What You Need to Know About Carpet!
Information on carpet manufacturers and manufacturing.
FHA HUD Carpet Standards UM 44, serve as quality control guidelines and performance criteria requirements for new carpet production. HUD Carpet Standards HUD UM 44 and cushion standards HUD UM72, set minimum requirements and test methods for carpet products to be acceptable under FHA/HUD programs. NVLAP – National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program developed the HUD program for testing carpet products. [Read more…]
How Tufted Carpet is Manufactured (includes video)Prior to tufting machines and the tufted carpet manufacturing process most wall to wall carpets were produced on weaving machines. Beautiful designs and intricate patterns were achieved by weaving though the process was slow, making wall to wall carpet out of reach for many people. Today, the tufted carpet manufacturing process is used to produce the majority of all wall to wall carpet at a fraction of the costs of woven products. State of the art equipment from Platforms and Ladders were also utilized in order to increase productivity. [Read more…]
How Woven Carpet is Made (includes video)Woven carpet manufacturing was once the standard in the industry. Today’s production using the woven carpet manufacturing process is small as compared to tufting. For many designers and buyers throughout the world, woven carpets such as axminster, wilton and velvet continue to be their carpet of choice. [Read more…]
For years wall to wall carpet has filled our landfills. More and more carpet recycling is now taking place and carpet is quickly becoming a green product. Shaw is an example of a manufacturer participating in carpet recycling. They have established a carpet collection network covering most major U.S. markets. The collected carpet is made with nylon 6 face fiber. An average of 80 percent of the post-consumer carpet Shaw collects is made with nylon 6 fiber. When reclaimed material has been manufactured with plastic and can’t be recycled into new carpet, it can also be diverted for reuse in carpet cushion, erosion and sediment control products and engineered resins that are used to produce injection molded plastic automobile parts. Another industry example is Mohawk. As part of there recycling program they recycle pop and water bottles into EverStrand carpets. With this product, all recycled content can be certified. [Read more…]
Wondering how carpet is made? After interviewing experts at nwrugs.com, we found out that, at one time the most popular method of carpet was weaving and the fiber was primarily wool. Over 50 years ago tufting a process once used to make bedspreads came into popularity for making carpet. Many of the tufted carpets were first made of cotton. Today most carpets are made with synthetic fibers and still tufted.
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