The Divisions of a Cloth Measuring Tape

The Divisions of a Cloth Measuring Tape

by | Nov 9, 2015 | QC QA

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 MM17/32”             = 13.493 MM
2/32” = 1/16”  = 1.587 MM18/32” = 9/16”            = 14.267 MM
3/32                 = 2.381 MM19/32               = 15.051 MM
4/32” = 1/8”    = 3.175 MM20/32” = 5/8”  = 15.875 MM
5/32”               = 3.968 MM21/32”             = 16.863 MM
6/32” = 3/16”  = 4.762 MM22/32” = 11/16”          = 17.462 MM
7/32”               = 5.556 MM23/32”             = 18.236 MM
8/32” = ¼”      = 6.350 MM24/32” = 3/8”  = 19.050 MM
9/32”               = 7.143 MM25/32”             = 19.843 MM
10/32” = 5/16”            = 7.937 MM26/32” = 13/16”          = 20.637 MM
11/32”             = 8.731 MM27/32”             = 21.431 MM
12/32” = 3/8    = 9.525 MM28/32” = 7/8    = 22.225 MM
13/32”             = 10.318 MM29/32”             = 23.018 MM
14/32” = 7/16”            = 11.112 MM30/32” = 15/16”          = 23.812 MM
15/32”             = 11.906 MM31/32”             = 24.606 MM
16/32”= ½’’     = 12.906 MM32/32”=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 NOMEASUREMENT POINTTOLERANCE (+ / -)
1½ CHEST1CM
2½ WAIST1CM
3½ BTM1CM
4ACROSS FRONT1CM
5SHOULDER LENGTH5MM
6ACROSS SHOULDER LENGTH1CM
7ARMHOLE DEPTH1CM
8BICEP WIDTH AROUND1CM
9LONG SLEEVE LENGTH1CM
10SHORT SLEEVE LENGTH5MM
11SHORT SLEEVE OPENING5MM
12CUFF WIDTH2MM
13CUFF LENGTH3MM
14ELBOW5MM
15CENTER FRONT LENGTH1CM
16FRONT LENGTH (H.P.S)1CM
17FRONT LENGH (NECK)1CM
18BACK LENGTH1CM
19BACK CHEST WIDTH1CM
20YOKE HEIGHT3MM
21ACROSS BACK YOKE SEAM1CM
22UNDER ARM (S/S & L/S)5MM / 1CM
23FRONT NECK DROP5MM
24BACK NECK DROP5MM
25SIDE SEAM LENGTH1CM
26SIDE SLIT LENGTH3MM
27FLAP LENGTH / WIDTH3MM / 2MM
28POCKET LENGTH / WIDTH3MM / 2MM
29POCKET POSITION LENGTH / WIDTH(SOLID)5MM / 3MM
30POCKET POSITION LENGTH / WIDTH(CHECK)5MM / 5MM
31NECK CIRCUMFERENCE5MM
32COLLAR POINT2MM
33COLLAR WIDTH2MM
34BAND WIDTH2MM
35EPAULET LENGTH / WIDTH3MM /2 MM
36SLEEVE PLACKET LENGTH / WIDTH3MM / 1MM
37CARE LABEL POSITION5MM
38FRONT PLACKET1MM
39MAIN LABEL3MM
 Engr. Kh. Mashiur Rahman, Garments Auto Machine Technologist, Web: www.autogarment.com, Email: [email protected], Cell: +88 017 92 52 53 54