The Dame S

The Dame S. Hamby Physical Testing Laboratory offers services that encompass a wide variety of standard fiber, yarn and fabric tests. These tests are performed by qualified technicians in the Extension and Applied Research Department.

Provides distributions of basic fiber parameters: Neps, Length, Diameter

Uster Eveness Tester III

Mass Variation, Count, Imperfections, Hairiness

Uster HVI

High Volume Instrument

Cotton Length, Length Uniformity, Strength, Elongation, Color, Trash, Micronaire

Uster Tensorapid III

CRE tester for yarns

Force range up to 500 Newtons

U.S. Testing Twist Tester

Twist per inch of yarn

Uster MTM

Microdust and Trash Monitor

Checks trash, Fiber fragments, Microdust in raw material or processed sliver

Vibromat ME

Individual fiber fineness by resonance frequency measurements

Peyer FL101/AL101

Length properties of textile fiber samples up to 5 inches

Nu-Martindale Abrasion Tester

Martindale Abrasion Method

Stoll-Flex Abrasion Tester

Flex and Abrasion Method

Taber Abrasion Tester

Rotary Platform Method

Wyzenbeck Abrasion Tester

Oscillatory Cylinder Method

Frazier Air Permeability

Calibrataed Orifice Method

Baush & Lomb Monozoom-7Monitor

Video Printer

Magnifications from 5X to 500X

Nikon Polarized Light Microscope

Fiber identification by birefringence measurement

Denver Moisture Analyzer Model IR-100

Atlas Random Tumble Pilling Tester

Pilling Tester

Atlas Bean Bag Snag Tester

Snag Tester

Mace Snag Tester

J.A. King Stiffness Tester

Circular Bend Procedure

Elmendorf Tear Tester

Falling Pendulum Method

Instron Universal Testing Machine

CRE-type tester for tensile, tear strength, and compression .

Measurements up to 1,000 lbs

MTS Sintech Universal Testing Machine

CRE-type tester

Measurements up to 1000 lbs

Mullen Burst Tester

Diaphragm Burst Strength Method

Scott Tester

CRE-type and Ball Burst Strength Methods

Thwing-Albert Thickness Tester Model II

Multiscale ILE-90

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