We have developed a new method of Image Analysis that allows us to characterize nonwovens in conjunction with our new scanning electron microscope, which has the ability to produce high magnification/high clarity quantitative imaging.

In one analysis, both fiber and pore data are obtained to produce:

1. percent area covered by the fibers
2. basis weight in grams per square meter
3. average fiber diameter, including fiber intersections
4. a fiber-diameter histogram from fiber segments in-between intersections, including mean and standard deviation
5. a pore-size histogram, including mean and standard deviation.

In addition to image analysis, we can also measure physical properties such as:

1. Hydro-head (for compact 3D, not 2D)
2. Frazier porosity (for compact 3D)
3. Basis weight and basis weight distribution by die-outs
4. Tensile strengths (GMT, etc.)
5. Mullen
6. Absorption (TAPPI methods)
7. And many more tests available