Fabric Bowing and Skewness Inspection
topic
Fabric bowing measures the maximum deviation of filling yarns or course lines from a straight line perpendicular to the warp selvedge, expressed as percentage of fabric width; skewness measures the angular deviation of filling from perpendicular to warp selvedge at the fabric edge, both measured at defined intervals along the fabric roll and compared against garment manufacturer acceptance thresholds.
Role
Identifies weft distortion in woven and knitted fabrics that will cause garment panels to twist or exhibit non-parallel stripes after cutting along straight lines, enabling rejection or finishing correction of distorted fabric before garment cutting begins and preventing the consumer quality failure of spiral seams and asymmetric pattern alignment in finished garments.