Textiles: Quality and Performance Standards

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This two-day course will give you a basic understanding of ASTM standards commonly used for testing fabrics, apparel, and household textiles. It will also give you an overview of the ASTM care labeling symbols.

This course will be tailored to meet the needs of your individual organization. Topics covered include:

• Conditioning Textiles for Testing Mechanical Test Methods
• Mechanical Test Methods
• Air Permeability
• Test Strength
• Tongue Tear
• Fabric Count of Woven Fabric
• Mass (Weight) Per Unit Area
• Ball Burst
• Breaking Strength and Elongation of Textile Fabrics
• Performance Methods
• Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven Fabric
• Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics (Rotary Perform)
• After Wash Appearance
• Surface Water Absorption of Terry Fabrics
• Care Labeling and Evaluation Practices
• Evaluation of Men's and Boys' Home Launderable Wove Shirts
• Care Symbols for Permanent Care Labels on Consumer
• Textile Products
• Development of Product
• Specifications and Product Certification Requirements

Anyone involved in the purchasing, testing, and evaluation of textile fabrics and apparel, including laboratory managers and technicians from industry or government textile testing laboratories.

• Referenced ASTM standards
• Course notes
• Certificate of Attendance with 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Test Methods

• D737 Air Permeability of Textile Fabrics 
• D1424 Tearing Strength of Fabrics by Falling-Pendulum Type (Elmendorf) Apparatus 
• D1683 Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven Fabrics 
• D1776 Conditioning Textiles for Testing Guides 
• D2261 Tearing Strength of Fabrics by the Tongue (Single Rip) Procedure 
• D3512 Random Tumble Pilling Tester Method 
• D3775 Fabric Count of Woven Fabric 
• D3776 Mass Per Unit Area (Weight) of Fabric
• D3786 Diaphragm Bursting Strength Tester Method
• D3787 Bursting Strength of Knitted Goods Ball Burst Method 
• D3884 Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics (Rotary Platform, Double-Head Method) 
• D3940 Bursting Strength and Elongation of Sewn Seams 
• D4151 Flammability of Blankets 
• D4231 Evaluation of Men's and Boy's Home Launderable Woven Dress Shirts and Sport Shirts 
• D4685 Pile Retention of Corduroy Fabrics 
• D4772 Surface Water Absorption of Terry Fabrics (Water Flow Test Method) 
• D5034 Breaking Strength and Elongation of Textile Fabrics (Grab Test) 
• D5035 Breaking Strength and Elongation of Textile Fabrics (Strip Method) 
• D5489 Care Symbols/Care Instructions on Textile Products 
• D5733 Tearing Strength of Nonwoven Fabrics by the Trapezoid Procedure Practices

Learning will be assessed through a series of question-and-answer sessions.

Ellen Roaldi is a Senior Technical Consulting Specialist in the Softlines area and has been with Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services for 23 years. In her current position, Ellen is responsible for providing support globally for client initiatives and internal operations. This includes training clients and staff in testing theory and methodology, consulting, auditing, and advising on technical information, reviewing, and authoring procedural/client manuals, interpreting test results, and serving on several industry committees.

Before this position, Ellen provided program management services for key clients and assisted the regulatory team with interpretations of federal laws. Ellen also provided technical support in the textile laboratory while working previously in operations. Before joining Bureau Veritas, Ellen worked as a Quality Engineer for Talon/Textron, and as a Systems/Quality Engineer at Carborundum.

Ellen holds a Bachelor of Science in Textiles from Philadelphia University (formerly known as the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science). She is a member of the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), ASTM International, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), and the International Bedding and Law Officials (ABFLO). Ellen also serves on the Industry Advisory Board for the Textile Program at the State University College at Buffalo.

Diana Wyman is Executive Vice President of AATCC, a professional association, education resource, and standards development organization for the textile industry. Diana has been involved in all aspects of textile testing—from managing a contract lab to developing specifications for a retail brand. She participates in the ongoing standards development process through several global organizations. Diana holds degrees in Fashion Merchandising, Textiles, and Business Administration; she is currently pursuing a PhD in Fiber and Polymer Science.

ASTM is a world leader in the development of voluntary consensus standards. The 82-volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards, available in print and online, contains over 13,000 standards written by 140 ASTM technical committees. The standards referenced in this course were developed by Committee D13 on Textiles. For information on Committee D13 go to our D13 technical committee page.

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