ISO 13934-1 Tensile Properties of Fabrics

ISO 13934-1 provides a testing procedure for determining the tensile properties of fabrics. This standard mainly applies to woven textile fabrics, but can also be applicable to fabrics produced using other techniques. it is not normally applied to woven elastic fabrics, geotextiles, nonwoven fabrics, coated fabrics, textile-glass woven fabrics, fabrics made from carbon fibers, or polyolefin tape yarns. Since this testing can be performed on a vast range of fabrics, it is used across a wide range of industries. This standard uses a strip method of testing to measure maximum force as well as elongation at maximum force. If required, it also records the force at rupture and elongation. Two sets of specimens are prepared, one in the warp direction and one in the weft direction.

Materials Testing System

As with most textiles testing, a high data rate is key to capturing good results. To consistently and accurately measure the tear strength of your material, it is important to remember that the data sampling rate needs to be high enough that the test peaks and troughs are adequately captured. Because of this we recommend a high tier system such as our Electronic Universal Testing Machine UTM. For most testing to ISO 13934-1 a single column frame is appropriate, as the loads rarely rise above 5 kN. Our Universal software can be equipped with a test method suite that provides pre-built calculations for ISO 13934-1 to help simplify testing and ensure compliance.