FABRIC TESTING

Sr.
No.

TEST DESCRIPTION

NAME OF THE
INSTRUMENT

SAMPLE
QUANTITY
REQUIRED

1.

Tearing strength

2 meters

2.

Thickness

3.

Air Permeability

4.

Abrasion Resistance

5.

450 Automatic
Flammability Testing

6.

Flame spread properties of

vertically oriented
specimen

Digital Elmendorf
Tearing strength
Tester
Digital Thickness
Gauge
Air permeability
Tester
Taber Model
Abrasion Tester
450 Automatic
Flammability
Tester
Autoflamm
flammability
Tester

7.

Water resistance of fabric

8.
9.

11.

12.

13.

14.
15.

Softness Testing
Liquid Moisture
Management Properties of
Textile Fabrics
Measurement of Drying
Rate of The Fabric
Thermal resistance and
water-vapour resistance of
Textile fabrics under
steady-state conditions
Weather resistance of
textiles in UV Light and
moisture exposure.
Resistance to cracking or
de-lamination of the finish
or substrate material when
subjected to repeated
flexing & crumbling.
Limiting Oxygen Index
UV Protection properties

STANDARDS

ASTM D 1424

TEST
CHARGES
(Rs.) Per
Sample Per
Standard
Method
450/-

0.5 meters

ISO 1765

200/-

1 meter

500/-

1 meter

IS:11056,
ASTM D737
ASTM D 3884

2 meter

ASTM D 1230

1400/-

2 meter

EN ISO 6940,
EN ISO 6941,
ASTM D 6413

1800/-

Rain Tester

2 meter

1000/-

Digital softness
Tester
Moisture
Management
Tester

0.5 meter

AATCC 35, ISO

22958
IUP-36

1 m or full
piece

AATCC 195

2000/-

1 m or full
piece
4 meter

IN HOUSE

2000/-

ISO
11092,
ASTM D 1518

5000/-

Drying Rate
Tester
Sweating guarded
hot plate
Ultra violet
condensation test
apparatus

0.5 meter

750/-

200/-

AATCC 186,
ASTM G 154
ISO

4000/- per
100 hour

1 meter

UNI EN
7854

700/-

1 meter

ISO 4589

1200/-

AATCC TM

1000/-

Flex Tester

Limiting Oxygen
Index Tester
UV Labsphere

0.5 meter

of fabric under
UV Spectrum.

2000 F

Water vapour permeability

Water vapour
transmission rate
Tester

16.

17.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

28.

q-max ( Warm/ Cool

feeling)
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Insulation
Relative resistance or
susceptibility of a material
surface to scratching,
engraving etc.
Toxicity index of different
gases produced by textiles,
composite materials during
combustion
coefficient of Friction,
Yarn to Yarn OR yarn to
solid

Measurement of
tensile strength of yarn

Measurement of
tensile strength of
fabric(strip and grab
method)
Carpet tuft withdrawal
force
Fabric Co- efficient of

1m

IN HOUSE

1m

NCD1409 / IN
HOUSE

1500/- per
gas

Toxicity Tester

Friction meter

Electro-spinning
equipment

1500/-

1000/1000/1000/500/Analysis
Cost As
Applicable

Taber Model
Scratch Tester

For preparation of nanofibres

Measurement of
tensile strength of fiber

IN HOUSE

Thermolabo-II

Atomic Force
Microscopy

1m

EDANA,
INDA/MOCON

1 m each

Analysis of physical
surface characteristics

Evaluation of flex, edge

and abrasion resistance or
wear resistance
Resistance of fabrics
to water penetration
under pressure
measurement of pore
size

1832000

Universal wear
tester
Hydrostatic Head
Tester

Universal strength
tester

1 bobbin of
yarn

0.5 m
As per the
customer
requirement
1 m or more
1.5 m or
more

Fiber=50gm

ASTM D3108,
ASTM D3412

750/-

By Atomic
Force
Microscopy
-

2500/-

ASTMD3514
ASTM D3885
ISO 811,
AATCC 127

For each 5
ml sample
3000/1000/1000/- per
standard

BS 3321

1000/-

ASTM D 3882,
ASTM D 1294

500/-

Yarn=10
bobbins,

EN ISO 2062,
ASTM D 2256

500/-

Fabric=1met
er

IS 1969, ASTM
D 5034

500/-

Carpet=1/2
meter
Fabric=1met

ASTM D 1335,
IS 5884
IN
HOUSE

600/600/-

friction measurement
Measurement of 3
point bending
(Flexural) of
composites/ sheeting
material

Compression testing

Evenness testing

Evenness of Yarn with

Imperfections and
hairiness
Day light
Light (Xenon arc
lamp) Up to Blue Wool
Standard 4
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 5
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 6
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 7
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 8
Light (Xenon arc
lamp)
Up to 20 AFU
Up to 40AFU
Up to 80 AFU
Up to 160 AFU
Every Additional 10
hours or part thereof
Light fastness to
artificial weathering
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 4
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 5
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 6
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 7
Up to Blue Wool
Standard 8

35.

37.

Uster UT-5

er
1meter

METHOD
IN
HOUSE
METHOD

1meter

IN
HOUSE
METHOD
ASTM D-1425,
ISO 16549

yarn=5
bobbin ,
sliver/roovin
g=250 meter

0.5 meter

800/-

800/500/-

1000/-

ISO 105 B01

ISO 105-B02,
IS 2454

500/600/-

800/1500/2700/6000/AATCC 16
Q-sun

800/-

1600/3200/6000/700/0.5 meter

ISO 105 B04,

B10, IS 6152

800/-

1200/2000/3800/7000/-