PCSIR And PTTF Select SDL Atlas Equipment For New Laboratories

In 2005, the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) established three new labs — located in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar — to provide training and technical support for textile and apparel manufacturers in Pakistan.

PCSIR selected equipment from England-based SDL Atlas to equip the new labs, which included fabric-, yarn- and fiber-testing instruments such as the Wascator washer-extractors and driers, RotaWash unit, Martindale (M235) abrasion and pilling tester, and Auto Burst (M229) digital bursting strength tester.

An Atlas Ci3000+ Weather-Ometer® (M237U) was installed at the Karachi and Lahore facilities. In addition, the Karachi location also received a computerized M223/3 standardized dry-cleaning machine, which is the only one of its kind in use in Pakistan. All equipment was purchased through NAZ International, SDL Atlas’ agent in Pakistan.

“We are pleased to be associated with these major installations, as well as many other textile testing laboratories,” said Simon Dakin, sales manager, SDL Atlas. “Pakistan is a very important market for [SDL Atlas] testing equipment. We have seen a greater emphasis on the importance of testing and quality control in the textile industry [in Pakistan] in recent times.”


In related SDL news, the new Pakistan Textile Testing Foundation (PTTF) also furnished its laboratory with testing equipment from SDL Atlas. The foundation was formed as a non-governmental organization whose members comprise textile companies in and around Faisalabad. In addition to a lab conditioning system for sample preparation, PTTF selected RotaWash and QuickWash® units, a Wascator washer-extractor, a pilling and abrasion tester, tensile and burst strength testing units, and an Atlas Universal Wear Tester. Atlas Material Testing Tech also supplied a Ci3000 Weather-Ometer.

January/February 2006

 

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