A method of determining an amount of fiber loss or fiber shedding from a fabric material after washing of the fabric material includes providing a sample of the fabric material within a container, adding water into the container to facilitate contact of the water with a surface of the sample, agitating the water within the container for a predetermined period of time so as to cause fibers to be released from the fabric material and entrained in the water, after agitating, transferring the water with entrained fibers from the container into a fiber collection system to obtain captured fibers, and analyzing the captured fibers to determine a degree of fibers shed from the fabric material. A method of determining a quality of fiber material based upon fiber shedding from the material is also described.

The present invention provides a method for evaluating comfort evoking performance of sheets, with which whether or not a sheet has an ability to evoke comfort as a result of the sheet being touched, or a level of the ability is evaluated. The method includes the following steps (A) to (D): (A) bringing a test sheet, which is an evaluation target, into contact with the skin or hairs of an animal and applying a tactile stimulation to the animal; (B) extracting a biological sample from the animal after the tactile stimulation has been applied; (C) measuring an amount of oxytocin in the biological sample; and (D) comparing the amount of oxytocin measured with an amount of oxytocin in a biological sample extracted from the animal under a condition where there is no effect of the tactile stimulation.

The present invention relates to polypropylene non-woven fabric having excellent loft property, a method for preparing polypropylene non-woven fabric having excellent loft property, and a method for evaluating the properties of the polypropylene resin.

An automatic wetting apparatus includes a frame, and a wetting device, an air blowing device, a driving device and a station turntable. The frame is provided with a loading station, an wetting station, a unloading station and an air blowing station, the driving device includes an output end connected with the station turntable, the wetting device is cooperated with the wetting station, the air blowing device is cooperated with the air blowing station, the station turntable is provided with a support unit, the support unit is provided with a through hole, and the support unit is selectively rotatable to align with the loading station, the wetting station, the unloading station or the air blowing station, under an action of the driving device. The processes for loading, wetting and unloading are coherent, and the wetting accuracy and the wetting efficiency are high.

A method for inspecting work coats by x-raying, in which the x-ray radiation is shielded or reduced by x-raying in a chamber or spatially sufficiently remote from the persons so that the persons are not exposed to impermissibly high levels of radiation, for use in freeing used textile articles such as work coats from foreign bodies before being treated in laundries, which has previously been done manually, which is time-consuming and in itself entails a risk of injury to the persons freeing the work coats from foreign bodies.

Compound detection or testing apparatus includes a microwave power supply, an antenna electrically coupled to the microwave power supply, the antenna adapted to emit energy during use of the apparatus, the antenna further adapted to receive an unabsorbed energy from the material and generate a signal defining the unabsorbed energy, a processing components configured to process the signal and determine a concentration of the compound on/in the fabric material and a reporting member coupled to each of the power supply and the processing member the reporting component configured to communicate the concentration of the compound on/in the fabric material. The apparatus may be configured as a hand-held sensor.

The present disclosure relates to a device to be used with materials testing of fabrics, wherein the materials testing apparatus includes grips with opposing jaw faces. A wedge is provided which is mounted on a bracket which is attached to the grip. The wedge is used to increase surface area of the material against the jaw faces of the grips, which increases the ability of the grips to hold onto the sample/specimen/material during test. The wedge can slide in the bracket or the wedge mount can slide in the bracket to allow it to self-center itself in the grip body.

A temperature and humidity chamber type apparatus for taking potential impact marks according to an embodiment includes: a specimen treated with an amino acid reaction reagent to react with potential impact marks to take the potential impact marks; a chamber in which a receiving space for receiving the specimen is secured; a door for opening and closing the chamber; a supporter formed in the receiving space to receive the specimen; an adjuster for adjusting temperature and humidity in the chamber within a set application time range to take the potential impact marks; a display unit attached to one side of the outside of the chamber to display an operation state in the chamber; a power source; a controller for controlling setting of temperature, humidity, and an application time in the chamber; and an input unit in which the controller operates according to a user's input.

A non-woven fiber article for use in a food, medical, or pharmaceutical production environment including a melt-spun polymer fiber is provided having a cross-section and a length and a detectable particulate present in an amount of 20 to 80 weight percent loadings of metal or 10 to 80 weight percent loadings of radiopaque particles to render the polymer fiber detectable by magnetic or X-ray detection, alone or in combination with a secondary functional particulate distributed with the polymer fiber to render the polymer fiber chemically responsive to a chemical reactant, change in pH or temperature. The detectable particulate and the secondary functional particulate are each independently present in a core, a sheath, or both portions of polymer matrix. A process of detecting a fabric made from such a fiber. The fabric article passes through detector. A signal is collected from the detector indicative of the presence of the fabric article.

Fiber emitters, such as carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns, are used to create infrared (IR) transmitters that can operate at high data rates, can shift spectral response, and can emit polarized light, for example by alignment of the fiber emitters in close proximity and in parallel directions. These fiber emitters can, for example, be used in patches that can be bonded to fabric or to an object, or can be woven into fabric during fabrication of a textile. The fiber emitters can be used in a variety of methods, including for friend or foe identification, communications, and identification of objects.