Fabric stiffness testing by cantilever type tester l Testing of flexural rigidity of fabric

FABRIC STIFFNESS: The ability to resist the bending of fabric is called fabric stiffness. FLEXURAL RIGIDITY OF THE FABRIC: It is a measure of the resistance of a fabric to bending by external forces. APPARATUS USED: 1 - Fabric stiffness tester ( cantilever type) 2 - Scissor 3 - Measuring scale ( made of steel) 4 - fabric 5 - weighing scale ( three decimal digits) SPECIMEN PREPARATION: 4 testing specimens are prepared from each direction ( warp and weft). The specimen size is kept 6" length & 1" width. The specimens are prepared by cutting the fabric with the help of a scissor. Please see the below picture to learn about specimen preparation: TESTING PROCEDURE: The full testing procedure gets completed in the below steps: Each specimen is placed on a smooth platform. This platform has a low frictional coefficient. The edge of the specimen to getting bend during the test is placed just over the edge of the platform where the sliding plate gets started. You can refer to the below figure of cantilever type stiffness tester: For more details please click on the below link: https://www.textileadvisor.com/2020/0...