Rugs Manufacturers | Carpet Manufacturers In India

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• Topic -Types of carpets
• Prepared by Dipika Chavla

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What is carpet??

• A carpet is a textile floor covering consisting
  of an upper layer of pile? attached to a backing.
  where, pile is the raised surface of a fabric
  which is made of upright loops or strands of
  yarn. e.g. are corduroy, velvet, plush,
  and towels. The pile is generally either made
  from wool or fibers such as polyester, nylon etc.
  and backing means the backside/base of a carpet.
  The term "carpet" can be applied to a floor
  covering that covers an entire house.

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Use of carpets.

• Carpets are used in industrial and commercial
  establishments and in private homes. Carpets are
  used for a variety of purposes, including
  insulating a person's feet from a cold tile or
  concrete floor, making a room more comfortable as
  a place to sit on the floor (e.g., when playing
  with children or praying in Arabic culture) and
  adding decoration or colour to a room.

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Types of Carpets.

• Carpet is most commonly found in two major and
  several sub types types of construction viz

• Cut pile carpets
• Plush
• Textured
• Saxony
• Cable
• freeze

• Loop pile carpets
• Level loop or berber
• Patterned multilevel loop
• Cut and loop

• Lets discuss these types in short..

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Difference between the two types.

• Cut pile and loop carpets are the two major
  styles every carpet is either a cut pile or a
  loop pile. So what about the carpets with fancy
  style names like frieze, Berber, or plush? These
  are all subcategories of cut or loop carpets
  Every carpet is cut or looped, but some carpets
  have other unique construction characteristics,
  such as twists or fiber height, that give them a
  special name.
• Cut pile carpets cut the yarn tips. These
  carpets gets its durability through the fiber
  used, the density of the tufts, and the twist of
  the yarn.
• Loop pile carpets do not cut the yarn tips,
  making the loops visible. They are durable in
  construction, and are considered an all-purpose
  carpet.  There are various styles to choose from
  including level loop, patterned multi-level
  loop, and cut and loop

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Cut pile carpets

• Plush This has a smooth and even finish,
  providing a more formal look.
•  Textured This style uses low density fibers of
  uneven heights. The resulting look hides dirt
  with an informal look, but it is not suited for
  high traffic areas.
•  Saxony This has a smooth and even finish, but
  the fibers are longer than a textured plush, and
  the fibers have a twist. Though this is the most
  popular style of carpet on the market, it has a
  tendency to show footprints and other marks more
  than other carpets.

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Cut pile carpets

• Cable This style of carpet is made with thicker
  and longer fibers to provide a more cozy feel
  to the carpet when walked on.
• freeze This carpet style features long fibers
  with more twists, so the resulting texture is
  informal. It hides foot prints and other marks
  easier than other carpets, but is generally not
  suited for high traffic areas. If the piles are
  longer, it is called shag. Friezes often mean a
  twisty, medium height that creates a less formal
  but perfect foundation for a variety of settings.

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Loop pile carpets.

• Level Loop or Berber
• This carpet style features packed short looped
  fibers. This provides a durable surface for high
  trafficked areas with an informal appearance.
  Some color flecks in the fiber may make it easier
  to hide dirt, but the height of the fibers may
  make the seams more visible.
• Patterned Multi-Level Loop
• This carpet style features loops of varying
  heights to create a texture and or pattern
• Cut and Loop
• This carpet style is a mixture between cut pile
  and loop pile fibers. The variant makes for a
  textured appearance that is ideal for highly
  trafficked areas. As an added bonus, this type of
  carpet also hides dirt and stains.

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Other types

• Woven
• The carpet is produced on a loom quite similar
  to woven fabric. The pile can be plush or Berber.
  These carpets are usually the most expensive due
  to the relatively slow speed of the manufacturing
  process. These are very famous in India, Pakistan
  and Arabia.
• Needle felts
• These carpets are more technologically advanced.
  Needle felts are produced by intermingling and
  felting individual synthetic fibers using barbed
  and forked needles forming an extremely durable
  carpet. These carpets are normally found in
  commercial settings such as hotels and
  restaurants where there is frequent traffic.

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• Knotted
• On a knotted pile carpet the
  structural weft threads alternate with a
  supplementary weft that rises at right angles to
  the surface of the weave. This supplementary weft
  is attached to the warp by one of three knot
  types such as shag carpet which was popular in
  the 1970s, to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
  Knotting by hand is most prevalent in oriental
  rugs and carpets. Kashmir carpets are also
  hand-knotted.
• Tuffted
• These are carpets that have their pile
  injected into a backing material, which is itself
  then bonded to a secondary backing made of a
  woven hessian weave or a man made alternative to
  provide stability. The pile is often sheared in
  order to achieve different textures.
• flat weave 
• A flat weave carpet is created by
  interlocking warp (vertical) and weft
  (horizontal) threads. Types of oriental flat
  woven carpet include kilim,soumak, plain weave,
  and tapestry weave.

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