Air permeability is an important performance feature to evaluate in apparel and technical textile fabrics, including nonwoven fabrics. 

A textile's air permeability is a measurement of how well it enables air to move through its structure, which provides valuable information on the performance capabilities for textiles and fabrics in products such as industrial filters, tents, sailcloths, parachutes, raincoat materials, sportswear, downproof fabrics and airbags. 

This webinar will look at air permeability and why it is so important in certain sectors such as the military and medical sectors, the importance of testing, and how to test in a way that is repeatable and accurate. We will be focusing on two standards:

• EN ISO 9237 - Determination of the permeability of fabrics to air
• ASTM D737 - Standard Test Method for Air Permeability of Textile Fabrics

Course Outline

• What is air permeability, and why and where is this testing of most importance. 

• An overview of the standards EN ISO 9237 and ASTM D737. 

• A run through of the test with AirPro
• Potential issues during testing. 
   

Who should attend?

Technical and Quality designers Managers, Engineers involved in:

• Technical textiles
• Materials testing
• Apparel product development
• Medical textiles
• PPE and more...

Our Performance webinars provide detailed insights with experienced knowledge of performance textiles testing. They are ideal for anyone new to this area of testing, as well as for industry professionals. If you work in a textile testing laboratory, this could be the webinar for you.