The new emtec TSA Tactile Sensation Analyzer not only features a high-quality design, but also convinces with extended possibilities for determining haptic comfort. Additionally, the device captures a high-resolution picture of the sample and can be connected to a Virtual Haptic database (cloud-based).
The TSA measuring instrument and measuring method are internationally patented and protected.
Product description
The new TSA measures - like its previous model - the softness, smoothness and flexibility of base and finished products objectively and reliably. Moreover, specific hand feel values (HF) can be calculated from these parameters using mathematical models.
A fundamentally improved capability of determining the sample's springback behavior has been added to the new device. Furthermore, the new TSA offers the possibility to measure two additional parameters: thermal haptics (surface thermal conductivity) and thermal insulation. A camera can take a high-resolution image of the clamped sample in order to give the user a visual impression of the material and to carry out further analyses.
All of this data is automatically digitized and can be processed and stored according to customer-specific requirements through a cloud-based haptic database, the Virtual Haptic Library (developed in cooperation with Black Swan Textiles, USA), making it available to authorized persons worldwide in real-time (quality assurance and control). Additionally, this Virtual Haptic Library enables a search for suitable fabrics worldwide, cataloged according to haptic properties.
Users
Chemical suppliers
Paper machine builders
Nonwovens producers
Nonwovens converters
Textile producers
Textile converters
Machine builders for nonwovens
Printing machine builders
Universities & Institutes
Retailers
Fiber manufacturers
Fashion labels
Application areas
Process optimization
Process control
Production control
Product optimization
Benchmarking
R&D
Incoming control
Quality assurance
Complaint management
Troubleshooting
Marketing & Sales
Results
Smoothness / Roughness
Softness
Flexibility / Stiffness
Hand Feel (depending on mathematical models)
Plasticity (characterizing the recovery behaviour)
Hysteresis (characterizing the recovery behaviour)