Carpet Construction

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Carpet Construction Styles

• Is this a Saxony or a plush?

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Why It matters

• Build Customers trust and confidence in you,
  your company and your ability to provide the
  proper service
• Understand and answer their questions and
  concerns
• Carpets selected for appearance or durability
  will respond differently to cleaning processes

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Woven Carpet
Symmetrical knots also called Turkish or
Ghiordes knot

• Weaving practiced for millenniums
• Flat weaves warp and weft only
• Pile yarns
• Market share 1

Asymmetrical, Persian or Senneh knot
Axminster weave
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Woven Carpet
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Woven Carpet Flat Weave
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Woven Carpet - Velvet

• V weave
• W weave
• Loop or floating

This and other photos used by permission of
Vermont Custom Rug Company
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Woven Carpet - Wilton
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Woven Carpet - Axminster
Gripper type Axminster loom
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Tufted Carpet

• Catherine Evans Whitener Developer
• Bedspread Alley Northwest GA Chenille
  bedspread production
• Automated equipment Faster production rates
• Broadloom Usually 12 or 15
  width but can refer to anything over 27 wide
• 92 market share

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Tufted Carpet

• Gauge
• Spacing between needles
• Pitch
• Lengthwise distance between tufts
• Density
• How closely packed is the yarn considering gauge,
  pitch and diameter (denier) of fibers

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Tufted Carpet - Styles

• Level loop
• Cut Loop
• Patterns Created by variations in pile height or
  which fibers are cut and which are loops
• Berbers Large loops, little or no twist to the
  yarns, often flecked with bright colors

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Tufted carpet Styles part 2

• Level Loop
• Frieze
• Saxony
• Plush
• California Shag

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Fusion Bonded Carpet

• Adhesive on solid backing
• Face-to-face construction
• Very durable for cost of raw materials
• Limited variety of style
• Carpet tiles
• Increasing popularity

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Needle Punched Carpet

• Construction process
• 1 style
• Formed backing
• Matting
• Carpet tiles