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Stiffness Testing

The Taber V-5 Stiffness Tester is used to determine rigidity (or resistance to bending), resiliency and the bending moment of flexible materials. Primarily used in the paper and board industry, this instrument can be used to test many flexible materials, including:

Art Paper
Cardboard
Cellophane Chewing Gum
Cigarette Paper
Coated Fabrics
Coated Printing Paper
Containerboard
Corrugated Packaging Board
Cover Paper
Films
Fine Paper
Foils
Folding Boxboards
Kraft-Faced Linerboards
Laminated Liquid-Packaging Board
Laminated Plastic
Leather
Light Metallic Sheet
Metallic Foils
Monofilament

Multi-Ply Board
Natural Fibers
Newsprint
Paper
Paper Sack Material
Plastic Film
Playing Cards
Printing Paper
Recycled Paperboard
Release Paper
Rubber
Specialty Paper
Synthetic Filaments
Thin Metals
Thin Plastic
Tissue
Tubing
Wire
Writing Paper
Watch Springs
Plus many others . . .

The Taber V-5 Stiffness Tester can evaluate flexible materials up to 5.5mm (0.219”) thick, which do not exceed 10,000 Stiffness Units.

To test extremely lightweight materials the High-Sensitivity Attachment (S.R. Attachment) is required.

Taber's Fabric Stiffness Tester is used to determine stiffness properties of most textile fabrics and other flexible materials, including:

Air Bag Fabrics
Blankets
Flexible Sheet Materials
Geotextiles
Knitted Fabrics
Leather
Napped Textiles
Non-wovens
Paper
Pile Fabrics
Plastic Films
Protective Clothing
Woven Textile Fabrics
Plus many others . . .