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Showing posts with label textile testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label textile testing. Show all posts
Sunday, 12 May 2019

What causes Pilling in the Fabrics

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Pilling is characterized by little balls of fibers attached on the fabric surface. These are entangled in nature and do not look good on th...
Saturday, 5 January 2019

About Tearing Strength of Fabrics

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Tear strength is more important in the assessment of "serviceability" of the fabric. In order to tear a cloth, the threads are br...
Thursday, 15 November 2018

Can Wet Rubbing Fastness Greater than Dry Rubbing Fastness

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Usually, Wet rubbing fastness ratings are lower than those of dry rubbing. However, there may be cases when it is reversed. As per Texanlab...
Sunday, 23 March 2014

Technical Specifications of a Polyester Crepe Saree

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A typical polyester crepe sari has  the warp and weft of 100% polyester of 75 denier, the TPM of warp and weft is 1800 S&Z alternate. N...
Monday, 1 October 2012

What is FPT ( Fabric Package/Performance Test) and GPT ( Garment Package/Performance Test)

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GPT- Garment Package/Performance Test This test is done to analyze the performance of a garment after washing by the custom...
Thursday, 8 March 2012

Textile Testing without instruments

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The tests as given below can be used to arrive at a preliminary conclusion. Definitive conclusions must be drawn by the standard test metho...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Textile Testing Videos

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Here are some of the videos on Testing of various textile properties. Please click the grey rectangle at the bottom of the video ( on right...
Sunday, 22 January 2012

How to instantly determine reed and picks per inch

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When checking the fabrics like cotton sheeting, poplin, cambric, voile, lining and mull, it is often required that the reed and picks pe...
Saturday, 21 May 2011

Some Selected Notes on Textiles: Part -5

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Flammability Test This is important for nightwear as they are finer and thinner than regular wear and are more prone to flammability than ...
Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Some Selected Notes on Textiles- Part 4

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- Colorfastness to Light: In this the samples is exposed to a light source along with blue wool sample. The fading is observed and the rat...
Sunday, 15 May 2011

Some Selected Notes on Textiles- Part 3

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- Color Fastness to Rubbing – There are two types of it, dry and wet. Dry rubbing is important for the materials like sofa covers where a p...
Sunday, 15 August 2010

How to Use Pick Glass

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Pick Glass is used to determine the reed and pick in woven fabric. Reed is actually number of ends or number of warp threads per inch and by...
Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Textile Testing for a Home Linen Product

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Textile Testing is not something that is to be done on a finished product alone. There is a need to measure the effectiveness of each proces...
Sunday, 21 June 2009

The Measures of Fiber Length

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The Measures of Fiber Length 1. Mean Length : Numerical Average length of fibres of given population of fibre. 2. Upper Quartile : Length...

How to Determine the Color Fastness of Textile material to Dry Cleaning

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How to Determine the Color Fastness of Textile material to Dry Cleaning Technical Specifications : Apparatus: 1.To determine colorfastness t...
Friday, 19 June 2009

How to Perform Test for Color Fastness to Rubbing

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How to Perform Test for Color Fastness to Rubbing Select a sample that is a representative of the lot. Technical Specifications: Apparatus :...
Wednesday, 10 June 2009

How to determine Seam Strength

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Seam strength is the strength of seam assembly in a garment. It is a function of the strength of the thread used for the seam, type of s...
Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Flex Abrasion Resistance- Determination

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Method for determination of Flex abrasion resistance: 1. Cut five test specimens each 200mm. long and of 32 or 38mm width depending upon w...
Sunday, 31 May 2009

Determination of Abrasion Resistance of Fabric

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Determination of Abrasion Resistance of Fabrics Plain Abrasion Resistance Apparatus - Universal Wear Tester Prior to test, the fabric shoul...
Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Chemical Solubility Test for fiber identification

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Please see here for Chemical solubility test for fiber idenfication.