COUNT | DEFINITION OF COUNT | DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COUNT AND HANK | ENGLISH COUNT | FRENCH COUNT | METRIC COUNT | SPINNING CALCULATION.

COUNT AND HANK

The term “hank and count” have same meaning and both are indicate the fineness or coarseness of cotton. Hank term is generally used for the material in the preparatory process like as blowroom lap, card sliver, drawframe sliver, lapformer lap, simplex roving etc. Count term is used for yarn like as carded yarn, combed yarn, double yarn, open end yarn etc.

DEFINITION OF COUNT

The count represents the number of times of 840 yard of yarn in 1 pound weight and the hank represents the number of times of 840 yard of sliver or roving in 1 pound weight.

Count = The number of times 840 yards/Yarn weight (in pound)

For example,

1) Sliver length = 168 yards,

    168 yards sliver weight = 1 lbs. Then,

    Hank of sliver = 0.2

 

2) Yarn length = 16800 yards,

    16800 yards yarn weight = 1 lbs. Then,

    Count of yarn = 20

TYPES OF COUNT

1. English Count (Ne)
2. Metric Hank ( Nm )
3. French Hank ( Nf )

ENGLISH COUNT

English count is defined as ' the number of times of 840 yards in one pound weight '.

English Count = Number of times of 840 yard / Weight in pounds

METRIC HANK

Metric hank is defined as ' the number of times of 1000 metres in one kilogram weight '.

Metric Hank = Number of times of 1000 metres / Weight in kilograms

FRENCH HANK

French hank is defined as ' the number of hank of 1000 metres in half kilogram weight '.

French Hank = Number of times of 1000 metres / Weight in kilograms x 2