The Divisions of Cloth Measuring Tape

The unit of cloth measuring tape is listed in this article. A cloth measuring tape has 60 inch or 150 cm. A measurement tape has 1.5 mitres. 1 mitre = 100 cm. 1 cm = 10 m.m. 1 ligne = o.635. 1 mm = 1574 ligne. 1 cm = 15.74 ligne . 1 inch = 40 ligne. Objective is to ensure that all measurement tapes are calibrated to give zero defect targets. Defected measurement tapes are replaced with proper record.

Standard Operating Procedure  for cloth Tape Measure Calibration

Procedure: To establish a system/ policy to control:

1. All measurement tapes are calibrated after 06 months.
2. Measurement tapes are issued from central point lab only.
3. Measurement tapes are calibrated against steel pre-calibrated scale.
4. Pre-calibrated steel tape is attested by third party every year.
5. After 06 months each measurement is checked with tolerance of 1/8” against each 32” and recorded in lab.

Cloth Tape Measure Divisions:

If we divide 1 inch into 32 divisions for cloth tape measure –

1/32”               = 0.793 MM	17/32”             = 13.493 MM
2/32” = 1/16”  = 1.587 MM	18/32” = 9/16”            = 14.267 MM
3/32                 = 2.381 MM	19/32               = 15.051 MM
4/32” = 1/8”    = 3.175 MM	20/32” = 5/8”  = 15.875 MM
5/32”               = 3.968 MM	21/32”             = 16.863 MM
6/32” = 3/16”  = 4.762 MM	22/32” = 11/16”          = 17.462 MM
7/32”               = 5.556 MM	23/32”             = 18.236 MM
8/32” = ¼”      = 6.350 MM	24/32” = 3/8”  = 19.050 MM
9/32”               = 7.143 MM	25/32”             = 19.843 MM
10/32” = 5/16”            = 7.937 MM	26/32” = 13/16”          = 20.637 MM
11/32”             = 8.731 MM	27/32”             = 21.431 MM
12/32” = 3/8    = 9.525 MM	28/32” = 7/8    = 22.225 MM
13/32”             = 10.318 MM	29/32”             = 23.018 MM
14/32” = 7/16”            = 11.112 MM	30/32” = 15/16”          = 23.812 MM
15/32”             = 11.906 MM	31/32”             = 24.606 MM
16/32”= ½’’     = 12.906 MM	32/32”=1’’       = 25.656 MM

If we divide 1 inch into 16 equal divisions for cloth tape measur

1/16”

2/16” = 1/8”

3/16

4/16” = ¼”

5/16” ”

6/16” = 3/8

7/16”

8/16” =  ½”

9/16”

10/16” = 5/8”

11/16”

12/16” = ¾”

13/16”

14/16” = 7/8”

15/16”

16/16” = 1”

If we divide a cloth measuring tape 1 inch into 8 equal division

1/8”

2/8” = ¼”

3/8”

4/8 = ½”

5/8”

6/8” = ¾”

7/8”

8/8” = 1”

• 1 YEARD = 36 INCH
• 36 INCH = 91.44CM

Tolerance Guide For Cloth Measuring Tape

SL NO	MEASUREMENT POINT	TOLERANCE (+ / -)
1	½ CHEST	1CM
2	½ WAIST	1CM
3	½ BTM	1CM
4	ACROSS FRONT	1CM
5	SHOULDER LENGTH	5MM
6	ACROSS SHOULDER LENGTH	1CM
7	ARMHOLE DEPTH	1CM
8	BICEP WIDTH AROUND	1CM
9	LONG SLEEVE LENGTH	1CM
10	SHORT SLEEVE LENGTH	5MM
11	SHORT SLEEVE OPENING	5MM
12	CUFF WIDTH	2MM
13	CUFF LENGTH	3MM
14	ELBOW	5MM
15	CENTER FRONT LENGTH	1CM
16	FRONT LENGTH (H.P.S)	1CM
17	FRONT LENGH (NECK)	1CM
18	BACK LENGTH	1CM
19	BACK CHEST WIDTH	1CM
20	YOKE HEIGHT	3MM
21	ACROSS BACK YOKE SEAM	1CM
22	UNDER ARM (S/S & L/S)	5MM / 1CM
23	FRONT NECK DROP	5MM
24	BACK NECK DROP	5MM
25	SIDE SEAM LENGTH	1CM
26	SIDE SLIT LENGTH	3MM
27	FLAP LENGTH / WIDTH	3MM / 2MM
28	POCKET LENGTH / WIDTH	3MM / 2MM
29	POCKET POSITION LENGTH / WIDTH(SOLID)	5MM / 3MM
30	POCKET POSITION LENGTH / WIDTH(CHECK)	5MM / 5MM
31	NECK CIRCUMFERENCE	5MM
32	COLLAR POINT	2MM
33	COLLAR WIDTH	2MM
34	BAND WIDTH	2MM
35	EPAULET LENGTH / WIDTH	3MM /2 MM
36	SLEEVE PLACKET LENGTH / WIDTH	3MM / 1MM
37	CARE LABEL POSITION	5MM
38	FRONT PLACKET	1MM
39	MAIN LABEL	3MM

 Engr. Kh. Mashiur Rahman, Garments Auto Machine Technologist, Web: www.autogarment.com, Email: autogarments@gmail.com, Cell: +88 017 92 52 53 54