Wicking outfit

Performance Testing: 

Wicking 


  • When: Thursday, 26th January, 2023
  • Time:  8AM-9AM (GMT)
  • Cost: Free to attend (Registration required)
  • Where: Virtual - GoToWebinar

Moisture management is critical for user comfort, to ensure the garment feels dry, dispersing weight through the fabric.

When moisture sits on a garment is can cause the skin to feel cold and lead to irritation. An effective moisture management testing system will enable garment and textile manufacturers to assess the suitability of their product during the design stage and make the best materials selection, ensuring maximum user comfort and satisfaction.

Recent innovations in testing technology have now led to new, more advanced methods of capturing and evaluating wicking test results. 

This webinar will focus on the subject of wicking as a whole, using James Heal's moisture management tester WickView. We will also be identifying variables that impact wicking results, and cover the latest comprehensive grading system for determining a fabrics 'true wicking' behaviour.

Course outline:

  • What is wicking and why is it important?
  • General overview of the different wicking tests
  • Identifying and troubleshooting variables in the test
  • Wicking tests on an advanced imaging tester
  • The new 'true wicking' grading system 

Who should attend?

Technical and quality persons, and designers, managers and engineers working in:

  • Technical textiles
  • Medical textiles
  • Apparel product development
  • 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. 


Seth Hargraves
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