
Tufted
carpets have made the carpets affordable to common man's pocket.
Furthermore apart from the handmade tufted carpets the process has been
fully mechanized successfully. Tufted carpets have created affability in
color, design and texture. Uneven scapes can becreated with ease. Tufted
carpet is produced 15 times faster than woven carpet.
Technique
The tufted woolen carpets are made using special needles called the
tufting guns. They may be hand tufted or machine tufted. A good quality
woven fabric is required as a base. The fabric is selected on the basis
of required pile density. While hand tufting, each pile is tufted
individually. Dyed yarns may be used for tufting at time the tufted
carpet is printed.
The base is then coated with latex or some other adhesive on the
backside to anchor the tufts. A secondary backing is needed to add
dimensional stability and mechanical strength to the carpet. The carpet
can be given textured finishes by using pile cutting techniques and
patterning techniques. The mechanized tufting is just like sewing
machine with many needles.
The process is so versatile that from very intricate to very bold
patterns can be created with much more ease than the woven carpets.
Regions
Panipat is main tufted carpets producing center of India. Amritsar and
Agra belt have also developed tufted carpets production to cope up with
the rising demand.