The inspection report reaches you before the goods do
Greige is checked before dyeing, the dyeing and finishing stage is followed while the cloth is in process, and rolls are inspected to the scope agreed for the order. Quality is our responsibility under our own QC system, and the findings go to you before shipment.
Four gates, in this order
Each gate exists to catch what the next stage cannot fix. Sampling cycles are typical and subject to confirmation.
What is checked, one roll at a time
Seven things decide whether a roll is shipped, cut around, or held back.
- Construction
- Weave, yarn count and density against the confirmed specification — not against a photograph.
- Shade
- Roll to roll within the lot, and end to end within a roll, against the approved lab dip under the agreed light source.
- Width
- Usable width measured away from the selvedge, plus the condition of the selvedge itself.
- Weft straightness
- Skew and bow measured as a percentage of usable width. Both show up as a twisted panel once the garment is cut.
- Handfeel and finish
- Face, softness and any applied finish against the sealed approval sample.
- Colourfastness and shrinkage
- Batch test data where your standard requires it. The report carries the name of the party that issued it, so the document speaks for itself.
- Count and packing
- Metres or kilograms, pieces per roll, roll tickets, and packing to the instruction on the order.
The categories we record and report
Definitions matter more than the count. These are the eight categories written onto an inspection report, and what each one means in practice.
| Code | Category | What it is | How it is judged |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHADE | Shade variation | Rolls from one dye lot, or the two ends of a single roll, that do not match each other. | Judged against the approved lab dip under the light source agreed for the order. |
| WEFT | Weft bars | A band where the picks sit too close together or too far apart. | Recorded by band length and by how often it repeats in 100 yards. |
| SKEW | Skew and bow | The weft runs diagonally, or bows, instead of square to the selvedge. | Measured as a percentage of usable width. |
| SLUB | Slubs and thick places | Yarn irregularities sitting proud of the surface. | Judged by size and by how visible they are on the face of the cloth. |
| HOLE | Holes and breaks | A broken end or pick, or an open place in the structure. | Any hole is a cut-out. None are counted as passable. |
| MARK | Stains and marks | Localised marks from weaving, dyeing or handling. | Judged by size, contrast against the ground colour, and whether a marker can cut around it. |
| WIDTH | Width deviation | Usable width outside the tolerance on the confirmed specification. | Measured across the roll, away from the selvedge. |
| HANDLE | Handfeel deviation | The face or the finish is not the one you approved. | Judged against the sealed sample, not against memory or a photograph. |
Defect positions are given by length from the roll end, so a cutting room can plan around them instead of finding them at the table.
One system owns the quality question
Not the loom, not the dyehouse, not the finisher. Responsibility sits with our own QC system, and the paperwork follows from that.
- Responsibility
- Quality is our responsibility under our own QC system. Findings are not passed back up the chain as somebody else’s problem.
- Report contents
- The standard applied, the metres inspected, defect points per 100 yards where the four-point system applies, and the position of each recorded defect where positions are recorded.
- Photographs
- Where a photograph helps the decision, the defect is photographed as found, on the roll, before packing.
- Timing
- Findings and any required corrective action reach you before the goods leave the warehouse, while a remedy is still cheap to arrange.
- Retention
- A sealed sample from the approved lot is kept, and it is the reference used in any later discussion.
If something is wrong, this is the path
Two published targets — feedback inside 1 working day, a written plan inside 7 working days — and the remedies we can offer.
Send the standard you inspect against
If your buyer uses a specific defect list, AQL level or four-point variant, send it with the enquiry. We will confirm whether the article can be run to it before sampling starts.
Lead times, minimums and sampling cycles are confirmed per order.