USTER textile laboratory testing

Full range of services

 

USTER offers three different testing packages.
Single textile testing is available for fibers, sliver
and rovings, staple fiber yarns and filaments.
Furthermore, customer can request special tests
for clearing limits optimization.
All prices are on request.
Proceeding
- Testing time depends on the number of tests
(one to two hours per sample and per test)
- Reporting time is subject due to the report’s
complexity and vary from 30 minutes to three
days.
Please allow five to ten days for all mentioned
service steps. Test reports will be sent by e-mail
right after completing the order.

- Customers send samples of the requested size As a further service, trainings are provided for
to USTER (see last page for postal information) USTER® testing and monitoring instruments as
including complete contact details of the sender included in the list below.
(company name, address, contact person, Please contact for any inquiries.
phone and e-mail address)
- Samples should be packed and identified Ms Theresa Ritter
properly and required tests must be clearly Head of Textile Laboratory
specified.
- After receiving the payment it takes two Phone: +41 43 366 37 52
working days for sample conditioning. E-mail: theresa.ritter@uster.com

No. of
Test Description International required No. of tests per
Item

Sample volume
Standards sub sub sample
samples
USTER® AFIS
Testing Package 1
PRO 2: 50 g
USTER® AFIS PRO 2 (raw cotton, card
USTER® TESTER 6 mat, sliver, roving)
1 10 1
USTER® TENSORAPID 5
and
USTER® TENSOJET 5
USTER® ZWEIGLE TWIST TESTER 5
10 cones
USTER® CLASSIMAT 5
(total 250 km yarn)

10 cones
Testing Package 2
(total 50 km yarn)
or
USTER® TESTER 6
2 Yarn > Ne 30, 10 or 20 1
USTER® TENSORAPID 5
10 full bobbins
USTER® TENSOJET 5
Yarn < Ne 30,
USTER® ZWEIGLE TWIST TESTER 5
20 full bobbins

Testing Package 3

USTER® TESTER 6 10 cones

3 10
USTER® TENSORAPID 5 (total 250 km yarn)
USTER® TENSOJET 5
USTER® ZWEIGLE TWIST TESTER
USTER® CLASSIMAT 5

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No. of
Test Description International required No. of tests per
Item

Sample volume
Standards sub sub sample
samples

USTER® HVI 1000 – bundle fiber

testing ISO 2403, ASTM-
10 length/strength
4 1445, -1447, -1448,
Determination of fiber fineness, maturity 300 g 1 10 color/trash
-2812, -5867
index, fiber length, fiber strength, fiber 5 maturity
GB/T 20392
elongation, color, trash and leaf code

USTER® AFIS PRO 2 – single fiber

testing 50 g
5 ASTM-5866 (raw cotton, card 10 1
Determination of fiber and seed coat
mat, sliver, roving)
neps, fiber length, short fiber content,
maturity, trash and dust

USTER® TESTER 6 – sliver and

roving ASTM D1425-
6 10 roving bobbin 10 1
D1425M
Determination of sliver or roving
evenness

USTER® TESTER 6 – short and long

staple yarns ISO 2060, 2649,
10 full bobbins or
7 ASTM-1425, IWTO 10 1
Determination of yarn evenness, small cones
18-94
imperfections, hairiness, diameter,
shape, density, trash and dust

USTER® TESTER 6 – slub yarn

testing
10 full bobbins or
8 Determination of slub length, slub 10 1
small cones
distance, mass increase, slub scatter
plot, slub classification, slub sequence,
etc.

USTER® TENSORAPID 5 – staple

ISO 2062, DIN
yarns
53835, 53842, ASTM
Determination of yarn strength and 1578, 2256, 3107, 10 full bobbins or
9 10 20
elongation, test speed 500 mm/min, 2612, 4964, 5034, small cones
5000 mm/min, 20 second tests or 5035, GB/T 3916,
according to specific requirements, fiber 3923.1
cohesion tests (sliver), fabric tests, etc.

USTER® TENSOJET 5 – staple yarns

10 full bobbins or
10 Determination of yarn strength and - 10 1000
small cones
elongation, detection of weak places,
test speed 400 m/min

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No. of
Test Description International required No. of tests per
Item

Sample volume
Standards sub sub sample
samples

USTER® CLASSIMAT 5
Determination of seldom yarn faults like
Total at least
thin and thick places, count variation
11 - 200 km yarn 10
and foreign fibers, polypropylene,
10 cones
YARN BODYTM/dense area
comparison, outliers and quality
comparison, etc.

USTER® ZWEIGLE TWIST TESTER 5

ISO 2061, 17202,
10 full bobbins or
12 Determination of turns per meter, twist ASTM 1423, GB/T 10 10
small cones
multiplier – available for ring and plied 2543.1, 2543.2
yarn

USTER® AUTOSORTER 6 10 full bobbins or

13 10 1
small cones
Determination of yarn count

USTER® TESTER 6-C – filament

yarns ASTM D1425/1425M,
14 minimum 1 cone 1 1
ISO 16549, ISO 2060
Determination of filament evenness and
interminglings

USTER® TENSORAPID 5 – filament

yarns ISO 2062, DIN
15 Determination of filament strength and 53835, ASTM 2256, minimum 1 cone 1 20
elongation, cycle tests, hysteresis tests, BISFA 17
test speed 500mm/min or according to
requirements

USTER® QUANTUM 3
16 Optimization of clearing limits on ring-, on request
compact-, rotor-, air jet yarns
concerning quality and the production

Postal address and contact details USTER Postal address and contact details USTER
Switzerland: China:

Uster Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.

Uster Technologies AG Attn. Sam Wen
Attn. Theresa Ritter Building B, 538 Fengting Avenue
Sonnenbergstrasse 10 Suzhou Industrial Park
CH-8610 Uster, Switzerland Suzhou 215122, Jiang Su Province, P.R. China

Phone: +41 43 366 37 52 Phone: +86 512 6274 2513

E-mail: theresa.ritter@uster.com E-mail: lab.china@uster.com

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