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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

• 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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