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The hard copy print may only be discributed to other employees for their internal use within your organization. This test method is not for resale.AATCC TM8-2016e Test Method for Colorfastness to Crocking: Crockmeter Developed in 1835 by AATCC Commit- lee RAMB, revised 1497, 1952, 1957, ‘1961, 1969, 1972, 1905, 1960, 1996, , 2005, 2007, 201%, 2016; reat: firmed 1946; 1989; editorial revised and reatirmed 1968, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1989, 2001; exitorily'revsed 2988 202, 2008 wit ie change) ry equi: 1. Purpose an Scape LI This test method determines the smcunt of color tara fom hes Toe of colored textile meri and ther ‘dyed mato (Le leater to oer Se fees by bing. 12 Test procedures employing white ocking elt squares, both dry and wet ‘wih wate ae given, 2. Principle 2.1 A coved test specimen ie robbed with white croking test cloth under ‘Sonrlled condone 2.2 Colo warserted 10 the erocking cloth is asses by a corparison with the Gray Seale for Saining (AATCC PD) the AATCC 9-Stp Chromatic ‘Transference. Seale (AATCC. EPS), of Inarumental Assessment of Depoc of Shining (AATCC EPID), and a rade Is assigned 3. Terminoony 5.1 evlrfasiness athe resitance of «ate t change in any of olor Sharlene, to tater of i ol Sm) wo adjacent materials, oe Dasha 3 esl ofthe exposure ofthe material 10 Shy cnvioomont tht might Be encoun {ered during the provesing testing, sor peor ute of the mata 5.2 eroeking, kate of coor nt fom the stface of «colored yarn or fabric o another srfce oro an adjacent ren of the same fabric peicialy by subbing. 4 Soay Procutons NOTE: These safety precautions are for information purposes ony. The pre= ‘auton at anelary wo the esting poe ‘dre and reno ined wo bean sive Its the wer's esponsibility we {nf and proper techniques in handling ‘materials fn his fest method. Manuace turers MUST fe comuled far specific ‘Aas such at material salty datasets ‘AATCC Technical Manval2n20 and other manufctre’s recommen: tions "Ail OSHA. sandans and rules Iman aleo be conse apd followed “£1 Good laboratory practices should to followed. Wear sey glass im all Taboetory areas 5, Uses and Limitations 5. This method isnot recommended far use fr capes o for prints where the ‘hgling out of areas ay Be oo sal ingthis method (4c 141 and 142) 2" Since washing. -dyclaning, shrinkage, rong. Hnishing. ce maya fect the degree of color transfer fom 3 ‘tei the est ay be made before, ‘orbeore and afer any such eaten ‘33 This metbod Is designed for use with an AATCC rocking cloh a6 de- Serbo io 145, Allematively, ober aoe ‘eat tele substrates may be used as agreed between intrested paris. 6. hoparts and Materials (08 14.3) 61 Crockmater (se 14.4. and Fig. 1 {62 AATCC Crocking Cloth extn 30 + 1 nm Squares (see 143). 163 AATCC Step Chromatic Tans- ferwace Sale (AATEC EPS) (se 14.6, fo Gra Seale for Staining (AATCC PD) (se 146) - {65 White AATCC Textile Blot Paper (sce 148). ‘6.6 Specimen holder for crockmeter. 4 Spiral wie ip or scaring crock ing cloth crockmeter ngs. ‘0X Crockmeter verification fabri, oF Jinchowse fabric with known pooe cole fase to rocking propery, tht ro vides repeatable and posible eeci resike {69 Dery paper o provide frston on she base ofthe crock (see mantic {ure recommendons) 7. Veriieation 7.1 Yetifeaton ceks on the pers sion ofthe tet and the appr should tbe made routinely and the ress kept in log, The following observations and Sorectve atone ae exremely"mpor fant to avoid incoect test results where slmornal crock ges ca esl a in ‘ence he ating process (se 14.7), 72 Use the cricketer verification fabri or inhouse poor cocking fabric ‘wih known preditable and repeatable rocking behavior and conduct thee dry Sind wet rockets 721A poor circular image with wn ven dye pickup may india the rock ing finger need rearfacng (se 188) 7.22 A double, elongated image may indicate loose clip (ose 148). 72.3 A src and steaked croc image may be de to mounting the crock squire diagonal 724 Seulf marks vo the sides of the specimen indicat te loops ofthe wire Clip are pontened downwards and are ‘nt high enough to prevent rubbing the specimen sree 7.28 A streak in the center ofthe crock oth mage and inthe direction of rub bing nay ndiste damage 1 the metal tae of the device. Contact the manufac: ‘ore for recommend scition, 7126 I specie holder i we, place the holder ove the specimen on the ester ‘ase Very that the Baer eno ps Ing the mation ofthe finger or coming i ccomtct with iin any way. adjust the older av necesary fo ense free move: tment, Without correction, thi problem ‘wileaase a dare ares on one side of the ‘rocking mage 72.7 Confirm the wet pickup tech igi (4 10.2), 72.8 Replace the abrasive paper onthe tester bane i ts smooth othe tue the erocking area compared 1 the aia ‘ent aca if slippage ofthe specimen is ‘otced oF if any ides or bumps are no- ted 7.2.99 out esting observe ifmul- tiple srs are onthe cocking age Poston specimen normaly with he long dimension bliqu to the warp and fll tng Ifthe deco of sing fale long 2 wil lne or surface pater, ete. then reals try cccor If they do. cco, Tigh ads the angle or sing. ‘AATCC TMG-20160 218 Test Specimens specimen and apply sufcent tension to 10.22 Avoid evaporative reduction of ‘Row ine or i «hemos cement on he rocking hlTne soetmens a mse on act “YO ut acai lth squae, Square bow the apr Ive of 65 = be a dy end ha wet ne, the wap ore dition prio the Sloe the acta ck tet onl specimen, may be recon of big ve the the 1023 Canina ae eed 1 wsedtoinzease the rcsionoftheaver pach projects downward on he 1024 Ardy. the cocking cet Bee (oe 1.0 seipedarm Us te pl wie clip square them candi (009 1) bere £2 Cut the sposimens at least $0 130 Gur ne square mplace Postaan eel haluaing, Ine the case of manned ‘mu and positon for testing preferably wh oope apm. Ifthe loops pois! rushed rsanded mara when lowe ‘with he lng dinnsionobiqu wo Warp wma ey can drag aga the test ber-might lee mh the tng te and iling or wales andcouncs sec Fig 2h. Soemen fhove te extraneous fibrous matetal by 82.1 Larger or fll width ib samples TT Lower the covered finger ono pressing hy om te crock cle wh a te sd wit ets vial gee penn Pemumalcmimaes, Beaty ofan settee ner when male VE Seem winner pstmt seer needed and when using for uction front end, tum the handle 10 complete ‘me ‘Sing. Wher ple tage sales ets a he py sc ‘should be positioned obliquely. If this iS tide the covered finger back 10 times and Mepanole mate amte he ep Rho nc For sind eects 11. ick he cocked see wi woklscns indore fost ui intel rm et lp of cen stckig ha $2.2.Sumpls ould be read inan tao il seis fron) Selig ‘ 11, Evaaton (se 14.11) ebllaue diction tothe Warp and We. Gtr regued numb oft, 12 Rate the amour of cole trans cite pull, abt angled or a 45 NGS Remove he cocking 3 specimen 10 the co seit eal (0.1.8 Remove the rocking cloth fered fom the sperimcn 10 the cock pare, condiion (ce 91) and Svate square unde etapa y meas ofthe 33 Yarn, Kot a pice of tre at SGieccdin Secon Ii-lniie cae of ACC Gay Saale kr Sing ‘est 30130 mm and positon pet Sappedbraied “or sanded maori, (AATCC BPD), AATCC Sip Choe 82, of wind yarn tightly on suitable when loose fiber might interfere with the matic Transference Scale (AATCC EPS) ‘ample carpi at fast $0 «150m. ing, remove the extancous fibrous oF Inrumental Assesment of Deus of ‘with the yarn running in the long direc- mayerial by pressing lightly on the erock Staining (AATCC EP12) and record the fon sce 4.9) farele withthe sticky side of eclophane umencl ating (ce 14.13 and 1413), ‘ape before evalating TH Average the individual results 8. Conditioning 02 Wee Crocking Test, {he nearest 0.1 grade when multiple spec ‘9,1 Frio to testing, precondition and _ 102.1 Weigh a conditioned dry creck men are ested er when pe of val. condition the text Specmen and the ig cloth square. Calculate the Geeed gator rte color ranefee, Stocking cloth for crock testing a die Wet weight (65 = 5% pickup) by mult fea n ASTM DI776, Sandd Prac. pyingthe orginal dey Weigh by 165.12. Report te for Conditioning and Tesing Tee Apply water evenly over the cocking files. Condon cach specimen frst east cloth sure and weigh o verify 65 =S% 12.1 State the grades of ry and wet Uhinan aimaphercor 21.2 2C 0s pickup I neceaye discard fhe square stocking es unless oihnise rogues ‘#tyand 65 Se RI by laying each test with nsuficiet or excessive weigh and between partes. Sneal GTAE lege et an isnt a3 SSCL TELE! Sipsoeniisen in ae eet eet = Se ns tn lab Ea te anne ee Mc ae ent Sic etietatepertiy “Stipe ae ee ay, , epee oyu gt re, Cay enn ee 101 Dey Cosine Te. Serwecrene Sees WLI Place a teat specimen on the fing square weight equals 0.24 phe ml. bse othe erckmetr, it onthe aba SNEED steals 228 Ge sive cloth, witht long dimension in the [de eting cloth are on wine > Prion and Bin (one 14:14) Shreton of rubbing plawicmeshoveradh Unceded adjust 1.1 Prion An intlaboratry test IOL2 Place specimen holder over fhe amount of water uscd to wet te was conducted in I9NG to ealablch the Sqare and using @ new cracking cloth precision ofthe test method, Testing was Suse, epeat eps. When 655% wet Conducted der the normal atmospheric [ckup i achieve, ccord the amount of conditions of cach labortary amd oot SaterusedDrawupthe recorded amount cess under ASTM DI7%6 standard ‘of water into the syringe take, raduned conditions: Two operators al each of 12 Pipes or automa ppt foreach wet Isboratnes esate fabrics ne {rocking performed daring the cureat cations by both dry and wet test metiod. {Gy Oller methods ae avaiable and can Fach of 3 raters independely rated the beset ‘ened rocking loth squares ang oth Table Components of Variance Dy et ‘wonate Gay Ghomalle Gay Spl OnestrFier 00 om on 28 ‘nom 0% be on tae Fig, 2—Oblique ignment of specimen (let). BeycenLansay om Or ox ts 22 AATCC TMB-20160 ‘AATOO Technical Manusl2020“able Ceti itarences Fer the consonants o arc in Ta | 2 ‘noages of ctsened vabes shod be consid ‘Sntearty ote te es pty vl hw ence eae Oecd he lowing ea toe rn nseraions Chromatic Gray ———Chramatie ray Sg OperaerFasr 1 oss ose oe 070 3 a2 on eto. 5 ox 02 a0 st winery 1 a7 On 1 5 oo Os iw ‘Beween ator 1 om om 1 1m 3 oe | On i 3 oe On vate ‘Tra ea torres were acute ug = 196 uh tase nit cere tendon Table Sample Crock Test Resuts— wih Cromate Sle by wet ups 45 as te to 1s Oreos a5 2 the Gray Scale for Staining and the [AATCC 9-Siep Chiomatie Transference Seale. The egal daa fs on fe a the ‘AATEC Technical Cente. 13.11 The components of variance standard deviations of the Gray Seale for Sting or AATCC 9Step. Chromatic Transference Seale rating units are given inTale 13.12 Critical differences are given in ‘thie 3.13 Example for detemnining be- tween laboratory diferences using one ‘observer andthe chromatic Seale ae jen in Table I. intrpretation: For the dry crock test, since the dference betwen lb sft than the erical ferences in Table Tl {082 he diffrence in reuts sng fufcant For the wet crock les since the ‘iferensehetesen labs i eter than the encal diference (1.33) the differ tes in els significa 13.2 Bat. The tre value of colorfat- nes to crocking cam oy be defined in terms of text method. Within dis mia ton this est method has no known bias. 14 Mot 141 Foe capes, AATCC TAMGS, Text peereCrekscer, unr the Jarno of ‘ole ahrad be wa 142 For rin where he singing ot of ato slo at wh the and Ck ise nosy (68 AATCC TMIIG Tes ‘AATCC Technical Manual2020 Mato fr Corsi Cracking: Rotary Nereal Crone Spee ested by [uttest mtd ay sh dir es ‘Tere mo known Cnelaon teen Be moment 125 For pote euipment information eunng ths tat ood, pest fhe oatne “ATCC Bier ide t wae teary, AATCC provi the pssity ‘ting eupmen and marl ld By 2 {Crprate embers, but AATCC” docs nt uty orn any ay approve cde oct. {iy tat amy the Ted ue tates ect the reguemest Te ‘rehee a The roster prove a regocste sng ribbing mocco mang tes itn gra forearm The coin ws signed hat he 162 03mm dame ger moves back and oh ‘tt eck complet ur othe rk, 9 Stag ine log 108 3 mack ote "nia downwadfrosor 098 B03 148 ARTCC Crcking Chath shoul eet {he illowing pistons iter 100% 103.168 mm combed fetion staple with no opel vs (her cor ce Stumem" ‘Thread count forges be 32 § wary mda 333 ling ck Were Ti pti Fed fic deed an bleaced with cl bneeer in. ‘Sem penn Mleig meer 100% g fist When Weve S(AATOC TMI sul ay mote equa AATCC ck ‘ns cots roan Bed on srcans, bast ‘White AATCC. Tesi Bling. Pap ae alibe tom AATCC: PO Box 128. Re Seah Tangle Pac NC 2770,” ‘NSieswatn, ax -r9i9sman. e tia ordengizaatc og. web ste Wm, TL Bor a dscunion ofc vesting 00 she arte by J. Paton “Crk Test robin Sn be Prevented" Tele Chom and Cor ‘SC Nal'Sh No. 3 March Toso, pls and “Tesing fo Cros Sane Peles and Pale by Allan Gave ae Chom ‘nd Coles, NL 2, Re. 3, Mah 198, 143 Acide dunage to the rabbing fn. fst spa cp o abv paper shad be ‘uid s follows: elfen thease pape be the cp frtber open at {rondo shy aie in Smtr thon ‘Se crock pepo the ge hy move ‘Mame main elt se 49 For more cee soc exing of site off hem anf posily ve toncous ‘enut Th tact 28m in dame 15°31 mm ong. Ponone on and ld {place byte stand fins. prove ‘rdertc ae andi th whit et gue Ute apg lm clips For soni mation oa his develope see the aie ARATCC™ Crocamecr for" Yam. Textiag ‘mein Dyes Reporter, Nl, No. 2, Se T9867, ome rls by 8 Ko ‘pony and CR Tre," poe (Eek for Yar Test” Ameri Doe stuff Reporter, Vol, 48, No. 6, March 23, 8 oh HL Ege dnt hn sa te Segoe ug ‘Steuer he etna ia TAHT CAUTION ths nee ha sca fr mg eon bi el di ny TE) teeta (ocd pe Sc be ‘Sov aie pryenay of ch abe slant nt ie me Sis eee ark Scapaaeta ih de TCta th end tt i de oot reg ma mS eae CE 3 Sh ene accra ee ‘Sac i aot mgr Sas otto ca ats nen spel, gus reno Oy enteral TES qmataleeiaig 9 sen my eed hg re pac SiS ype rele estn rn panel creer pea SRS Sedna a cored ‘leper i TeiU Te pen oh et mt degen cab sy oe SET tee ete mtd el tetera pestee vis Lae eeepc Te pce dat te ef eal eat psy a fou ta pen aunt Cle nme AATCC TMB20I6e 23