Flammablity Test Flammability It is the ability to burn or ignite any substance by means of fire or any kind of combustion. Various test procedures exist to determine the flammability. In domestic sphere many serious and tragic accidents are the results of clothing catching fire.Flameproof fabrics are absolutely necessary for protective clothing in many industrial processes […]
Yarn Engineering
Fabric Width and Thickness Test
Fabric Width and Thickness Test Textile Testing : Main steps for textile testing : Checking raw materials Monitoring production Assessing the final product Investigation of faulty material Product development and research Different fabric tests : Dimensional Characteristics – A) Length, B) Width, C) Thickness Threads/Inch – EPI, PPI, CPI, WPI Count- Warp & Weft […]
Martindale Pilling And Abrasion Test
Martindale Pilling And Abrasion Test Abrasion : Abrasion is one aspect of wear and is the rubbing away of the component fibers and yarns of the fabric. Abrasion may be classified as follows- Plane or flat abrasion-A flat area of material is abraded. Edge abrasion-This kind of abrasion occurs at collars and folds. Flex […]
Fabric Thread Density Testing
Fabric Thread Density Testing For Woven Fabric: Picks per inch : The number of weft thread per inch is called picks per inch. Ends per inch : The number of warp thread per inch is called ends per inch. For Knitted Fabric: Courses per cm : Course is a row of loops across the […]
Fabric Tensile Strength Test | Strip Strength Test | Grab strength test | Tearing strength test | Elmendorf Tear Test | Bursting strength
Fabric Tensile Strength Test Methods Tensile Strength Testing: This is referred to as a strength test where the load is applied along the direction of the test sample. Tensile strength test of fabric is divided into two groups- Strip test Grab test. Strip Strength Test: Five fabric samples are extended in a direction parallel to […]
Clothing Made From Pinapple Fibre Called Pina
Clothing Made From Pinapple Fibre Called Pina Pineapple is a fruit which is known to all. We think that only fruit is useful and other parts of the fruit are garbage. What we think is wrong. We can produce fiber from pineapple leaf which is known as pina fiber and is natural fiber also. […]
Air Permeability Test by Shirley Air Permeability Apparatus
Air Permeability Test by Shirley Air Permeability Apparatus Air permeability: The air permeability of a fabric is the volume of air measured in cubic centimeters passed per second through 1 cm2 of the fabric at a pressure of 1 cm of water. Air resistance: The air resistance of a fabric is the time […]
Drawing Of Synthetic Fibres
Drawing Of Synthetic Fibres Introduction: With the exception of silk , all the filaments are manufactured from man-made materials . silk is a natural filament. The man-made materials are primarily made from chemicals that must be formed and solidified into fibre form. The fibre forming polymers are normally solids and therefore must be first […]
Fabric Weight Calculation in GSM
Fabric Weight Calculation in GSM (Woven Fabric) GSM calculation of fabric Fabric is the basic raw material to produce any particular garments . Before going to bulk production , it is quite essential to know and test the GSM of the supplied fabric by the supplier. This GSM can directly be got through […]
Systems of Yarn Count Measurement
Systems of Yarn Count Measurement What is count/yarn count ? Count or yarn count is a numerical expression which indicates the coarseness or fineness of a yarn. In other words, yarn count is a number indicating the mass per unit lengh or the length per unit mass of the yarn. There are mainly two systems […]