Textile Testing Fees 2008 2009

Materials Science & Engineering

CSIROs Textile Testing Laboratories offer comprehensive facilities for conducting a large range of physical and chemical tests on textile and related materials.
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(c) (d) (e) (f) M10 (a) (b) (c) $100 $200 M11 M12 M13 M14 (a) (b) (c) M15 (a) (b) (c) M16 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

Dynamic Relaxation $95 Laundering (Auto Machine) $85 Laundering (Domestic) $85 Additional Wash Cycles $20 Repellency Oil Repellency Water Repellency Wicking Stiffness Bending Length Crease Recovery Draping Properties Abrasion Resistance Martindale Flex Frosting Seam Properties Breaking Force Yarn Slippage Seam Opening Tearing Resistance Single Rip Method Wing Rip Method Tongue Trapezoidal Ballistic Test $95 $95 $130 $95 $155 $130 $180 $135 $130 $115 $125 $115 $115 $115 $115 $115 $100 $120 $165 $240 $240 $90 $300 $450 $450 $1100 $230

Materials Testing
M1 (a) (b) M2 M3 M4 Fibre Analysis Analysis - Qualitative Analysis - Quantitative

Extractable Matter -Soxtec $120 Moisture Vapour ransmission $150 Fibre Diameter - Laserscan $100

M5 Fabric Construction (a) Mass per unit area $70 (b) Threads (or Courses & Wales) per unit Length $70 (c) Structure (Weave or knit) $100 (d) Width $65 (e) Thickness $75 (f) Cover Factor $135 (g) Course Length $90 M6 Yarn Tests From Fabric (a) Yarn Twist (b) Yarn Crimp (c) Linear Density $120 $110 $120

M17 Air Permeability M18 Water Permeability (a) Hydrostatic Head (b) Permeability & Absorption M19 (a) (b) (c) M20 (a) (b) (c) Fabric Performance SiroFAST SiroFAST Pressing SiroFAST (Combn a & b) Hohenstein Skin Model Thermal Resistance Vapour Resistance Total Heat Loss

M7 Fabric Strength & Extension (a) Tensile - Ravelled Strip $115 (b) Tensile - Grab $100 (c) Tensile - Cut Strip $100 (d) Bursting - Hydr. Diaphragm $100 (e) Bursting - Ball Burst $110 (f) Delamination Strength $125 (g) Stretch & Set $180 M8 Pilling Resistance (a) Martindale Method (b) ICI Pill Box (c) Random Tumble M9 Dimensional Change (a) Steaming (b) Static Relaxation in water $80 $110 $120 $95 $95

M23 Exposure testing (a) UV (Xenon, MBTF) (b) Temperature (c) Temperature & Humidity

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Colourfastness Testing
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 Light - Xenon Arc Method Chlorinated Water Chlorine Bleach Dry Cleaning olvents Perspiration Acid Perspiration Alkaline Rubbing Sea Water Washing Water $125 $115 $115 $90 $80 $80 $65 $110 $75 $75

M21 Thermal Resistance -Tog Test M22 HiVis Fabrics (a) Luminance & Chromaticity (b) Compliance to AS4602

$180 $160

Fibre Testing
F1 Fibre Analysis (a) Qualitative (b) Quantitative F2 Extractable Matter (a) Rapid (b) Soxtec (c) Wax/Suint Ratio F3 F4 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) F5 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Moisture Content Fibre Diameter Airow Laserscan (Top) Laserscan (Raw Wool) Projection Microscope Fibre Denier Fibre Tests Fibre Medullation Linear Density - Vibroscope Resistance to Compression Cross Sectional Area Set Stability $70 $40 $70 $400 $195 $90 $180 $120 $135 $235 $100

Yarn Testing
Y1 Fibre Analysis (a) Qualitative (b) Quantitative Y2 Extractable Matter (a) Rapid (b) Soxtec Y3 Moisture Content Y4 Fibre Diameter Laserscan Y5 Fibre Medullation Y6 Fibre Length WIRA Y7 (a) (b) (c) (d) Y8 Y9 Tenacity & Extension Uster Tensorapid Uster Tensojet Instron Single Strand Instron Bundle $90 $190 $120 $135 $100 $100 $300 $650

Environmental Testing
E1 Wool residue testing (a) AWTA core samples (b) non routine samples E2 $165 $550

Chemical analysis of pyrethroid insect resist agents (a) Wool analysis quote (b) Liquor analysis quote E3 Chemical analysis of octabor (DOT) Wool analysis: single sample Additional samples (each)

$800 $55

E4

$300 quote $160 $205 $180

$100 $115 $270 $270

Insect bioassay testing Carpet beetle (Anthrenus avipes, susceptible): single sample $330 Additional samples each) $185 Formaldehyde analysis Single sample Additional samples $330 $220

E5

Yarn Evenness $100 (Spectrogram / Thick / Thin / Neps) Yarn Dimensional change $110 Heat, Steam, Water $105 $80 $75 $105 $105 $120 $95 $100

F6 Fibre Length (a) WIRA single bre (per 1000) $650 (b) Almeter $75 (c) Fibre Arrays $350 F7 (a) (b) (c) F8 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) F9 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Tenacity & Extension Instron Bundle Single Fibre - Vibrodyn Sirolan Tensor Faults in Sliver Neps Vegetable Matter-Visual Vegetable Matter-Chemical Coloured Fibre Nep and Vegetable atter Sliver Tests Eveness - Uster Linear Density Fibre Cohesion Whiteness Ash Content Ph of Extract $340 quote $115 $120 $120 $150 $190 $180 $110 $75 $190 $95 $110 $90

Y10 Twist (a) Singles (b) Folding Y11 Linear Density Y12 (a) (b) (c) Friction Yarn to Metal Yarn to Ceramic Yarn to Yarn

Technical Investigations Consulting Expert Witness Quotes Provided

Y13 Hairiness (a) Zweigle Method (b) Uster Method

Microscopy Consultancy
Scanning Electron Microscopy ( SEM) R1 Characterisation of surface properties quote R2 Qualitative EDXS Analysis of residue & contaminants quote Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) R3 Characterisation of internal cellular Structures quote R4 Qualitative EDXS quote CSIRO Textile Testing Laboratory contact details: CTFT Manager, Consulting Services Dale Carroll Phone +61 3 5246 4755 Fax +61 35246 4077 Email Dale.Carroll@csiro.au http://www.csiro.au/services/psaz.html Delivery Address: CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering Textile Testing Laboratory Henry St, Belmont, 3216 Vic. Australia.
CSIRO. Disclaimer: CSIRO shall not be liable for technical or editorial omissions contained herein. The information is provided in the best of faith but is subject to change without notice. All testing is subject to CSIRO Terms for Services. Testing fees (GST inclusive) applicable from 1st July 2008 to 30th June 2009 only.

Flammability & Protective Clothing Testing

B1 B2 B3 B4 Flame Spread Heat Transfer Flame Heat Transfer - Radiation Heat Resistance $260 $260 $350 $195

R5 Electron Energy Loss Filtering (EELS) quote Optical Microscopy R6 Polarization, uorescence, diffraction quote R7 Digital imaging quote