Use the TekTextil app for for a multitude of textile-industry related tools. Use the Industry Alerts section to view and customize your own textile and apparel industry news alerts. Look up definitions of common textile and apparel terms in the Textile Dictionary.
The free TekTextil app also includes a calculator to assist users with common fabric calculations and conversions to and from metric measurements and for quick calculations to aid in costing and yields.
The TekTextil fabric calculator can:
• Convert ounces per square yard to grams per square meter
• Convert square yard and square meter weight measurements to linear yard and linear meter weight.
• Convert lbs. (pounds) or kilos (kilograms) into linear yds or linear meters.
• Convert fabric widths from centimeters or meters to inches or from or from
• Calculate in your expected working losses in the textile process to get expected material yields in yards per lb., meters per kilo, yds. per kilo and meters per lb.
• Convert costs from lbs. or kilos into linear yard or linear meter costs
• Convert costs into prices entering expected margin