INTC06 - Hand & Appearances

Wednesday, September 27

Hand & Appearances

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Moderator: Rajeev Chhabra, The Procter & Gamble Company

Some Issues in Evaluating Tactile Quality of Products

Ning Pan, University of California at Davis

How to eliminate or alleviate uncertainties in tactile sensory evaluation
Successful examples from other sensory evaluations borrowed to create new methods

Calibration and Performance Assessment of the Phabr-o-meter

Shulin Zhang, The Procter & Gamble Company

New instrument for evaluating fabric performance is assessed
Range of applications and products where this tool can be successful

Tactile Behavior of Nonwoven Fiber Assemblies

Sachiko Sukigara, Niigata University (Japan)

Hand and machine-based assessments describe the unique qualities of nonwoven fabrics
Equations used to describe traditional textiles were modified for use with nonwoven fabrics resulting in a new tactile “sensation”

Objective Hand Measurement of Water-Absorbing Hygiene Products

Hiroko Yokura, Shiga University (Japan)

Mechanical and surface properties of disposable diapers measured and assessed
Hand can be predicted from physical parameters

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INTC 2006 • Sept 25-28, 2006 • Houston, Texas

Program subject to last minute changes and cancellations. The opinions given at INTC 2006 are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of INDA, TAPPI or of their Board of Directors.

Photographs courtesy of:
Ægis Environments; ChK Group, Inc. Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH Nordson Corporation Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V.	. Shiga University Texas Tech University, Neal Hinkle University of Arkansas University of Delaware