ASTM International Conference on Textiles Light and Weather-fastness

 

ASTM International –

Technical Committee D13 Textiles -  International Conference

Title: International Conference on Textiles Light and Weather-fastness
Date: Friday January 21 2011
Location: Textile Committee Auditorium; Mumbai, India

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ABOUT THE EVENT

An International Conference on Textiles – Light and Weather-fastness will be held Friday, 21 January 2011. Sponsored by ASTM International, Atlas Materials Testing Technology and DyStar, the conference will be held at the India Textile Committee Auditorium in Mumbai, India.

Objective
To present cutting edge information on the topics of light and weather-fastness by international experts and to enable a unique information exchange.

Why it is Important to Attend
The conference will provide a platform for knowledge and information exchange that supports the exponential demand for technical and high performance textiles.

Who Should Attend

• Quality Control Managers in Textile Laboratories
• Product Designers
• R&D Staff in the Dyestuff Industry
• Persons Involved in Development of Specifications
• Commercial Test Laboratories

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM

To view the preliminary technical program, (which includes presentation titles, presenters names), please click on http://myastm.astm.org/MEETINGS/SYMPOSIAPROGRAMS/D13ID1882.pdf.

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The conference registration form is available below. The conference fees include: copies of conference presentations, refreshments and lunch.

Students – A student's fee is waived, provided that he/she is a full-time student and is not employed full time.

All attendees, including presenters, are urged to register using the "Registration Form" for this event so that space requirements can be accommodated. All attendees must check in at the conference registration desk upon arrival.

Category

Online

On Site

	Before 20 December 2010	After 20 December 2010
Individual	Rs. 2400	Rs. 3000
Speaker	No charge	No charge
Student	No charge	No charge

Online

On Site

If you have questions concerning registration, please contact Dr. Siva Pariti,

siva.pariti@DYSTAR.com or +91 22 61419063.

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TECHNICAL CHAIR CONTACT INFORMATION :

Additional information about the workshop is available from the conference planners:

Mr. Bruno Bentjerodt, Atlas MTT GmbH, Germany, BBentjerodt@atlasmtt.de +49 (0) 6051-7070245               Mr. Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan, ASTM International, Madras, India, textile1@astm.org +91 44 2615 1791;      Dr. Siva Pariti, DyStar, Navi Mumbai, India, siva.pariti@DYSTAR.com +91 22 61419063.

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HOTEL INFORMATION :

Limited number of rooms are available on payment basis. If you need accommodation in Bombay please contact Mr. Bruno Benjerodt BBentjerodt@atlasmtt.de  +49 (0) 6051-7070245

ASTM Textile Standards update 7th Sept 2010

New Approved ASTM Standards

D2057 - Standard Test Method for Colorfastness of Zippers to Laundering has been reapproved, available as D2057-05(2010)

D2060 - Standard Test Methods for Measuring Zipper Dimensions has been reapproved, available as D2060-00(2010)

D3693 - Standard Specification for Labeled Length per Holder of Sewing Thread has been reapproved, available as D3693-02(2010)

D4389/D4389M - Standard Specification for Finished Glass Fabrics Woven From Rovings has been reapproved (with editorial change), available as D4389/D4389M-04(2010)e1

D5238 - Standard Test Method for Smoldering Combustion Potential of Cotton-Based Batting has been revised to D5238-10

D6478 - Standard Test Method for Determining Specific Packability of Fabrics Used in Inflatable Restraints has been revised to D6478-10

New ASTM Work Items

WK30250 -Test Methods for Wale and Course Count of Weft Knit Fabrics

ASTM International Announces Conference on Textiles to Be Held in Mumbai, India in January 2011

ASTM International, together with Atlas Material Testing Solutions and DyStar, will hold a one-day conference on

Textiles - Light and Weather Fastness,

on Jan. 21, 2011,

in Mumbai, India.

The conference's topics of light and weather fastness were chosen because the need for technical and high performance textiles has been growing exponentially. The events will provide a significant opportunity to learn about various aspects of these cutting edge issues as well as enable a unique information exchange.

Conference speakers include:

• Dr. Andreas Giehl, DyStar Germany
• Dr. Martin Bide, University of Rhode Island
• Professor Josep Valldeperas, INTEXTER Spain
• Mr. Adrian Meili, TESTEX AG Switzerland
• Dr. Peter Hauser, North Carolina State University;
• Dr. Wolfgang Schiller, Germany Fastness Committee DEK
• Two invited DyStar speakers for light fastness chemistry and automotive aspects.
  

For more information, contact :

Mr. Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan, - ASTM International India Textile Instructor and Technical and Services Consultant, Madras, India

phone: +011-91-44-2615-1791 ; textile1@astm.org .

ASTM Contact: Mr. Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan / Ms. Sumathy  Phone: +011-91-44-2615-1791;

textile1@astm.org
ASTM PR Contact: Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org

AATCC Offers Textile Testing Workshop for Hands-on Learning

Madras India 20th July 2010. AATCC and ASTM Service Associate Office in India .

Serving all South and South East Asians  - Real time service and support, no need to wait for a next day reply. Get the information you want now.

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Are you an Individual  responsible for product evaluation, specifications, and quality control for apparel and textile materials will benefit from attending the AATCC Introduction to Textile Testing Workshop.

• Have you ever thought of your technicians are conducting AATCC and ASTM tests correctly
• Have you given a thought why your results seldom correlate to other labs results.
• Are you wrong or the other lab ?
• The first step is to identify where the bias lies is to give proper training to your personnel

AATCC conducts special workshops to train you or your personnel, these trainings are available is several countries.

ASTM also conducts certain programs in India.

Workshop instructors will discuss and demonstrate AATCC and ASTM procedures for evaluating textiles. Basic color theory and measurement, as well as fiber identification, will be covered as well. Participants will learn to use the AATCC Gray Scales for Staining and Color Change, the AATCC Chromatic Transference Scale, and Xenon Reference Fabric. 

Colorfastness tests to be discussed include : crocking, light, washing, and perspiration.

Tests for evaluating physical properties include dimensional change (home laundering and accelerated methods), water repellency and resistance, and appearance retention. ASTM test methods, D 1424 Tearing Strength of Fabrics by Falling-Pendulum Type; D 3512 Random Tumble Pilling Tester Method; and D 4966 Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics will also be demonstrated and discussed. The workshop will place emphasis on how to properly conduct and interpret the tests.

Past attendees especially liked the inclusion of both AATCC and ASTM test methods in this program. Many mentioned that the "hands-on experience with actual equipment, detailed explanations, and ability to practice what we'd just learned in small groups" was "especially helpful in understanding the test methods and their applications." Limited class size ensures that the workshop remains "well-organized, friendly and informal, with many opportunities to ask detailed questions."

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Specially tailor made programs at special prices.

• Programs Tailor made with methods from AATCC and ASTM  at your site .
• Just for your staff with intense hands on sessions
• If you are corporate member take a discount. If you are not , get a corporate membership and approach for a tailor made program.
• Pay for 2 ASTM memberships US$  75 each
• Pay for AATCC Silver membership US$ 660
• Get the AATCC manual and ASTM BOS 7.01 and 7.02 free , all 3 books cost over US$ 650.00
• Your membership fee is going to be just US$ 810.00,.
• Training charges will depend on content and number of days needed to cover the content.
• Certificates from AATCC and ASTM.
• several conditions apply
• may not be available in all countries.

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AATCC Review Wins 2010 Tabbie Award!

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., USA, Thursday, July 15, 2010 - AATCC Review, the journal of the AATCC,
has won an award for one of Managing Editor Maria Thiry's feature articles.

The Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI) awards for publication excellence are called “Tabbies.” AATCC was honored with a Tabbie in the Feature Article category for an in-depth feature article on recycled textile fibers. "Everything Old is New Again" was published in the March 2009 issue of AATCC Review. The Tabbie awards committee considered almost 500 editorial and design entries from around the globe. Other winners in the same category included Chemist + Druggist, Computerworld, Automotive News, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Engineering & Technology.
This was AATCC Review's first Tabbie, but not the first time it has garnered an award. Since publication of AATCC Review began in 2001, the journal has received 12 awards for excellence.
Thiry earned six of those awards for her feature articles on textiles and the textile industry.























Maria Thiry with the Issue of AATCC that carried the winning article                                         “ Everthing Old is New again”                         

Improving Fiber ID— AATCC Releases Textile Fiber Supplement

 

News Release

www.aatcc.org

Contact: Christopher S. Leonard, Technical Director

Tel +1 919 549 3532; Fax +1 919 549 8933

Email: leonardc@aatcc.org 

Improving Fiber ID— AATCC Releases Textile Fiber Supplement

A must for any lab involved in Textile fiber identification

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., USA, Tuesday, June 29, 2010—AATCC releases the Textile Fiber Supplement for complete fiber identification and analysis.

Every day, textile technologists, crime labs, and customs agents are faced with identifying fibers from a variety of sources. With more than 30 generic classes of fibers and thousands of trade names, positive and definitive identification can be daunting.

AATCC's Textile Fiber Supplement provides new tools and reference data for fiber identification.

The Supplement is a companion document to AATCC Test Methods 20 (Fiber Identification: Qualitative) and 20A (Fiber Identification: Quantitative). These methods are recognized around the world and are particularly valued for their longitudinal and cross-sectional reference images of more than 60 fiber types.

The supplement adds color, polarized, first-order red plate micrographs; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) curves; and other resources to aid in identifying both common and novelty fibers.

Information on refractory fibers such as meta-aramids, para-aramids, PBI, and melamine is included. The Supplement also provides guidance for analyzing the structure of metallic fibers.

Fiber sources for the reference material in the Fiber Identification Supplement include standardized and readily-available multifiber fabrics. This means labs can easily check their results against the Supplement data, using the same fibers.

Based on data from the ongoing AATCC Fiber Identification and Analysis Proficiency Program (www.aatcc.org/programs/prof), the Supplement provides a table of interlab variations for quantitative analysis of various fiber blends. This table helps lab personnel understand how much variation may be expected for analysis of a particular blend. Blends with particularly high variability may necessitate additional testing for verification.

ABOUT AATCC: AATCC is the world’s leading not-for-profit association serving textile professionals since 1921. AATCC, headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA, provides test method development, quality control materials, and professional networking for members in about 60 countries throughout the world.

If you want to buy the book and dont know how to, contact assist@aatcc.org we will give you proper instructions.

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Caption:  First order red plate polarized light image of cotton fiber (maximum addition).

Caption: Fiber Identification Stain 1 applied to 13-fiber multifiber fabric.

If you do not wish to receive information regarding AATCC activities, please send a message including your email address to assist@aatcc.org

ASTM International’s First Ever Global Virtual Meeting on sustainability of Textile and Textile product manufacture and use

ASTM International is conducting a Virtual Meeting on Sustainability in the Textile Industry with emphasis on the US EPA regulations on Green events and its impact on textile products and the future approach towards sustainability as a Global concept .

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Date and Time

Date: 08-Oct 2009

Time: Several Times are given based on Different Time Zones, please check which time zone you fall under,

12.00 PM to 2.00 PM GMT / 8:30 and 10:00 AM US Eastern Time /Corresponds to a 5:30 - 7:30 PM India and Sri Lanka Time / 8.00-10.00 PM Singapore and Malaysia / 6.30 to 8.30 PM Thailand and Indonesia / 5.00  7.00 PM PST /  6.00 to 8.00 Bangladesh time.Others please refer to GMT . 

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Tools to be Used ; Webex using VOIP – Voice over Internet Protocol

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Program Details

The program will consist of speeches by US and Indian experts and will cover US efforts towards sustainability, both Government and private.  EPA regulations on use of sustainable and Green Textiles in Major Events-- program is planned for 4 speakers, 15 mins each, an Internet based audience of 35-50 from various countries. A break out session for 20 mins; The virtual meeting will present a forum for a very preliminary discussion on this issue.  In the audience we anticipate having participants from the U.S. and India and perhaps other nations.  This virtual meeting presents a unique opportunity to bring together stakeholders in the international marketplace (producers, procurers and general interest participants) to conduct a brief and preliminary discussion on the topic.

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Computer and Internet requirements

The Entire program will be held on the WebEx platform* and speakers and participants need to connect to ASTM Virtual meeting site to attend the program. Links to join the meeting will be sent on 7th Tuesday from USA. *Instructions on how to participate in a WebEx conference are available from https://astm.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=astm

All attendees must have a computer with sound enabled, and must use head sets . Those intending to ask questions or speak during the program or in the break out session should have head sets with microphones. All mikes barring the speakers will be muted when the official speakers are speaking. All mikes will be un-muted  whenever a attendee wants to ask a question.

Internet speeds : Recommended 256 Kpbs and above .  Minimum 112 Kpbs . Speeds above this will render better quality sound and Video and less lag . Speeds below 112Kpbs will have very poor quality sound  may not stream video at all and may get disconnected from the meeting site.

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Contacts

If you wish to attend the virtual meeting please indicate by responding by E-mail to Manager of Global Cooperation, Jessica Hychalk jhychalk@astm.org. A WebEx invitation will be issued on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. The invitation will contain a link that will take you to the meeting site.

Invitees from India may contact our local Technical and Service consultant Jayakumar for any assistance textile1@astm.org

A test session to familiarize people on using Webex will be held on 6th October 10.30 AM Indian time, those wishing to join this session may please e-mail to jayakumar@grmg.org

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Agenda

The program will start exactly at the given time. The Meeting site will be open 20 minutes before the program time. Order of speakers may change.

Ms. Jessica Hychalk , will be the program compere.

Speaker	Affiliation/role	Title	Speaker's topic
Mr. Dru Meadows	The GreenTeam, Inc. and ASTM International Chairman of Committee E60 on Sustainability	Chairman of Committee E60	Review of Committee E60 and Subcommittee E60.02 on  Hospitality; E60 activity and elaborate on the Scope as given in the committee page--frame some concrete plans for textiles
Ms.Susan Tinnish	Convention Industry Council		Industry Expectations Pertaining to Sustainability in Event Venues Particularly as it applies to Textiles (linens, upholstery, draperies, staff uniforms). EPA requirements for green meetings To what degree textile end-products are considered when evaluating the sustainability of meeting/conference venues Existence of requirements and criteria for measuring sustainability of textiles used in meeting/conference venues.
Mr. Shreyeskar Chowdary	Pratibah Syntex India (http://www.pratibhasyntex.com)	Managing Director  of Pratibha Syntex Pvt. Ltd. India	Pioneered growing cotton the organic way in India. Has the longest experience of growing and using organic cotton .He will share his experiences on sustainability and what he perceives are the next steps to be taken to make the textile industry sustainable.
Dr. Martin Bide	Head of the Textile Department University of Rhode Island	Head of the Textile Dept -The University of Rhode island/Former president of AATCC	Sustainability an Holistic Perspective
Break Out Session	Thoughts and Ideas	Where do we go from here	Action Plan / Next meting