Knowledge Library · Section
Technical Guides
How to read, write and check a fabric specification before you approve it — notation, the greige field list, measurement bases, the greige-to-finished conversion, preparation chemistry, print-base selection, inspection, shade continuity and storage. Each guide carries the numbers and procedures a decision turns on, and says plainly which figures must be confirmed per construction.
- How to Read Fabric Construction
40×40/120×60 = 40s warp × 40s weft, 120 ends × 60 picks per inch. Decode any woven spec in a minute — and what the numbers leave out. From Burhan Enterprises.
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- Standard Greige Constructions: A Reference Table
Standard greige constructions from the Burhan Enterprises fabric library — count, density, loom-state GSM and status — and which sits behind each market name.
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- What a Greige Fabric Specification Must State
The nine fields a greige fabric specification must state, what goes wrong when each is omitted, and a copy-ready enquiry structure. From Burhan Enterprises.
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- Metres or Kilograms: How Greige Fabric Is Measured and Invoiced
How greige fabric is measured, invoiced and compared — the GSM × width formula, metres per kilogram, moisture regain, and what the contract must state.
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- From Greige to Finished: How Width, Weight and Length Change
How width, GSM and length change from loom state to finished, why no standard loss percentage exists, and the sample-approval procedure that controls it.
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- What Is Actually in Greige Fabric: Sizing and the Preparation Sequence
What is in greige fabric besides yarn — warp size, waxes, oils — and what desizing, scouring, bleaching and mercerising each remove. From Burhan Enterprises.
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- Choosing the Base Fabric for Digital and Rotary Printing
How to choose a base fabric for digital and rotary printing — what each route demands, why density sets print definition, and how to specify the base.
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- Greige Fabric Inspection: Header Matching, and Which Faults Survive Finishing
How greige is inspected by header matching — headers from every roll checked against the approved sample — and which loom-state faults survive finishing.
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- Why Two Greige Lots Dye Differently: Batch, Lot and Shade Continuity
Why the same quality dyes differently between batches — the four lots behind every shade, and what to record so a repeat order is reproducible.
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- Storing Greige Fabric: Yellowing, Size Degradation and What to Check on Arrival
What degrades in stored greige — size, whiteness, oils, mildew — how to spot aged cloth on arrival, and why most ageing shows only after dyeing.
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- Fabric Consumption per Garment: How Garment Counts Become Metres — and Which Minimum They Land On
Calculate fabric consumption per garment from pattern area, cuttable width and marker efficiency — and see how garment counts land on metre minimums.
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- Fabric Lead Times, Stage by Stage: Who Controls Each Clock
Every stage of a fabric order from Karachi — weaving 30-60 days, dyeing 30-60 days after lab-dip approval, 25-35 days at sea — and who controls each clock.
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Comparisons, fabric-family guides and buyer guides live alongside these on the Fabric Knowledge hub, together with the confirmed processing minimums every page comes back to.
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