EN ISO 12945-2 Textile - Determination of Fabric's Tendency to Pilling, Pilling or Felting on the Surface Modified Martindale Method

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EN ISO 12945-2 Textile - Determination of Fabric's Tendency to Pilling, Pilling or Felting on the Surface Modified Martindale Method

EUROLAB laboratory provides testing and compliance services within the scope of EN ISO 12945-2 standard. This standard specifies a method for the determination of the resistance of textile fabrics to pilling, pilling and felting using the modified Martindale method.

EN ISO 12945-2 Textile - Determination of Fabric's Tendency to Pilling, Pilling or Felting on the Surface Modified Martindale Method

Feathers form when fibers on the fabric surface "overrun" and become entangled during wear. Such surface degradation is generally undesirable, but the degree of consumer tolerance for a given level of pilling will depend on the type of garment and the end use of the fabric.

Generally, the level of pilling developed is determined by the rates of the following parallel processes:

  • Fiber entanglement leading to pill formation;
  • Development of more surface fibers;
  • Fiber and pill wear.

The rates of these processes depend on the fiber, yarn and fabric properties. Examples of extreme cases are found in fabrics containing weak fibers versus fabrics containing strong fibers. A result of the strong fiber is a pill formation rate that exceeds the wear rate. This results in increased pilling with increased wear. With a weak fiber, the pill formation rate competes with the wear rate. This causes pilling fluctuation with increased wear. There are other structures where abrasion of the surface fiber occurs prior to bead formation. Each of these examples illustrates the complexity of assessing surface change on different types of fabrics.

The ideal laboratory test will accelerate wear processes by exactly the same factor and will be universally applicable to all fiber, yarn and fabric types. Such a test has not been developed. However, a test procedure was established in which fabrics could be ranked in the same order for pilling, piling and felting propensity likely to occur in end use.

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