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NEEDLE
SIZE
(orange/numeric) |
POLYESTER |
NYLON |
COTTON |
SILK |
| Multifilament |
Spun |
Multifilament |
| Nm |
tex |
Nm |
tex |
Nm |
tex |
Nec |
tex |
Nm |
tex |
| 6/50 |
8/60 |
10/70 |
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120/3 |
8/3 |
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80/3 |
7/3 |
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| 8/60 |
10/70 |
12/80 |
80/3 |
12/3 |
100/3 |
10/3 |
100/3 |
10/3 |
70/3 |
8/3 |
120/3 |
8/3 |
| 10/70 |
12/80 |
14/90 |
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70/3 |
14/3 |
70/3 |
14/3 |
50/3 |
12/3 |
100/3 |
10/3 |
| 12/80 |
14/90 |
16/100 |
60/3 |
16/3 |
60/3 |
16/3 |
60/3 |
16/3 |
40/3 |
15/3 |
70/3 |
14/3 |
| 14/90 |
16/100 |
18/110 |
40/3 |
25/3 |
50/3 |
20/3 |
50/3 |
20/3 |
30/3 |
20/3 |
60/3 |
16/3 |
| 16/100 |
18/110 |
19/120 |
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40/3 |
25/3 |
40/3 |
25/3 |
20/3 |
30/3 |
50/3 |
20/3 |
| 18/110 |
19/120 |
21/130 |
30/3 |
33/3 |
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40/3 |
25/3 |
| 19/120 |
21/130 |
22/140 |
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30/3 |
33/3 |
30/3 |
35/3 |
12/3 |
49/3 |
30/3 |
33/3 |
| 21/130 |
22/140 |
23/160 |
20/3 |
50/3 |
20/3 |
50/3 |
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| 22/140 |
23/160 |
24/180 |
10/3 |
100/3 |
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20/3 |
50/3 |
| 23/160 |
24/160 |
25/200 |
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10/3 |
100/3 |
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10/3 |
100/3 |
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Nm (Metric Number) : the
length of a thread weighing 1.00g
Nec (English number for cotton) : the length of a thread
weighing 0.59g
den (denier) : the length of a thread in gram per 9,000m
tex : the length of a thread in gram per 1,000m |
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