Woven Carpet Backing

Carpet is commonly made in widths of 12 feet 3 7.
Woven carpet backing. You may also hear the term unitary backing which is a heavy application of coating applied directly to the carpet s back without using a secondary backing. Luxurybac carpet backing made by beaulieu of america for their bliss line. Carpets can be produced on a loom quite similarly to woven fabric made using needle felts knotted by hand in oriental rugs made with their pile injected into a backing material called tufting flatwoven made by hooking wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric or embroidered. The little backing material is necessary according to the carpet and rug institute cri but some latex coating is applied to the bottom for bulk.
Most carpets have a double backing. The primary backing where the yarn is tufted into and the secondary backing which is the outer material. This eliminates the need for a secondary backing usually hessian or felt leaving a flexible easy to fit carpet. It is a soft back similar to shaw industries backing only heavier highpic backing.
Available backings for woven carpets are crosscushion and crossweave both feature. Looms are used to create woven carpeting in which facing top side yarn interlaces with the backing yarn. Woven backed carpets are in a traditional style with a hard wearing backing made by the carpet pile being woven into a primary backing material. Some of the higher end manufacturers use a polypropylene backing that is tighter woven with the backing cells closer together.
Although tufted carpeting may be referred to as broadloom due to its width it is created on specialized multi needle sewing.