James Heal, the UK-based testing instrument company, recently unveiled an upgraded version of TruBurst – an instrument for testing bursting strength of textile materials. The new TruBurst is enhanced by the company’s TestWise intuitive software, which is available in two versions, TestWise Lite, which allows test results to be saved to a PC and printed, and the advanced TestWise Pro, which enables access to more advanced features such as cyclic, rapid fatigue, extension and recovery. The upgrade also permits creation of user-defined tests, giving the user full control of the test parameters and opening up opportunities for research and development engineers and to laboratories who wish to offer a wider variety of tests. TruBurst is approved by UK retailer Marks and Spencer for applications within the textile sector, to test knitted products such as T-Shirts, casualwear and sportswear.
