Drop Wires
Mahaveer Brand Drop Wire are manufactured by using high quality INOX 420 Grade strips. The edges are carefully rounded, deburred and highly polished. We have large variety of Drop Wires suitable for all types of Wrap Stop Motions and AUTO DRAWING M/C i.e STAUBLE, GROZ BECKERT, USTER, BARBER and COLMAN, VEGA.
Our Drop Wires are suitable for different types of Fabrics (O Twist Yarn, Silk, Bolting Cloth, Polyester, Woolen, Cotton and Course industrial Fabrics).
Drop Wire Eye shape available like ‘O,D,U and OVAL’.
- Length 120mm – 180mm
- Thickness 0.2mm
- Width 7mm – 16mm

USE OF DROP WIRES (Grams)
TEX | Metr Count (Nm) | Denier (Td) | Eng Count (Neb) | Weight (grms) |
9 | 111 | 80 | 66 | 1 |
9 – 14 | 111 – 71 | 80 – 125 | 66 – 42 | 1 – 1.5 |
14 – 20 | 71 – 50 | 125 – 180 | 42 – 30 | 1.5 – 2 |
20 – 25 | 50 – 40 | 180 – 225 | 30 – 24 | 2 – 2.5 |
25 – 32 | 40 – 31 | 225 – 290 | 24 – 18 | 2.5 – 3 |
32 – 58 | 31 – 17 | 290 – 860 | 10 – 6 | 3 – 4 |
58 – 96 | 17 – 10 | 520 – 860 | 10 – 6 | 4 – 6 |
96 – 136 | 10 – 7 | 860 | 6 – 4 | 6 – 10 |
136 – 176 | 7 – 6 | 4 – 3 | 10 – 14 | |
176 | 6 | 3 | 14 – 14.75 |
DROP WIRE DENSITY
Thickness (mm) |
Density (psc/cms) |
Density Pcs/ Inch |
0.20 |
20 |
50 |
0.30 |
14 |
36 |
0.40 |
10 |
26 |
0.50 |
7 |
18 |
0.60 |
5 |
13 |
0.70 |
4 |
10 |
0.80 |
3 |
8 |
1.00 |
2 |
5 |
Recommended weight and thickness of the drop wire are informative. It depends on the nature of the woven material, setting and the density of the wrap in the weaving. In shuttless weaving machine the weight of the drop wire should be 30% to 40% more.
WEIGHT OF DROP WIRES (Grams)
CLOSED DROP WIRES (ECR, ECU, ECI) |
OPEN DROP WIRES (EOI) |
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Length/ Thickness (mm) |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
140×7 |
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140×8 |
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145×7 |
0.9 |
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145×8 |
1.1 |
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145×11 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
5.9 |
7.9 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
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156×11 |
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165×8 |
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165×11 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
4.4 |
5.5 |
6.6 |
8.8 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
5.9 |
7.9 |
180×11 |
2.5 |
3.7 |
4.9 |
6.1 |
7.3 |
9.7 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
4.5 |
5.6 |
6.8 |
9.4 |

