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Defects in Towels
There is a large quantity of defective towels, fabrics, and yarns in storage which suffers from serious defects like pile height variation, cut uncut loops, pile density variation, designing mistakes, torn pieces, hemming defects, shade variation, high IPI, color contamination, low elongation, high Uster percentage, snarling, spirality, needle & sinker lines, holes, uneven dyeing and many more.

Big brands do not accept even small defects so it is not possible to use or sell those defective material or towels to those buyers/brands.
With passing time, the defects are becoming worse and it will be impossible to sell them at lowest discounted prices.

So, based on current condition of the stocks, market price has been estimated taking in account the amount/ percentage of defect, type of defect, and effect it have on final use.
These defects are classified as Defects in Yarns, Defects in Fabric, and Defects in Towels. Causes and Impacts of these defects are further explained and respective images are also attached with the defects.

Defects in knitted fabrics:
1. Needle & sinker lines:
Needle lines are prominent vertical lines along the length of the fabric which are easily visible in the grey as well as finished fabric.
Sinker lines are prominent or feeble vertical lines appearing parallel to the Wales along the length of the knitted fabric tube.

Causes for needle lines:
Bent Latches, Needle Hooks & Needle stems
Wrong Needle selection (Wrong sequence of needles, put in the Cylinder or Dial)
Broken needles

Causes for Sinker lines:
Bent or Worn out Sinkers
Sinkers being tight in the Sinker Ring grooves

Impact:
It affects the aesthetics of the fabric or garment.
It affects the wear ability of the garment produced from this kind of fabric.

2. Color bleeding:

It is defined as loss of colorant from a colored material in contact with a liquor, leading to an obvious coloration of the liquid, or of adjacent areas of the same or other

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