Carpet Wear Testing and Evaluation
The certified carpet inspector, experts from the Weinheimer Group are often called upon for carpet wear testing and to evaluate wear on installed carpet install......
11-08
CARPET SPECIFICATION GUIDELINE FOR BROADLOOM AND MODULAR TILE
Product Sustainability and Environmental Requirements. To achieve superior performance in multiple environmental attribute areas,carpet must have third party ce......
11-08
Effective Water Vapour Permeability of Wet Wool Fabric and Blended Fabrics
The water vapour permeability of fabrics is one of the most important factors determining wearer comfort. Contrary to commonly accepted theories, outerwear is o......
11-14
Hydrostatic Head and Breathability test
The hydrostatic head indicates the waterproofness of a fabric/garment. It is measured in millimeters and indicates the pressure of water required to penetrate t......
11-14
Waterproof vs Water Resistant What's The Difference
There are few things more frustrating than arriving somewhere and realizing your gear is soaked through. That’s why choosing the right bag is super important. B......
11-22
Test Method of Specified Requirements of Water Repellency Textiles
Water repellent fabrics are processed with water repellent additives, so that water droplets form on the surface but do not penetrate the fabric, a phenomenon k......
11-22
Spherical abrasion test method
The spherical abrasion test method has beeen introduced as Calowear? respectively Calotest (R) Tester by CSM Instruments SA [11] as an instrument for a simple i......
11-28
Continuous abrasion test & dry-sand wheel test
Rotation speed and normal load are kept constant (for Procedure A at 200 min-1 and 130 N respectively) over a sliding distance of 4309 m. Ottawa silica sand at ......
11-28
FLAMMABILITY TESTING OF REFRIGERANT BLENDS
Improving efficiency, lowering ozone depletion (ODP),lowering contribution to global warming (GWP) are the driving forces behind new chemicals and new formulati......
12-06
FLAMMABILITY TESTS FOR ASSESSING CARPET PERFORMANCE
The potential of building materials to contribute to fire growth and spread has lead to extensive regulatory control. Various and numerous small-scale tests are......
12-06
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESISTANCE TO WEAR IN THE CHOICE OF FABRICS FOR PROTECTIVE GARMENTS
The increasing production of protective equipment that requires increased security for work in harsh operating conditions has led to the development of the fabr......
12-13
Evaluation of Floorcovering Abrasion Resistance by Means of Image Processing Technique
Physical properties of textiles in all possible forms are a very important issue in production and trade....
12-13
UL 94V Flammability test
These requirements cover tests for flammability of polymeric materials used for parts in devices and appliances. They are intended to serve as a preliminary ind......
12-20
Respiratory resistance measured by an airflow perturbation device
Respiratory resistance is a measurement of clinical and physiological interest. Increased resistance is clinically related to an assortment of respiratory disea......
12-28
What are the Factors that affect color fastness?
Color fastness is a term used in the textile industry to describe the resistance of a fabric against color fading or color transfer. ...
12-28
Glow wire test apparatus Test methods-IEC 60695-2
The glow wire test to IEC 60695-2, EN 60695-2, VDE 0471-2 The glow wire test to IEC 60695-2-11 is used to test electrical products, assemblies or individual com......
01-10
GLOW-WIRE TEST
The test procedure is used to examine the fire resisting properties of products if, during the application or in the case of a fault, heated or glowing parts co......
01-10