Information on the most widely used ASTM standards within the materials testing industry
ISO 13934-1:2013 Textiles — Tensile properties of fabrics
ISO 13934-1 provides a testing procedure for determining the tensile properties of fabrics. This standard mainly applies to woven textile fabrics, but can also be applicable to fabrics produced using other techniques. it is not normally applied to woven elastic fabrics, geotextiles, nonwoven fabrics, coated fabrics, textile-glass woven fabrics, fabrics made from carbon fibers, or polyolefin tape yarns. This standard uses a strip method of testing to measure maximum force as well as elongation at maximum force. If required, it also records the force at rupture and elongation. Two sets of specimens are prepared, one in the warp direction and one in the weft direction.

This standard mainly applies to woven textile fabrics, but can be applicable to fabrics produced by other techniques.
ISO 13934-1 method specifies a procedure to determine the maximum force and the elongation at maximum force of textile fabrics using a strip method. Two sets of specimens are prepared, one in the warp direction and one in the weft direction. For this test, it is important to have an increased test data rate to ensure the capture of a high number of data points. This is because when individual fibers within the fabric fail, the data rate must be fast enough to catch these peaks.
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Pneumatic side action grips with rubber coated jaw faces are well suited for clamping of the fabric strips. While manual action grips will work, many prefer pneumatic side action grips for ease of use, productivity, and better repeatability. Adjustable grip pressure also allows users to fine-tune the gripping pressure to avoid jaw breaks or slippage.
Fabric Tensile Strength Test | Strip Strength Test | Grab strength test | Tearing strength test | Elmendorf Tear Test | Bursting strength

The strip test is a tensile test in which the full width of the test specimen is gripped in the tensile grip jaws of a universal testing machine. During this test, tensile force is applied on the fabric specimen until it ruptures. Mechanical properties to analyze include the force at rupture and the elongation (expressed as percentage) at maximum force and/or at rupture.
Test Method:
Five fabric samples are taken in parallel to warp and five samples parallel to weft direction
Then cut the specimen of 2.5 inch in width and removing the threads from both the edges until the width has been reduced to 2 inch.
Test length should be 8 inch clamped between the jaws, take enough test length so that the sample if properly gripped in the jaws.
Then mount the specimen centrally and security gripped along the full width of he fabric which prevent slippage of sample.
Then tensile force is applied uniformly till the specimen tear out.
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