Instruments

The following instruments have been developed/ procured in order to characterize medical textile products.

1) Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM)
2) Synthetic Blood Penetration Resistance Tester
3) Hydrohead Tester
4) Spray Impact Penetration Resistance Tester
5) M259 B – Sweating Guarded Hotplate
6) Moisture Management Tester
7) Gelbo Flex Tester
8) Capillary Flow Porometer
9) Tensiometer
10) Compression Bandage Pressure Measurement System
11) Flushability Tester
12) Lister Ac & Wetback
13) Run – Off Tester
14) Martindale abrasion, pilling tester
15) High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

16) Gas Chromatography
17) High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
18) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR)
19) Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
20) Vertical Flammability Tester
21) Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
22) Differential Pressure tester
23) Viral Penetration Resistance Tester
24) Bacterial Filtration Efficiency Tester
25) Particulate Filtration Efficiency Tester
26) Advanced Splash Resistance Tester
27) Fluid Handling Capacity Tester
28) Puncture Resistance Tester
29) Wet Bacterial Penetration Resistance Tester
30) Dry Bacterial Penetration Resistance Tester

For Testing Charges and Sample Size, Please click here.

FOR MORE DETAILS, Please contact:
Dr. E.Santhini, M.Sc, Ph.D.
Head In charge – CoE Medical Textiles
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

CoE Medical Textiles Testing Division,
The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA)
13/37, Avinashi Road, Aerodrome Post
Coimbatore – 641014, India

Phone: 0422-4215338

For Sample Submission : [email protected] 0422-4215315

For Technical Enquiries:
CoE Physics: [email protected] ; 0422-4215349
CoE Micro Biology: [email protected] ; 0422-4215323
CoE Bio-Technology: [email protected]; 0422-4215305
CoE Polymer: [email protected] ; 0422-4215336