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For many tests in the nonwovens and health care industries, IPS' Wisconsin-based physical testing laboratory follows the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) test method standards.

Each ASTM method number and description is listed below, along with sample requirements and other pertinent information. If you don't see the test you are interested in, please contact us to see if we are able to meet your physical testing needs.
ASTM Method Number Material Group Complete Name of Method
 ASTM D   737  Textiles and Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Air Permeability of Textile Fabrics *
 ASTM D   882  Plastic Films  Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting
 ASTM D 1004  Plastic Films  Standard Method for Tear Resistance (Graves Tear) of Plastic Film and Sheeting
 ASTM D 1683  Textiles  Standard Test Method for Failure in Sewn Seams of Woven Apparel Fabrics
 ASTM D 1709  Plastic Flms  Standard Test Method for Impact Resistance of Plastic Film by the Free-Falling Dart Method
 ASTM D 1894  Plastic Films  Standard Test Method for Static and Kinetic Coefficients of Friction of Plastic Film and Sheeting
 ASTM D 3786  Textiles and Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Bursting Strength of Textile Fabrics - Diaphragm Bursting Strength Tester Method  *
 ASTM D 3787   Knitted Fabrics and Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Bursting Strength of Textiles - Constant-Rate-Of-Traverse (CRT) Ball Burst Test  *
 ASTM D 3882  Textiles  Standard Method for Tensile Properties of Single Textile Fibers  *
 ASTM D 3884  Textiles  Standard Guide for Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics (Rotary Platform Double-Head Method)  *
ASTM D 4970  Textiles and Nonwovens
Standard Test Method for Pilling Resistance and Other Related Surface Changes of Textile Fabrics: Martindale Tester
 ASTM D 5034  Textiles and Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Breaking Strength and Elongation of Textile Fabrics (Grab Test)  *
 ASTM D 5035  Textiles and Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Breaking Force and Elongation of Textile Fabrics (Strip Method)  *
 ASTM D 5264  Printed Materials  Standard Practice for Abrasion Resistance of Printed Materials by the Sutherland Rub Tester
 ASTM D 5729  Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Thickness of Nonwoven Fabrics
 ASTM D 5732  Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Stiffness of Nonwoven Fabrics Using the Cantilever Test
 ASTM D 5733  Nonwovens  Stantard Test Method for Tearing Strength of Nonwoven Fabrics by the Trapezoid Procedure
 ASTM D 5734  Nonwovens
 Standard Test Method ofr Tearing Strength of Nonwoven Fabrics by Falling-Pendulum (Elmendorf) Apparatus
 ASTM D 5735  Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Tearing Strength on Nonwoven Fabrics by the Tongue (Single Rip) Procedure
 ASTM D 5736  Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Thickness of Highloft Nonwoven Fabrics
 ASTM D 6242  Nonwovens  Standard Test Method for Mass Unit Area of Nonwoven Fabrics
 ASTM E      96  Plastic films  Standard Test Methods for Water Vapor Transmission of Materials
 
 
 
 

 

 
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