Fibre Testing – BTRA

The Bombay Textile
Research Association

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Ministry of Textiles

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Fibre Testing

Fibre Testing
Moisture Content by Oven Drying
Trash Content in Cotton Shirley Analyser or Trash Separator
Fibre Maturity by Caustic Soda Method
AFIS Test (For Neps, Short Fibre %, etc.)
High Volume Instrument (HVI) Test
Mean Length and Distribution by Single Fibre Measurement (BISFA) [ISO:6989] cut length
Fibre Length of fibre removed from yarn
Staple Length by Comb Sorter – Array Method: Manmade fibres
Breaking Strength and Elongation at Break (Single Fibre) (Conditioned or Wet)
Tenacity and Extension at Break (Single Fibre) (Conditioned or Wet) (Includes Charges for Denier)
Arcs per Centimetre
Fibre Hollowness [by SEM]
Denier of fibre
Shrinkage in Boiling Water
Shrinkage in Hot Air
Percent Over length Fibre
Presence of Undrawn Fibres [by SEM]
Fibre Diameter / Linear Density (Projection Microscope) per fibre type
Presence of Undrawn Fibres Breaking Strength and Elongation at Break (Single Fibre) (Conditioned or Wet) [ISO:5079], [ASTM D:1577]