Rubbing Fastness Textile Testing Equipment , AATCC Manual Crockmeter Fabric Colorfastness

Description:

One of the testing for determination of color fastness of dyed or printed textiles or leather is the crocking test. This test is used for the determination of color fastness against rubbing, either under dry or under wet conditions. In this test and moving brass finger of specified shape and size rubs against the test specimens under test and the amount of color transferred to a piece of abradant fabric fixed over the base of the moving finger are graded with the help of standard grey scales to evaluate the color fastness against rubbing.

Parameter:

Diameter of the Finger 16 mm for Textiles / 25 mm for floor covering.
Load on the finger 900 g
Length of travel of the finger 100 + 3 mm
Size of the test specimen 200 x 50 mm

Standards:

IS 766 - 1988 Method of Determination of color fastness of textile materials to rubbing.
AATCC Method 8 – 1969 Color Fastness to Crocking (Rubbing)
ISO RIOS (X12) – 1984 Textiles - Test for color fastness part. Part X12 - Color Fastness to rubbing.
IS 6191 - 1971 Methods of Micro-Biological color fastness and Microscopically tests for leather.