 7300
SA 7 (Spl.  S-8) do 275 9 19 5490
SA 8 (Spl. S –7) do 275 3 10 3000
SB 1 Beach 250 9 19 3350
SB 2 do 250 9 19 3950
SB 3 do 250 11 25 4600
SR 1 Aratory 220 9 19 3350
SR 2 do 220 9 19 3950
SR 3 do 220 11 25 4600
SR  4 do 220 11 25 5200
SR 5 do 220 11 25 5800
SR 6 (Spl S-5) Anjengo/ Aratory 220/220 19 28 7300
SL1 (Spl S-3) Alapat 180 11 25 7900
SL 2 (Spl. S-6) do 190 12 31 6700
SD 1(Spl.S-1) Ashtamudy 110 9 25 6100
SV 1 Vycome 220 9 19 3650
SV 2 do 220 9 19 4250
SV 3 do 220 11 25 4850
SV 4 do 220 11 25 5450
SV 5 (Spl. S –4) do 240 19 28 6700
Note:-Coir yarn for inner strands of the braid may be of a suitable quality.
 
GYMNASIA MATS
General Characteristics: A mat with pile formed by cutting three or more yarns folded together and wound around a grooved iron rod along with alternate ends of warp. The pile is made thicker to meet the specific requirements.
  D esignation Type of warp yarn Type of Weft yarn Ends(Chains) Per dm. Picks Per dm. Type of Pile yarn Pile Hight mm Mass Gm/m2
VG-1 BVG-1 Vycome Vycome yarn single sufficient to guarantee tight weave 10 10 Vycome yarn Free form Imputieies min. 4 fold yarn drawn together 63 12200
VG 1 BBG 1 do Beach yarn single sufficient to guarantee tight weave 10 10 Beach yarn Min. 3 folder yarn drawn together 63 11000
 
LOOP MATS
General Characteristics: A mat made up by three chains, one tight and other slack working as pile or binding. The pile is formed by loops formed out of slack chain in the weaving process.
Constructional Details
  Designation Type of Yarn for tight chain Runnage m/kg Type of yarn for binding chain Runnage M/kg Type of yarn for loop chain Runnage M/kg Type of Yarn for weft Ends per Dm. Min. Picks per Dm. Min. Mass Gm/m2
RL 1 Vycome 220 Vycome 240 Aratory 220 Vycome 10 22 4250
RL2 do 220 do 240 do 240 do 10 22 3650
RL3 do 220 do 240 do 240 Beach 10 22 3650
RL4 do 220 do 240 do 260 Vycome 9 22 3050
VL1 do 220 do 240 Vycome 260 do 10 28 3650
AL1 (Spl L-2) Vycome 220 --- --- Anjengo 220 Vycome 10 24 4880
AL2 (Spl. L4) do 220 Anjengo 275 do 275 do 10 20 3050
Al3 (Spl. L 5 do 220 Vycome 240 do 240 Quilandy 10 20 5490
 
GEO TEXTILES
General Characteristics:-
A product made with loop construction usually manufactured in rolls for use as Geo fabrics for soil erosion control , soil stabilisation and making of the green houses for protection of the nursery of the plants.
Constructional Details:
  Quality Number Tight chain Binding Chain Loop chain Weft Tight Binding loop Picks Per DM Weight Gms/m2
SPL L 7 Vycome Vycome Vycome Vycome 5 10 5 8 1300
SPL L8 do do Quilandy do 4 8 4 8 1600
SPL L9 Beach Beach Beach Beach 5 5 5 9 1200
 
ROPE MATS (LOVER’S KNOT MATS)
General Characteristics:- A mat made with a coir rope guided through a number of upright nair fixed on a flat surface. This mat may be made either in oval or oblong shapes.
  Designation Type of rope Type of yarn Dia meter of  Rope mm Mass gm/M2
LKA Shroud laid Anjengo 14 6100
LKR do Aratory 14 5490
LKV do Vycome 25 11450
Note:-For oval shaped mats the nominal mass in gm/m2 shall be 10% less than specified.
 
MESH MATS
General Characteristics:-A mat made by laying coir yarn criss –cross manner between a number of nails fixed on a frame and knotting inter setting points with coir yarn.
  Designation Type of yarn Used in the base Number of strands Per dm.Min. Binding yarn Mass gm/M2
MBA Beypore 10 X 10 Anjengo/ Aratory 3660
MRA Aratory 20 X20 Anjengo 3660
MVV Vycome 20 X 20 Vycome 3050
MQA Quilandi 20 X20 Anjengo 5490
Note:-The number of strands used at the edges of MBA may be suitably increased and all the 4 edges may be knotted properly. All the 4 edges of MRA,MVV may be finished either by stitching with 7 ply braid on both sides or by plaiting with coir yarn to give the appearance of bride and edges of MQA may be finished by plaiting with coir yarn to give the appearance of brade.