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(B) Objective evaluation of fabric handle
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KES equipments
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Tensile test (KES-FB1)
• Test specimens 20 cm wide and 5 cm long.
• Samples are stressed between two sets of clamps until a peak load of 10 kg is imposed on the
20 cm wide sample.
• The stress on the fabric is then gradually relieved by reversing the motion of the movable
clamps
• The parameters obtained from the tensile test are:
- EMT% - percentage tensile elongation which is the ratio of the actual extension to the original
sample length, expressed as a percentage,
- WT - tensile energy or work done in tensile deformation represented by the area under the
stress-strain curve (J/m2 ),
- RT% - tensile resilience, which is the ratio of work recovered to the work done in tensile
deformation, expressed as a percentage, 100(WT’/WT), and
- LT - A measure that defines the extent of non-linearity of the stress/strain curve. LT values below
1.0 indicate that the stress/strain curve falls below a 45 degree straight line while LT values
greater than 1.0 indicate that the stress/strain curve falls above 45-degree straight line.
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Shear test (KES-FB1)
The shear test is carried out on the same instrument used to run the tensile test (the KES Tensile and
Shear tester performs both the tensile and shear tests, one at a time).
• 20 cm x 5 cm sample
• Sample clamped horizontally.
• First rotated 10 degree to right and reversed to original.
• Secondly sheared 10 degrees to the left and reversed to original.
• The shear test therefore permits the measurement of both shear modulus and shear hysteresis
properties when the fabric is sheared in both directions.
• The physical parameters computed in the shear test are: G - shear modulus, which is the slope of the
shear curve(N/m), 2HG - hysteresis width at a shear angle of 0.5 degrees (N/m), and 2HG - hysteresis
width at a shear angle of 5 degrees (N/m).
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Shear tester
Tensile tester
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RTX100
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Bending ( KES-FB2)
KES-FB2 Bending Tester measures the force
required to bend the test fabric approximately
150°.
• B – bending rigidity per unit fabric width,
gf.cm2 / cm.
• Higher B value indicates greater stiffness /
resistance to bending motions.
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Compression (KES-FB3)
Compressional properties of a 2 cm2 area are measured with
the KES-FB3 Compression Tester at an appropriate force for
material type being tested.
• EMC – compressibility, percent comparison of initial
thickness measurement to that at maximum applied force.
A higher value indicates greater compressibility.
• RC – compressional resilience, percent recovery or regain
in thickness, when the force is removed. Higher value
indicates a greater recovery from being compressed.
• Thickness – millimeters; measured at 0.5 gf / cm2.
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SURFACE (KES-FB4)
The surface properties of friction (resistance / drag) and surface
contour (roughness) are determined using the KES-FB4 Surface Tester.
• MIU – coefficient of friction, 0 to 1 with higher value corresponding
to greater friction or resistance and drag.
• SMD – geometric roughness, micron; higher values corresponds to
geometrically rougher surface.
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