Carpet & Textile Testing I Lab

List of Experiments / Activities

1. 1Measurement of Relative humidity of the testing laboratory.
2. 2Determination of count of a given yarn/sliver/roving in different counting system.
3. 3To study the principle of measurement of fibre length of cotton by means of Digital Fibrograph and determine:- a. 2.5 % Span Length b. 50 % Span Length c. Uniformity.
4. 4Measurement of fibre length of wool fibre by means of W.I.R.A FDA.
5. 5Determination of fineness of wool fibre by WIRA tester.
6. 6Determination of fineness and maturity of Cotton fibre.
7. 7Determination of % medullation of wool fibre using projection microscope.
8. 8Determination of twist in single and folded yarn and to determine twist factor used in spinning the yarn.
9. 9Measurement of pile height of carpet using leaf gauge.
10. 10Determination of thickness of carpet using portable thickness gauge.
11. 11Determination of tuft withdrawal force using tuft withdrawal tensometer.
12. 12Determination of surface flammability of carpet by 16 CFR 1630/1631 method.
13. 13Determination of flammability of carpet by BS 4790 method.
14. NOTE: Experiments shall be decided on factors like: • Facilities installed at Institute. • Accessibility to Industry & nearby Institutes. • Trend of Technological Developments in National & International perspective.