Floor Covering Technology
- Introduction to the course references, history of floorcovering industry, used materials and process of carpet production
- Machine carpet features and explanation of the physical and chemical properties of the various raw materials pile of carpet weaving machine
- The requirements for the yarn used to produce the carpet (in terms of strength, elongation and etc.) and the description of the yarn heatset
- Explanation of the different parts of a carpet weaving machine
- Explanation of the single rapier and double rapier weaving technique
- Explanation of the triple rapier and UCL weaving technique
- Description of single shot, two shot and three shot weave
- Explaining the outstanding weave and the production of carpet weaving machines and related calculations
- Carpet design
- Mid-term exam
- Principals of the production of needle felts- Properties of the fibers used in needle felts- Web forming procedures
- Characteristics of web- Web bonding procedures- Principals of needling- Needling machines
- Properties of needles- Web bonding, structuring and patterning with needles- Various needled products- Finishing of needle felts
- Principals of tufting- Tufting elements and tufted carpet machines- Loop pile and cut pile tufted carpet
- Patterning systems for tufted carpets
- Finishing of tufted carpets