Textechno Product Overview
Textechno, headquartered in Mönchengladbach, Germany, is a renowned designer and manufacturer of precision test equipment and systems for textiles, man-made fibers, and natural fibers. With over 60 years of experience, Textechno, along with its subsidiary Lenzing Instruments in Austria, is a world market and technology leader in the field of fiber and filament testing.
Key Products and Testing Instruments
Textechno offers a comprehensive range of testing instruments designed to meet the diverse needs of the textile and composite industries.Cotton and Natural Fibers Testing
- STATIMAT DS: Combines automatic tensile testing, evenness testing, and count testing for yarns, making it a versatile tool for cotton and wool industries.
- DYNAJET: An innovative tester for detecting weak spots in spun yarns, ensuring the quality of the yarns.
- Length-Control Tester (LCT): Automatically measures fiber length, providing crucial data for optimizing carding machine and draw-frame settings.
- FIBROTEST: A semi-automatic equipment for measuring fiber length and strength in absolute figures, independent of calibration cotton.
Man-Made and Filament Yarns Testing
- STATIMAT 4U: The only automatic tensile tester worldwide for high-tenacity yarns, including technical textiles like carbon, aramid, glass, and UHMWPE fibers.
- FAVIMAT : The standard tester for technical single-filaments, used extensively in the testing of high-performance materials.
Composite Materials Testing
- FIMATEST: A system for measuring the fiber to matrix adhesion, critical for the performance of composite materials. It is suitable for various reinforcement fibers and matrix materials such as thermoplastics, thermoset resins, or concrete.
General Testing Capabilities
- Linear Density, Tensile Strength, Elastic Properties: Fully-automatic testers for these and other properties like fatigue, shrink, crimp, interlace, friction, entanglement, and imperfections.
- Complete Laboratory Solutions: Textechno provides turn-key laboratory setups, including planning, design, installation, technical training, and after-sales services tailored to individual customer needs.
Key Features and Functionality
- High Automation and Flexibility: Many of Textechno’s testing instruments are highly automated, offering a high degree of flexibility and efficiency in testing various textile and composite materials.
- Comprehensive Testing Scope: The range of testing includes mechanical and thermo-mechanical characterization of synthetic and natural fibers, yarns, and composites. This encompasses tests for tensile strength, elastic properties, fiber length, and fiber/matrix adhesion among others.
- Customized Laboratory Solutions: Textechno’s “Laboratory Projects” department offers customized laboratory setups, including planning, installation, and training, to meet the specific needs of each customer.
- Quality Assurance and Training: The company provides extensive training and support for quality assurance, ensuring that customers can effectively operate the testers and interpret the test results according to international standards.
Additional Services
- In-House Contract Testing: Textechno offers in-house contract testing services for customers who require specific testing without the need for in-house equipment.
- Partnerships and Innovations: The company collaborates with research institutions and industry partners to develop novel testing techniques and improve existing products, as seen with the development of the FIMATEST system in partnership with the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden and the Bremen Fibre Institute.