Button Ligne Calculation Procedure for Garments
How to Measure Button Ligne in Apparel Industry?
Ligne is a French word meaning "line"
and it is abbreviated with the letter L. Internationally, ligne is used to
recognize button size. Ligne is a liner unit (1/40 inch) used to measure the diameter of buttons. Usually, watchmakers, button-makers, and hat-makers use
Ligne to measure their product size.
Before calculating button line we should know following measurement:
Before calculating button line we should know following measurement:
§
1 inches = 40 ligne = 2.54 cm,
§
1 ligne = 0.635 mm
§
12 Pcs = 1 Dozen,
§
12 Dozen = 1 Gross,
§
12 Gross = 1 GG (1728 pcs).
Example-1: Figure out ligne of a button with
10mm Dia?
§ 10
/ 0.635 = 15.75 ligne or 16 L (L means ligne)
Formula: Button Dia in mm / 0.635 or 1 /
0.635 x button Dia in mm
Example-3:
Per sweater has 6 buttons, total order quantity 3456 pcs, figure out total
button quantity in GG?
Formula:
number of buttons per product X order quantity / 1728 (1 GG = 1728 pcs)
BUTTON
SIZING CHART
Relation Between Ligne, Millimeters, and Inches
SL No.
|
Ligne (L)
|
Millimeters (mm)
|
Inches
|
01
|
14
|
9.20
|
0.35
|
02
|
16
|
10.5
|
0.40
|
03
|
18
|
11.6
|
0.45
|
04
|
20
|
12.5
|
0.50
|
05
|
21
|
13.5
|
0.53
|
06
|
22
|
14.2
|
0.55
|
07
|
23
|
14.8
|
0.58
|
08
|
24
|
15.0
|
0.60
|
09
|
27
|
16.8
|
0.68
|
10
|
28
|
17.8
|
0.7
|
11
|
30
|
19.0
|
0.75
|
12
|
32
|
20.5
|
0.80
|
13
|
34
|
21.5
|
0.85
|
14
|
36
|
22.9
|
0.90
|
15
|
40
|
25.4
|
1.00
|
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