Fabric Performance Tests


  • Air permeability
  • Abrasion Resistance
  • Accelerator/flex/Taber/ Martindale/Stoll/Stroll/Wyzenbeek
  • Blocking, Breaking strength, Bursting strength
  • Chlorine retention, Cold crack
  • Crease recovery (Angle method), dry or wet
  • Delamination of coating, Downproofness
  • Fabric Wrinkle Recovery
  • Microbiological resistance
  • Modulus (BSI)
  • Mothproofing Resistance (IWS)
  • Oil stain release, pH Value of Water Extract
  • Pilling resistance - Tumble Box, Random
  • tumble, Martindale or Brush

  • "R" / "Clo" value
  • Electrical Resistivity
  • Seam Slippage
  • Shrinkage on laundering,Domestic/Commercial
  • P.P. Rating
  • Shrinkage on wetting/steaming/dry cleaning
  • Snagging resistance, Static cling, Static decay
  • Stiffness (cantilever test)
  • Water absorption, Water permeability (k)
  • Water resistance
  • Water vapour transmission and Diffusion
  • Yarn shifting
  • Stretch and Recovery
  • Tearing strength - Elmendorf/Single rip or Trapezoid