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Auburn University
Dept. of Textile Engineering
Auburn, AL 36854
Contact: Roy Broughton royalb@eng.auburn.edu or
Peter Schwartz schwartz@eng.auburn.edu
Nonwovens and testing facilities
Pilot scale:- One meter Rando T air lay line
- One-meter card and crosslap line
- Through air bonding
- Fehrer T needle-bond
- Off line opening and blending
- Parallel-laid short-staple card web
- Air laid handsheet (9X18 inches)
- HunterT needle-bond machine
- Smooth heated calendar (20 inches)
- Dip and squeeze finish applidcation
- Normal physical property evaluations
(stesss-strain, tear, burst, ball burst, air permeability, thickness, abrasionetc, flammability, OI/LOI.) - Thermal conductivity for insulating materials (K-matic T )
- Thermal conductivity for thin samples (Alambeta T )
- Microscopy
- DSC
- Contact angle
- DMA
- Controlled stress rheometry
- Quantitative fiber analysis
- Bubble point/pore size
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Phone
(919) 233-1210 Fax (919) 233-1282