Fabric Tester is used for viscose fabric, dacron fabric, calico fabric, fashion fabrics, jacquard fabric for laboratory tests to check major cost component of any garment attains high importance in regard to its testing on various quality parameters. This tester cover nearly all the major properties in this section. This tester also used to check surface-to-air tearing strength of textiles as well as for calculating dimensional changes in the fabric after dry cleaning so it is demanded in a large number in garments industry.
Types of Fabric Tester :
All types of fabric tester is given below with a diagram –
Crockmeter is a scientific equipment used in textile mills, generally use for meter test and textile testing of the transference of color from the surface of one material to another by either wet or dry rubbing. This scientific equipment apply a certain pressure on the specimen and do the repeating rubbing testing after set times in a specified stroke after that compared the white rubbing clothing with the color fastness staining grey scales for accessing the decoration grade to provide the underlie for improving textile dyeing. It is category of Laboratory Equipments
Function of Crock Meter for Meter Test:
For determining the colour fastness of textiles in textile mills for wet rubbing which ensure accurate meter test and this test equipment is a laboratory instrument used in textile factories
Specifications of Crock Meter which is used as Laboratory Equipment:
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Product Category
Meter
Machine Category
Crockmeter
Product Name
Testing Machine( dyeing and printing)
Product Model
Manufacturer of laboratory equipments
Product Class
New
Origin
Europe/China/Others
Brand/Manufacturer
Made in China
Agent In Bangladesh
Yes
Power
AC 220V 3A
Certification
SGS/Others
Production Capacity
1 pcs/time
Testing Speed
60r/min
Dimension of Rubbing Head
16mm
Reciprocate Stroke
Straight line 104mm
Dimension(WxDxH)
28x61x30cm
Weight
18KG
Wide Cap Frame
75 x 360
Semi Wide Cap Frame
83 x 180
Tubular Frame
550 x 595
Description
Used for Crockmeter /Color Fastness to Rubbing Testing Machine, Use to do the colour fastness testing by this laboratory equipment
Features of Crock Meter working as Test Equipment:
Crockmeter is a laboratory equipment which has a counter,
Excellent Service in textile mills / textile factories
Crockmeter is a scientific equipment which has an operating handle,
Manually changeable the voltage,
Provided crocking finger by this test equipment
The professionals ensure measurement with this test equipment.
Crocking Test:
This test verifies the color bleeding property of garment. The instrument called CROCK METER. This process done in two types: (1) DRY CROCKING (2) WET CROCKING. Acceptable standard varies from buyer to buyer but best standard is
Crocking Procedure:
For dry process, place the swatch of testing material under plate of crock meter. With crock meter cloth, 10 cycle of rubbing will be done on testing material. Shade effect will come on crock meter cloth, then measure it with gray scale and allocate the rating. In wet process, everything remains same except that crock meter cloth is wet with one drop of distil water.
Working Procedure of Crock Meter for Textile testing:
The crockmeter is a scientific equipment made for textile factories to rigid flat metal where the test specimen can held firmly. As a result abrading finger rubs against it.
Crock Meter
Generally the platform is fixed on the base of the scientific equipment which lies in a horizontal plane and it abrading fabric picks up color is lost when the test specimen during rubbing. The arm is moved by a manually operated crank and connecting line
[1] Obaidur Rahman, BSc in Textile Engineering, Bangabandhu Textile Engineering College
