ICI Pilling Box Tester

About ICI Pilling Box Tester

Ensures trouble-free functionality to our clients, offered ICI Pilling Tester is manufactured by our adept professionals at our well-equipped processing unit using supreme quality components as per the defined industry standards. Offered tester is used in textile industry for testing of pilling and snagging in fabric. To meet the diverse need of clients, this ICI Pilling Tester is available in various technical specifications.

Features:

Working:

The TEXCARE Pilling Tester consists of two wooden cubic boxes with inside surfaces lined with cork and outer surfaces laminated. These boxes are rotated about their central axis at a specified speed with the help of a motor and a gear box. A pre-set digital counter stops the motor automatically after the desired number of revolutions. The test specimens are firmly held around rubber tubes.  Four such tubes are placed in each box and then rotated for desired numbers of revolutions after which they are assessed visually against standard rating photographs and graded. The apparatus is finished in off white stove enamel and bright chrome / zinc plating.  The boxes are covered with a layer of black laminated sheet.

Sixteen Rubber tubes, one insertion tool, and a template for marking on the specimen are supplied as standard accessories.

Technical Data:

Size of wooden boxes (Inside)                       :           225 x 225 x 225 mm

Thickness of cork lining                                 :           3 mm

Speed of rotation of boxes                             :           60 rpm

Size of test specimen                                     :           125 x 125 mm

Size of rubber tubes                                       :           32 OD x 25.5 ID x 150 mm long

Motor                                                             :         A A H.P Single Phase 220 V AC

Counter                                                          :          5 digit preset type stroke counter

RELATED STANDARD

IS :10971 1984         :           Method for Determination of Pilling Resistance of fabrics