Name of equipment:

Fixotest

Purpose:

It is used to testing pleating and fixation by contact heat.

Model, type, country of origin:

 7501, Original Hanau, Germany

Technical characte-ristics:

 U = 220V /50 Hz;

P=1065 W;

Weight: 11,7+7,8 kg;

Dimension 300 x 290 x 155 + 483 x 340 x 205 (mm).
Year of origin:  –                   

Figure:

Method of
work:

 It consists of three pairs of heating plates which can operate separately, furthermore it is used to testing chlorine retention and colour fastness to hot pressing under controlled temperature conditions and pressure.

Department,
room, location:

 Department for Textile Chemistry and Ecology, Textile Research Laboratory, Savska cesta 16/9
Addition note:  

The corresponding standards:

HRN EN ISO 105-X11:2003; Textile – Tests for colour fastness – Part X11: Colour fastness in hot pressing (ISO 105-X11:1994; EN ISO 105-X11:1996)