Manufacturing Solutions Center (MSC) offers a broad range of textile and materials testing—everything from performance and durability to safety and compliance. For companies in the MSC Incubator, having testing capabilities close at hand is a major advantage: it helps you validate ideas earlier, troubleshoot faster, and make confident product decisions as you move from prototype to production. For companies outside the program, MSC provides a reliable testing partner when you need specific test results, verification, or documentation to meet customer requirements, support product claims, or confirm quality.
Validate barrier and performance characteristics for PPE and medical/non-medical face coverings, including liquid penetration resistance and breathability-related measures. Typical testing includes water resistance, synthetic blood penetration, filtration-related methods, and airflow/pressure measures. (Learn More)
Identify what a yarn, fabric, sock, or hosiery product is made of and how it’s built—useful for verification, benchmarking, troubleshooting, and product claims. Testing covers fiber content, yarn/fabric construction details, and related analysis (including microscopy-based evaluations). (Learn More)
Evaluate antimicrobial and antibacterial performance in textile materials and finished products. Methods support qualitative and quantitative assessments commonly used to verify treated goods and performance claims. (Learn More)
Assess upholstery fabric performance for furniture and interior applications, with emphasis on durability-related requirements. Testing commonly includes abrasion-focused methods used in upholstery specifications. (Learn More)
Measure how well color holds up through use and exposure—helpful for apparel, home textiles, and dyed/printed materials. Testing includes colorfastness to laundering/cleaning, rubbing (crocking), light exposure, perspiration, and related conditions. (Learn More)
Quantify graduated compression performance in hosiery products to help support medical/support and non-medical classifications. Testing simulates pressure exerted on the leg and may require known leg measurements/circumferences for accurate evaluation. (Learn More)
Determine how fabrics (and certain products such as socks) withstand surface wear over time. Testing includes Martindale and other abrasion methods used to measure breakdown, appearance change, or mass loss due to rubbing. (Learn More)
Evaluate a material’s tendency to pill, fuzz, mat, or snag during wear and use—important for appearance retention and consumer satisfaction. Testing includes pilling propensity methods and snag resistance approaches used for knits, wovens, and performance fabrics. (Learn More)
Measure stretch, growth, and recovery properties of textile fabrics—especially important for performance apparel, hosiery, and stretch constructions. Methods evaluate elongation behavior under load and how well materials recover after stretching. (Learn More)
Assess core strength characteristics that impact durability, safety, and overall product performance. Testing covers fabric/yarn strength behaviors such as tensile strength, bursting, tearing, and seam strength. (Learn More)
Targeted tests for trims, components, and applied elements that impact product longevity and compliance. Includes evaluations for applied decorations and snap holding strength. (Learn More)
Determine flammability behavior for textiles and related materials to support safety requirements and product compliance. Methods include wearing apparel flammability and additional flammability resistance evaluations used across categories. (Learn More)
Chemical screening and analysis to support safety, restricted substance requirements, and material quality expectations. Testing includes pH determination and formaldehyde/phenol/alkalinity-related methods commonly used in textile compliance programs. (Learn More)
Screen materials for metal/lead content when compliance or safety concerns apply. MSC offers metal/lead screening (including XRF-based screening on request), and details can be confirmed with the lab. (Learn More)
Understand how materials handle moisture—absorbency, wicking, drying behavior, repellency, and moisture vapor transfer related performance. Useful for activewear, PPE, socks/hosiery, and products where comfort and moisture control matter. (Learn More)
General performance and specification tests used across apparel and textile categories, supporting validation and quality control. Includes common physical-property evaluations such as repellency, soil release, permeability-related measures, dimensional behaviors, and more. (Learn More)
Simulate repeated laundering to evaluate how products hold up over time and after care cycles. Testing supports durability/appearance assessments after multiple wash procedures and laundering protocols. (Learn More)
Evaluate foam physical properties used in cushions, furniture, and related applications. Typical measures include foam density and indentation force deflection (IFD). (Learn More)
Assess material stability and color/performance changes under light exposure and weathering conditions. Testing includes xenon-arc and UV exposure methods commonly used to predict real-world aging and lightfastness performance. (Learn More)
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