Test procedures for the TABER® Fabric Stiffness Tester have been established by a number of organizations. The following is a partial listing.
| ASTM |
D1388 |
Standard Test Method for Stiffness of Fabrics (Option A) |
| ASTM |
D5732 |
Standard Test Method for Stiffness of Nonwoven Fabrics Using the Cantilever Test |
| BS |
3356 |
Method for determination of bending length and flexural rigidity of fabrics |
| DIN |
53362 |
Testing of plastics films and textile fabrics (excluding nonwovens), coated or not coated fabrics – Determination of stiffness in bending – Cantilever method |
| ISO |
9073-7 |
Textiles -- Test methods for Nonwovens -- Part 7: Determination of bending length |
| JIS |
L-1018 |
Test Methods for Knitted Fabrics |
| JIS |
L 1085 |
Testing Methods for Nonwoven Interlining Fabrics |
| JIS |
L-1096 |
Testing Methods for Woven Fabrics |
| JIS |
L 1085 |
Testing Methods for Nonwoven Interlining Fabrics |
