GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering

Level: UG
Branch: Textile Technology
Subject Code: BE04029041
Subject Name: Physical Testing - I

w. e. f. Academic Year: 2024-25

Semester: 4
Category of the Course: PCC

Prerequisite: Students should have basic knowledge of textile fibres and yarns.
Rationale: Nowadays various developments in the textile fields open the opportunity for research
and development of existing and new products for the textile industry. Physical testing-
I is helpful tools for quality control, analyzing, selection of raw materials product
quality control and product testing from textile materials.

Course Outcomes:

No CO statement RBT Level

01 Understand the basic concept of testing and sampling. U,A,N,C
02 Know the various factors affecting and concepts related to textile fibre testing. R,U,A
03 Identify and analyze properties and imperfections in textile yarn. R,U,A
04 Understand the fundamental of yarn numbering and conversion system UAN
05 Analyze the results of testing of textile materials U,N,E
*Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT)

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching / Learning Scheme

Assessment Pattern and Marks
(in Hours per semester)
Total
Theory Tutorial / Practical Total
Total no of Credits
PA / Marks
L T P PBL* hours per ESE PA/C PBL ESE
semester CA
(E) A (I) (I) (V)
(M)
45 0 30 15 90 3 70 30 20 30 50 200
* Problem Based Learning (PBL) aims to accommodate learning beyond syllabus as per clause 9.4 of NBA
manual.

Content:
Total % of
Sr. No. Content
Hrs Weightage
Introduction: Aim and scope of testing, Selection of sample, Type of
sample, Sampling techniques for fibre, yarn and fabrics. Revisiting the
1 6 13
statistical concepts, estimation of population characteristics from samples,
confidence intervals, determination of sample size, test of significance.
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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: Textile Technology
Subject Code: BE04029041
Subject Name: Physical Testing - I
Moisture Relation and Testing: Terms and definitions, relation between
2 R.H. and regain of textile materials, Measurement moisture regain & 5 11
content - Principle and operation of equipment.
Testing of Fibres: Measurement of fibre length, length uniformity,
fineness, maturity, trash and colour; Concepts of span length, upper-half
3 mean length, fibrograph; High Volume Instruments, Advanced Fibre 18 40
Information System, Fibre quality index, Spinning consistency index;
Determination of micronaire and maturity of cotton fibres.
Unevenness testing of fibrous materials, CV% and percentage mean
deviation; Optical and capacitance principles measurement; Yarn
4 imperfections and yarn faults (Classimat system), limit irregularity, index 9 20
of irregularity, Spectrogram and variance-length curve analysis; Yarn
hairiness, principle of measurement, expressing yarn hairiness.
Yarn numbering and conversion system, Measurement of yarn twist, CRE,
CRL and CRT principles, tensile testing of lea, count strength product;
Effect of gauge length, rate of extension and relative humidity, weak-link
5 7 16
theory, strength-time coefficient; Various instruments for testing yarn
properties— their principle of operation and inter-relations between
different instruments.
TOTAL 45 100

Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):(For B.E. only)

Distribution of Theory Marks

R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level

25 30 15 10 10 10
Where R: Remember; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C: Create (as per
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

References/Suggested Learning Resources:

(a) Books:
1. Physical Testing of Textiles by B. P. Saville, 1999, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., U. K.
2. Principles of Textile Testing by J. E. Booth, 1961, Heywood Books, London.
3. Testing and Quality Management– Edited by V. K. Kothari, IAFL Publications, New Delhi.
4. Handbook of Textile Testing and Quality Control by E. B. Grover and D. S. Hamby.
5. Textile Testing by Angappan P & Gopalakrishnan R, SSM Institute of Textile Technology,
Komarapalayam, 2002.
6. Textile Testing by Basu A, SITRA Coimbatore, 2002.
7. Testing of Textile and Fibrous Material,2024, by Apurba Das, CRC Press

(b) Open source software and website:

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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: Textile Technology
Subject Code: BE04029041
Subject Name: Physical Testing - I
1. Web sites of textile testing instrument manufacturers, namely Uster, SDL etc., BIS, BS, ASTM
and other standard methods of textile testing.
2. [Link] World Wide Web, Google Search Engine etc.

Suggested Course Practical List:

1. Measuremnt of fibre length using baer sorter.

2. Measuremnt of fibre Length by Digital fibrograph method.
3. Determination of fibre bundle strength using pressley tester and stelometer
4. Determination of trash content in cotton.
5. Determination of fibre fineness using air flow method and gravimetric method.
6. Determination of various fiber properties using HVI and AFIS
7. Yarn count using gravimetric method and Knowles balance
8. Measurement of twist by manual and electronic method.
9. Determination of lea strength of given yarn using lea tester
10. Determination of thread strength of the given yarn using UTM
11. Measurement of hairiness of the spun yarns.
12. Measurement of evenness of sliver, roving and yarn using evenness tester
13. Measurement of ballistic strength of lea using impact strength tester.
14. Crimp rigidity measurement for filament yarn.
15. Measurement of snarling using snarl indicator.
List of Laboratory/Learning Resources Required:
Baer Sorter, Digital Fibrograph, Fiber Fineness Tester Stelometer, Pressley Tester, HVI & AFIS,
Trash Analyzer, Wrap Reel for spun and filament yarns, Weighing Balance, Twist tester – Manual,
Electronic Twist Tester, Lea strength tester, Snarl indicator, Crimp rigidity tester, Yarn hairiness
tester, Evenness tester for sliver and roving, Knowles balance, Quadrant Balance etc.

Suggested Project List:

Suggested Activities for Students:
1. Visit to textile testing lab and preparing report

 List of suggested activities for Problem Based Learning:

Sl. No. Name of the activity No. of hours Evaluation Criteria

1 Industry/Research Visit = 5h, Based on report submitted.
laboratory visit Report preparation = 5h Report should contain
observations and calculations
Total = 10h based on industry/ lab data
2 Assignment writing. 5 assignments of 2h each. Total = Based on the assignment
Numericals based 10h submitted.
assignment is preferable.
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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering
Level: UG
Branch: Textile Technology
Subject Code: BE04029041
Subject Name: Physical Testing - I
3 Self learning on-line Minimum duration of the course Examination based assessment at
course should be 10h. the end of course. Based on the
certificate produced.
4 Poster/chart/power point Duration = 6 h Based on poster/chart preparation
preparation on technical and presentation skills
topics
5 Technical Video based Duration of video = 5h Report Report /presentation based on
learning related to the preparation = 5h Total = 10h the video learning outcomes.
subject
6 Working/non-working Working = 12 h Based on inter
model on technical Non- working = 8 h department/external evaluation
topics
7 Industrial exposure for Duration = 15 h for industrial Based on evaluation of critical
2-3 days to observe and exposure Problem identification problems and solutions
provide tentative and tentative solution = 10 h
solutions on Total = 20 h
society/environment/hea
lth/any other issue
8 Group Discussion on Duration = 1 h each Based on performance in group
emerging/trending discussion, technical depth,
technical topics based on knowledge etc.
subject
9 Real world case studies- Duration of data collection/study Based on in-depth study,
based learning = 5h Report preparation = 5h technical depth, data collected,
Total = 10h fact finding, etc.
 All records pertaining to the evaluation and assessment of self-learning activities must be properly
maintained and preserved at the institute level. These records should be made available to the
university upon request.
 Institutes are encouraged to utilize digital platforms, such as Microsoft Teams, for effective record-
keeping and to ensure transparency in the evaluation and assessment of self-learning activities.

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