Textile and Fibre Laboratory Services

Textile Testing and Expert Services Textiles. Determination of abrasion resistance of fabrics SFS EN ISO 12947-1:1998 by the Martindale method. Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus Textiles -- Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics SFS EN ISO 12947-2:1998 by the Martindale method -- Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown Textiles -- Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics SFS EN ISO 12947-3:1998 by the Martindale method -- Part 3: Determination of mass loss Textiles. Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling. SFS EN ISO 12945-2 Part 2: Modified Martindale method Textiles. Tests for colour fastness. Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing SFS EN ISO 105-X12:2016 Textiles. Tests for colour fastness. Part C06: Colour fastness to domestic SFS-EN ISO 105-C06 and commercial laundering Textiles. Tests for colour fastness. Part E04: Colour fastness to perspiration SFS-EN ISO 105-E04 Textiles. Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying SFS-EN ISO 5077

Textiles. Tensile properties of fabrics. Part 1: Determination of maximum SFS-EN ISO 13934-1 force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method

Textiles. Tear properties of fabrics. Part 1: Determination of tear force SFS-EN ISO 13937-1 using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf) Textiles. Tear properties of fabrics. Part 2: Determination of tear force SFS-EN ISO 13937-2 of trouser-shaped test specimens (Single tear method) Textiles. Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made-up textile articles. Part 1: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using the strip method SFS-EN ISO 13935-1

Additionally

UV light resistance Microscopic Studies Color change assessment Water repellency (spray test), Chroma Metric measurement Thermal Camera measurements

Expert Services

• Material identification and Testing • Fibre Studies • Reclamation studies and analyzes • Product Development

Test Devices

• Martindale • Gyrowash • Rockmeter • Wascator • Lloyd • Elmendorf • Cantilever • Spray-test • Atlas Random tumble • FTIR-spectrophotometer • Light Cabinet (day light, fluorescent light, UV) • UV Chamber (160W UVA-350) • Minolta CR-200, Chroma Meter • Arctest-500, climate chamber temperature range – 40 …+120°C, RH 10-100 % • Arctest-500, climate chamber temperature range – 20 …+150°C, RH 10-100 %