• Forensic investigation of product failures, ropes, textiles and packaging
   
• In-house testing facilities for the determination of tensile and abrasion resistance properties of fibres, yarns and fabrics
   
• Specialised programmes to deliver enhanced analysis of Load/Extension curves from tensile testing
   
• Other investigative methods available include:
  • Optical and scanning electron microscopy, including 3D surface analysis
  • Fourier Transform infra-red spectrometry
  • Differential scanning calorimetry
  • Electrostatic characteristics by charge decay, surface and volume resistivity

These techniques allow detailed analysis of any complicated problem, where visual and tensile testing is not sufficient to understand the problem.

• Particular expertise in the production of woven polypropylene fabric and its use in packaging applications.
   
• Particular expertise in advising on clean room working for woven polypropylene packaging manufacturing plants.
   
• Particular expertise in warp knitting technology
   
• Direct access to many of the Textile Departments of Universities and Colleges.
   
• Design and development of demonstrator systems made from technical textiles