Nonwoven Fabric Testing

In textile manufacturing industry, nonwoven fabric is a widely used fabric-like material. Unlike other conventional fabric, production of nonwoven doesn't need woven or knitted. It is made from short fiber and long fiber bonded together, by mechanical, thermal or chemical method. Since nonwoven fabric is able to be made from different type of fibers, it is possible and convenient to design nonwoven fabric for various properties and applications. The features of nonwoven fabric include versatility, good strength and durability, breathability, coat-effectiveness and customizability. There are wide-range applications of nonwoven fabric in various industries, including medical, geotextiles, automotive, filtration, packaging, and home furnishings.

Nonwoven fabric testing of physical and mechanical properties are essential to determining their end-use applications. STEMart provides comprehensive nonwoven fabric testing services to provide inspection reports that meet relevant regulations and international standards, thus proving the quality and safety of nonwoven fabric products.

Test Samples

• Medical and sanitary nonwovens: Surgical clothing, protective clothing, disinfection cloth, mask, wiping cloth, and disposable sanitary cloth, etc.
• Non-woven fabrics for home decoration: Wall cloths, tablecloths, bed sheets, bedspreads, etc.
• Non-woven fabrics for clothing: Lining, adhesive lining, floc, all kinds of synthetic leather bottom cloth, etc.
• Industrial nonwovens: Reinforced materials, polishing materials, filter materials, insulating materials, cement bags, geotextiles, coated fabrics, etc.
• Agricultural nonwovens: Crop protection cloth, seedling raising cloth, irrigation cloth, thermal insulation curtain and so on.
• Other non-woven fabrics: space cotton, heat preservation and sound insulation materials, tea bags, shoes, etc.

Test Items

• Appearance quality testing
• Ingredient testing
  • Formaldehyde testing
  • Azo test
  • Heavy metal testing
  • Microbial testing
• Physical and chemical performance testing
  • Absorption performance testing
  • pH value testing
  • Flame retardant testing
  • Breathability
  • Moisture permeability
  • Combustion performance
  • Waterproof performance (hydrostatic pressure, splashing water, rain)
  • Static electricity test
• Mechanical performance testing
  • Tensile breaking strength
  • Breaking strength testing
  • Mechanical penetration resistance testing
• Color fastness testing
  • Color fastness to washing
  • Rubbing color fastness (dry, wet)
  • Color fastness to water
  • Color fastness to saliva
  • Color fastness to light
  • Color fastness to dry cleaning
  • Color fastness to perspiration
  • Color fastness to dry heat
  • Color fastness to hot pressing
  • Chlorine water fastness
  • Color fastness to washing
  • Color fastness to chlorine bleaching

For more information about our nonwoven fabric testing services, please contact us.