Textile density or weight
by mlederer on 10/25/05 at 14:53:54

I need to get from ounces per linear yard to grams per square meter - for lots of different fabrics, all different widths.  I'm having a serious brain cramp.

Thanks!

Re: Textile density or weight
by Robert Fogt on 10/27/05 at 08:06:40

If you know the width of fabric I could help.

If you know the width, then you can figure out the ounces/square yard, which can easily be converted to gram/square meter.

But ounce/linear yard cannot be directly converted.

Re: Textile density or weight
by Margaret on 10/27/05 at 08:36:54

Majority will be either 54" or 66".  I'm trying to come up with a formula I can put into Excel or a SQL database.  I will have the width of the fabric and the ounces per linear yd.  Need to convert to grams per sq meter.

thanks!

Re: Textile density or weight
by Robert Fogt on 10/28/05 at 04:53:11

First you would convert the inches to yards by dividing by 36.

Next take the ounces/linear yard value and divide it by the above width in yards, to get ounces/square yards.

Next multiply that by 33.9 to get grams/square meter.

I figured that conversion factor by:
1 ounce = 28.349523125 gram
1 square yard = 0.83612736 square meter
28.349523125 / 0.83612736 = 33.9057

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