Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute

My favorite part of this field trip was actually seeing the process of how our fibers get from one condition and place to our homes and everyday lives. The tour guides were very infomative about each piece of machinery and showed how much time and money goes into each machine and fiber. It was really interesting and neat seeing everything from its origional state.

This Machine is the Martindale abrasion tester. The Number of rubs is then programmed into the machine and will stop upon completion of that specific number of rubs. 

This machine is called the Quick wash

The tearing strength emendorf
This machine determines the tearing force of a fabric and also gives the person an idea of how the fabric would react to numerous life situations fabrics encounter on a daily basis.



The random tumbler tester. The next few images determine the amounf of force in order to break the fabric. This will eventually determine the effective strength of the fabric.

                                                                   The cotton scope

                                                              The elongation machine

                                         This big mahine counts the size, measures, break, and weighs yarn.
                                                          The stregth is the ultimate result.

 

Each machine was used for its own discovery and was needed throughout the process. It was very interesting to see each machines overall and indivual process that delievers to get the final result.