Textile Manufacturing Calibration Services

Textile production equipment requires regular maintenance and calibration to achieve consistent product quality, process efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Industry standards such as ISO 9001 set the requirements for calibration and documentation for traceability, accountability, and to demonstrate continuous process improvements. From yarn manufacturing to fabric finishing and beyond, Transcat Calibration Services are designed to assist textile manufacturers to maintain their equipment, tools, and testing instruments to ensure accuracy, reliability, and compliance.

Maintenance and calibration of textile production systems ensure consistent quality results while avoiding waste. Transcat offers instrument calibration for these applications and more: 

• Yarn Manufacturing  
  Proper calibration of spinning machines, including ring spinning, rotor spinning, and air-jet spinning machines helps optimize parameters such as spindle speed, draft, and tension to achieve consistent yarn count, twist level, and strength.
• Weaving and Knitting 
  It is important to maintain precise control of attributes such as warp and weft tension, fabric density, and pattern alignment. Calibration of looms and knitting machines minimizes defects such as misweaving, skewing, and distortion in woven and knitted fabrics.  
• Dyeing and Printing 
  Calibration of textile dyeing machines, such as jet dyeing machines, jiggers, and pad steam machines, is crucial for dye uptake and achieving accurate color matching. Calibration of fabric printing machines, including rotary screen printers and digital printers, ensures consistent color reproduction and print quality.
• Finishing Processes: Calibration of finishing equipment, such as stenters, calenders, and sanforizing machines, is important for controlling fabric properties such as width, weight, surface smoothness, and shrinkage.  

Calibration of testing instruments and equipment is essential for conducting accurate and reliable quality control tests on textile materials and products. This includes instruments for measuring yarn count, fabric thickness, tensile strength, tear resistance, color fastness, and other physical and chemical properties. 

Textile manufacturing facilities require stable temperature and humidity conditions to control fabric properties and production performance. Transcat offers calibration of temperature and humidity measuring instruments for environmental chambers and conditioning rooms. 

The textile industry relies on automation to improve production speed and product quality while reducing labor costs. Transcat supports the calibration of electronic systems and sensors for monitoring process variables such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, and position, as well as the calibration of control algorithms and actuators for the real-time adjustment of process parameters. 

Maintaining a safe working environment requires regular maintenance of tools and safety equipment, such as lubrication systems, pressure gauges, and fire detection systems. Calibration of the test and measurement instruments ensures equipment reliability, worker safety, and compliance with OSHA and other regulatory requirements. 

Calibration Service Types  
Our flexibility in service delivery means greater efficiency and less disruption to your business and processes. You can rely on Transcat to provide precise, reliable, and fast calibration service – in our lab or at your facility. Find the service option that best fits your needs.  

Test & Measurement Instruments  
We offer a wide range of types and brands of test & measurement Instruments to maintain the productivity, accuracy, and compliance of your production systems. We are your one-stop to buy, rent, and obtain expert calibration.  

Measure Smarter Services 
One of the most common struggles that internal quality and engineering teams face is which parameters to test in their production processes, and at what accuracies. Transcat offers Measure Smarter services to improve efficiency in your calibration processes and reduce compliance and manufacturing risks.  

For more information about our accredited calibration and validation services for textile manufacturing applications, contact one of our calibration professionals at 800-828-1470 or contact us.