Fabric Touch Tester

Fast bionic technology to measure and simulate hand touch sensations of “soft-stiff”, “smooth-rough” and “warm-cold”

Fabric-skin touch sensations influence our feelings and happiness in sleeping, walking, running, working, sporting and shopping. How to measure fabric tactile properties quickly is an important issue for selecting appropriate fabrics for a specific purpose in designing apparel and textile products so that consumers can make good decisions and enjoy the products they purchase. According to the neurophysiological mechanisms of human sensory perceptions, a novel bionic instrument has been designed and developed to simulate how fabrics stimulate human skin sensory receptors, generate signals, transmit them to brain and formulate sensations like “soft-stiff”, “smooth-rough” and “warm-cold” and final preferences.

Special Features and Advantages

Bionic multisensory measurement technology
Simulation and quantitative measurement of the neural responses and sensory perception of body and hand touch comfort sensations on fabrics and textiles
Computer simulation models and software on the basis of neurophysiological mechanisms
Fast and low cost

Applications

Research and development of new fabrics
Evaluating and selecting fabrics when designing apparel and textile products
Quality control in fabric manufacturing
Quality control in trading, merchandising
Quality control in garment manufacturing
Certification for fabric touch comfort performance for apparel and textile products

Award & Patents

Gold Medal with the Congratulations of Jury - 41st International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland (April 2013)

Patent No:

2012102754856 (China); 2012102756480 (China); 201210278839.2 (China)

Principal Investigator

Prof. Yi Li

Institute of Textiles and Clothing

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Fabric Touch Tester

Fast bionic technology to measure and simulate hand touch sensations of “soft-stiff”, “smooth-rough” and “warm-cold”