SDL Atlas, the global leader in textile testing technologies, today launched its completely redesigned web site. The revamped site – at www.sdlatlas.com – offers site visitors a comprehensive look at the company’s textile testing equipment, laboratory products, consumables, and service offerings for the fabric, apparel, yarn, and fiber industries.
Features of the new site include:
Search capabilities that allow users to find products based on a list of categories, applications, or standards.
A search function that allows customers to quickly find information on the textile testing products, consumables, and services they need.
A listing of related consumables for each product, as well as ordering and contact information, offering SDL Atlas customers a one-stop-shop for all of their textile testing solutions.
Up-to-date information in the “About Us” section, including SDL Atlas Update newsletter articles, press releases for media, and an event listing highlighting the trade shows and events at which SDL Atlas is participating.
“As our catalog has done for decades, we wanted our website to be an easy resource for textile laboratory personnel,” said Chuck Lane, President, SDL Atlas. “This site is more than a list of products. It is a source of information about textile testing and testing standards. With the varied search functions in the site, every visitor will be able to find a navigation method which suits their needs.”
SDL Atlas is the world’s largest, most complete global source of textile testing, quality control, and laboratory equipment. For more information on all SDL Atlas products, visit www.sdlatlas.com or contact an SDL Atlas solutions expert:
In the lead-up to the holiday season in Luxemburg, toy safety was the subject of a lot of media attention.Luxembourg does a lot of importing from the Far East then re-exports these goods throughout Europe,so it is vital that the items are safe. ILNAS is the Luxembourg governmental department for standardisation, somewhat similar to ASTM or BSI, and are responsible for making sure all products coming in the country meet Luxembourg (European) regulations. ILNAS have a laboratory that does Market Surveillance and testing and they recently bought one of our machines to check that toys conform to EN 71 Part 1 for tensile and compression strength; this is part of a whole range of tests that are required to be performed on these toys. This laboratory and their work was featured in newspapers and on tv. Click here to preview the tv news report.
SDL Atlas is targeting its innovative, new tabletop PnuBurst unit to customers who want the convenience of a preprogrammed unit for basic burst testing but don’t need the extended range of the company’s popular AutoBurst model.Both the PnuBurst and AutoBurst, the company’s premier burst tester, are built and certified to global safety and testing standards. Both deliver consistent and accurate testing for woven and non-woven textiles, paper, paperboard and films.Introduced as a cost-saving option, the PnuBurst design features a pneumatically operated diaphragm, a color touch-screen controller preprogrammed for major test protocols and automatic bell size and clamp ring detection. The PnuBurst offers convenient out-of-the-box operation, enabling laboratories to conduct burst tests up to 1500kPa (15bar, 217psi.) Its USB port, data cable and onboard software allow users to save and analyze test data as they see fit – or streamline their tasks by simply viewing and recording results brightly displayedon the PnuBurst’s colorful instrument control screen.For users requiring an extended test range, the SDL Atlas AutoBurst offers labs a fully automatic but traditional hydraulic technique with up to 6000kPa (60bar, 870psi) operation – performance superior to that of competitive models. The AutoBurst is ideal for testing paper, apparel fabrics, technical textiles and other materials where reliable burst strength measurements are critical. In addition to a full selection of test bells, the SDL Atlas units measure distensions up to 70mm – key for accurate testing of elastic fabrics.
A new test method for measuring the moisture handling properties of performance fabrics for active wear and other apparel has earned approval from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) after a lengthy review. The SDL Atlas Moisture Management Tester (MMT) plays a key role in the new protocol.Recent studies have revealed that for most active wear purchasers, the comfort of their apparel’s fabric is closely linked to its ability to handle moisture such as perspiration. Researchers have been seeking to develop a means for objectively measuring and documenting comfort levels and moisture handling. The newly adopted AATCC TM 195 test method and MMT from SDL Atlas promise a step forward.The AATCC approval process is important for new technology. On any proposed test method, every objection and negative are carefully considered by committee members. Complete agreement is required before a method can advance to publication. Copies of AATCC TM 195 may be ordered from www.aatcc.org.More than 40 of the desk-top MMT units are currently used by laboratories in Asia, Europe and the Americas, said Robert Lattie, Director, Product Management at SDL Atlas. The unit dynamically measures liquid transfer behaviour in knitted, woven and non-woven textile fabrics using upper and lower concentric moisture sensors. It generates six key indexes and a quantifiable one-way moisture movement index value.
This new dynamic unit can demonstrate the ability of a fabric to improve apparel comfort. The MMT is recognized and used for both R&D and quality control by a growing number of sportswear and performance fabric manufacturers serving this critically important segment.
Sylvia Hillier our Textile Testing Expert attended the ISO TC 38 meetings in September located in Beijing, China. The ISO meetings are held every two years and bring together members of the working groups, sub-committees, ending in the plenary meeting of ISO TC38.
The meetings were very successful and of significant importance this year for the UK as for many years of holding the Chair & Secretariat of ISO TC38, it has now been handed over to China & Japan Standards Organization Bodies as a joint venture.
The meetings was attended by key members of the committees from across the globe, and included Bob Lattie of SDL Atlas, who represented the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and Sylvia Hillier of Tinius Olsen, who was part of the UK delegation from the British Standards Institute. Both Tinius Olsen and SDL Atlas have taken an active role in International Standardisation for many years along with many other companies within the global Textile Industry.
Tinius Olsen’s new Horizon software will allow you to make more of your test results than just basic figures. Horizon software fuels your business productivity by enabling confident decision making on product development, quality, performance and improvement using graphical evidence and result calculations. And most importantly, it fits with your system.Horizon software will not only have far more functionality and capability than its predecessors including Test Navigator, QMat, EP600, Impact and HDV, but the software also allows you to run a test and gain results in just 4 clicks of a mouse! If there are any operational questions, there are clear and concise step-by-step tutorials included. Horizon software will be supplied as standard with an expanding library of internationally accepted standardised test methods, including ASTM, EN, DIN, BS, ISO, CN standard test methods, procedures, calculations and report formats for test types such as tension, shear, compression, flexure, puncture and burst, tear, peel, melt flow, Charpy and Izod impact, friction, stiffness, deflection temperature under load, Vicat penetration, and torsion. If this is not enough, Horizon allows you to simply take an existing test method and use it as a template to create a method which is specifically adapted for your testing needs, using your own, or your customers’, result calculations and reporting formats.Horizon software will have the ability to run across the entire Tinius Olsen product range, and more, allowing;
Control and operation of multiple machines and measuring devices;
Data collection from passive measuring instruments
Consolidation of test data into reports from one PC, multiple PC’s and across a network.
Presentation of data in an array of standard formats including ERP compatible.
Compatible with current Microsoft operating system platforms, Horizon software will not only offer online support, but you can also get help from our manned help-desk, where we have trained testing software specialists to assist and support with operator training.Most importantly two key parameters prevail, Ease of use and Value for money.
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In the lead-up to the holiday season in Luxemburg, toy safety was the subject of a lot of media attention.
SDL Atlas is targeting its innovative, new tabletop PnuBurst unit to customers who want the convenience of a preprogrammed unit for basic burst testing but don’t need the extended range of the company’s popular 
A new test method for measuring the moisture handling properties of performance fabrics for active wear and other apparel has earned approval from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) after a lengthy review. The SDL Atlas Moisture Management Tester (MMT) plays a key role in the new protocol.
Sylvia Hillier