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IS10971 – 1984 Pilling Tester Machine , Textile Testing Equipment Physical Test Instruments
Product introduction
It is a fabric surface fault characterized by little pills of
entangled fibres clinging to the surface. These are formed during
wearing or washing by the entanglement of the loose fibres which
protrude from the fabric surface and development of these into
spherical bundles anchored to the fabric by a few unbroken fibres.
These give a very unsightly look to the garments.
To determine the tendency to form pills, test specimens taken from
the fabric sample are rubbed against each other under controlled
conditions and the appearance of the test specimen after rubbing
for the specified period is compared against standard rating
photographs for grading the fabric.
Related standard
IS : 10971 – 1984 : Method for Determination of Pilling Resistance
of fabrics.
What is a pilling test?
A pilling test will measure and determine how resistant fabrics are to pilling or fuzzing. It's the same machine as the Martindale abrasion test but instead of the test fabric being rubbed against a standard abradant, the test fabric is rubbed against another piece of the same fabric.