The textile laboratory offers pilot-scale yarn spinning and retreading (minimum amount of 20 g of fiber raw material). The manufactured yarn can be knitted with a single-feed circular knitting machine. The textile laboratory also offers applied and multidisciplinary product development services, where the equipment and know-how of all TAMK laboratories can be utilized. In addition, consultation, customized training and preparation of quality manuals are available.
The textile laboratory's testing possibilities include, among others:
- Abrasion resistance and pilling
- Colour fastness properties, also colour fastness to light and weathering
- Strength properties, e.g. tensile strength and tearing strength
- Fire resistance
- Hydrostatic pressure resistance
- Standard washes
- Air permeability
- Applied identification of materials
The textile laboratory has, among other things, the following testing equipment:
- Martindale (James Heal), abrasion resistance and pilling
- CRE machine (Testometric 5 kN), breaking force, tearing force, seam slippage, seam breaking force, yarn breaking force
- Gyrowash (James Heal), colour fastness to laundering
- Elmendorf (James Heal 64 N), tear force
- Spray (James Heal), water repellency
- Hydrostatic pressure (Textest 20m), resistance to water penetration
- Air permeability (Textest)
- Fire properties of textiles, e.g. protective clothing, other clothing materials, decoration materials (SDL)
- Color fastness and weather fastness tester (James Heal)
- Crockmeter (James Heal), colour fastness to rubbing
- Wrinkle tester (James Heal)
- Water vapor permeability testing device, "breathability"
- Light cabinet (Verivide), colour change assessment cabinet
- Climate chamber (Espec), temperature and humidity testing
- Favigraph (Textechno), fiber strength
- In addition:
- Standard (ISO 6330) washing machine and tumble dryer (Electrolux)
- Standard atmosphere conditions (ISO 139)
Textile laboratory brochure (only in Finnish)
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Are you interested in TAMK's textile laboratory services? Contact us for more information!
Maria Änkö, laboratory engineer | maria.anko@tuni.fi
Tiina Ylinen, project engineer | tiina.ylinen@tuni.fi
