ORGANISATION

		Organisation
		Council of Administration
		Director
Research Advisory Committee Panel of Exports			Advisory Committees
			C.L.Centre for Management	Power Loom Service Centre
		Infrastructure / Laboratories / Plants/Others
Science and Technology & Divisions & Regional Centre			Administration & Sections
	M.P. Spinning	Physical Testing	General Administration
	M.P. Weaving	Chemical Testing	Finance & Accounts
	Machinery Development Group	Kawabata, QSP	Building & Estate
	Energy Conversion Group	Pilot Mill, Pilot Plant, Work shop	Stores & Estate
	Chemical Technology	ECO-Lab, Environment  Lab	Director’s Section
	Electronics & Information Technology Group	Accetest Sophisticated  Labs
	Chemistry	Calibration Laboratory
	Environment Engineering	Library, Publication, NICTAS
	C.L. Centre for Management

ATIRA Receives NABL Accreditation for its CHEMICAL and PHYSICAL Testing Laboratories
Chemical Testing Parameters:
Sr. No.	Product/ Material of Test	Specific Test Performed	Test Method Specification against which tests are performed	Range of Testing/ Limits of Operation / Limits of Detection
1.	Textile Materials	· pH	IS:1390-1983	1 to 14
		· Moisture Content	IS:199-1989	Upto 100%
		· Fatty Matter	IS:199-1989	Upto 40%
		· Scouring Loss	IS:1383-1977	Upto 30%
		· Fibre Identification	IS:667-1981	-
		· Blend Analysis (Binary and Ternary Mixtures)	IS:3416-1988 IS:2006-1988 IS:3421-1988 IS:1889-1979	Upto 100%
		· Colour Fastness to Washing (Test 1 to 5)	IS:687-1979 IS:3361-1969 IS:764-1979 IS:765-1979 IS:3417-1979	Grade 1 to 5
		· Colour Fastness to Rubbing	IS:766-1988	Grade 1 to 5
		· Colour Fastness to Perspiration	IS:971-1983	Grade 1 to 5
		· Colour Fastness to Hypochlorite Bleaching	IS:762-1988	Grade 1 to 5
		· Determination of Total Size or Finish	IS:199-1989	Upto 30%
		· Determination of Heavy Metals (As, Cr, Co, Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn, Hg, Cd)	BS EN 71-3:1995	Upto 1000 ppm
2.	Fabric	· Determination of Water Soluble Matter	IS:3456-1966	Upto 40%
		· Dimensional Changes (Other than Wool)	IS:2977-1989 (Reaffirmed 2000)	Upto 40%
		· Free Formaldehyde	IS:14563-1998 (Part I)	Upto 1000 ppm
Physical Testing Parameters:
Sr. No.	Product/ Material of Test	Specific Test Performed	Test Method Specification against which tests are performed	Range of Testing / Limits of Operation / Limits of Detection
1.	Fibre	(i) Micronaire	ASTM D 5867-95	(i) Upto 8
		(ii)   Length (iii)  Length Uniformity (iv)  Strength		(ii)   Upto 40 mm (iii)  Upto 95% (iv)  Upto 50 g/tex
		Short Fibre %	STP/PT/Fi/1	Upto 50%
		(i)     Neps/g (ii)    Neps Size in mg	ASTM D 5866-95	(i)    Upto 1500 (ii)    -
		(i)     Length (ii)    Fibre Fineness(mtex) (iii)   Maturity Ratio (iv)   Immature Fibre Content (%)	STP/PT/Fi/2	(i)     Upto 40 mm (ii)    Upto 315 mtex (iii)   Upto 1.1 (iv)   10%
2.	Yarn	Yarn Unevenness (U%)	ASTM D 1425-96	U% : Upto 99
		Imperfections/Km (Thin, Thick & Neps), Cvm%, Spectrogram	STP/PT/Y/3 (ATIRA Method)	Upto: 9999 per 400 m
3.	Fabric	Weight per Unit Area	ASTM D 3776-96 IS 1964-2001	600 g/m^2
		Threads per Unit Length in Woven Fabrics	ASTM D 3775-03  IS 1963-1981	Upto 1000 per dm
		Count of Warp/Weft	IS 3442-1980	Upto 120^s CC
		Crimp of Warp and Weft Yarn Removed from Fabric	IS 3442-1980	Upto 60%
		Tensile Strength	IS 1969-1985	250 kg
		Tear Strength (Elmendorft)	ASTM D 1424-96	Max. 6.4 kgs
		Width of Fabric	ASTM D 3774-96  IS 1954-1990	Upto 300 cm

Sr. No.	Description of Test	Members	Profit Making Govt. Institute	Non Members
		Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
1.	pH	50	75	100
2.	Moisture	50	75	100
3.	Solids	85	130	100
4.	Ash	60	90	120
5.	Specific gravity/density	60	90	120
6.	Melting point / Boiling point	110	165	220
7.	Brookfield viscosity	110	165	220
8.	Calibration (only) · Viscosity cup · Fludity tube1	435 180	655 270	870 360
9.	Microscopic Examination	60	90	120

Sr. No.	Description of Test	Members	Profit Making Govt. Institute	Non Members
		Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
10.	a. Starch (Moi,Ash,vis,Starch, Acidity, Cold water,soluble Microscope Exam.)	670	1005	1340
	b. Starch content only.	220	330	440
	c. HE/HP contents	865	1300	1730
11.	T.K.P.	530	795	1060
12.	Printing Gum (Moi, Ash, viscosity printing )	360	540	720
13.	C.M.C (Moi, Active matter, etc)	360	540	720
	Active matter (Only)	220	330	440
14.	P.V. Alcohol (Moi, Visco, Acetyl Value)	360	540	720
15.	Tallow	505	760	1010
16.	Desizing Agent (V. cup method)	265	400	530
17.	Antistatic oil (Moi. Visco, pH, Emulsion stability)	325	490	650
18.	Wetting / mercerizing agent (sinking time method) Ionic nature of surface active agent	435 90	655 135	870 180
19.	Optical Brightening Agent (O.B.A.)	435	655	870
20.	Silicon emulsion Solids, oil content, spray rating Oil content Amino silicon; performance test (only)	415 85 145	625 130 220	830 170 290
21.	Binder (for pigment) Printing, colour strength Active matter Film transparency	420 110 90	630 165 135	840 220 180
22.	Detergent Active matter in anionic detergent	175	265	350
23.	P.V.Acetate Emulsion Active content	220	330	440
24.	Fineness (up two sieves)	110	165

Sr. No.	Description of Test	Members	Profit Making Govt. Institute	Non Members
		Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
25.	Ordinary chemicals (purity by titration)	165	250	330
26.	Sodium Chloride / common salt	360	540	720
27.	Sulphuric Acid (Purity, sp.gravity)	290	435	580
28.	Sodium Hydro Sulphite (Hydro)	165	250	330
29.	Rongolite	325	490	650
30.	Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)	240	360	480
31.	Diammonium Phosphate (DAP)	435	655	870
32.	Sodium silicate, sod. metasilicate	265	400	530
33.	Chelating value	165	250	330
34.	Resin solution  Solids Nitrogen Formaldehyde (Free) Formaldehyde (released)	85 220 165 165	130 330 250 250	170 440 330 330
35.	Trichloro Ethylene(Residue, sp.gr.Acidity, dist.range, free chlorine)	595	895	530
36.	Resit salt (purity by reduction & NV)	265	400	530
37.	Acid value in oil / fat	165	250	330
38.	Iron In salt After ashing	110 165	165 250	220 330
39.	Qualitative test Free chlorine (Qualitative)	50 40	75 60	100 80
40.	Gravimetric Analysis(general)	240	360	480
41.	% Soluble / Insoluble in chemicals	110	165	220
42.	Silica /Aqua Regia insoluble	110	165	220

Sr. No.	Description of Test	Members	Profit Making Govt. Institute	Non Members
		Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
43.	Identification of class of dyes on fibres	360	540	720
44.	Colour strength of dyes of dyeing / printing (Vat / Indigosol / Reactive / Pigment / Disperse / Phthalogen per comparison (Std. Sample)	420	630	840
45.	Napthols (gravimetric)	255	385	510
46.	Fast Base : Nitrite value Coupling value	220 290	330 435	440 580
47.	Direct dyes (Colorimetric)	180	270	360
48.	Indigo (Purity)	265	400	530
49.	CPC (only purity)	255	385	510
50.	Reflectance measurements (ACS Photometer) * Full Spectrum * Colour Strength Comparision  (std + Sample) * Whiteness / Yellowness	120 240 120	180 360 180	240 480  240
51.	Colour bleeding property of fabric (Dyeing, washing)	435	655	870
52.	Tinting colours (padding, washing)	210	315	420

Sr. No.	Description of Test	Members	Profit Making  Govt. Institute	Non Members
		Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
53.	Colour Fastness to :  a. Light (ATIRA Fastness Tester) b. Washing c. Washing No. 5 d. Washing with multifibres e. Perspiration f. Scrubbing g. Hot pressing h. Sublimation  i. Bleaching j. Rubbing (dry & wet) k. Dry cleaning l. Mercerization	160 105 210 315 105 105 105 105 105 75 40 105 200	240 160 315 475 160 160 160 160 160 115 60 160 300	320 210 420 630 210 210 210 210 210 150 80 210 400
54.	Identification of fibres	165	250	330
55.	Quantitative analysis of fibres (blend percentage) a. Binary mixture b. Ternary mixture	210 340	315 510	420 680
56.	Honey dew test (Benedict’s test)	110	165	220
57.	Size content a. Size add-on b. Residual size	165 255	250 385	330 510
58.	a. Only desizing of fabric b. Only carbonizing of fabric c. Only washing	85 110 75	130 165 115	170 220 150
59.	Scouring loss	255	385	510
60.	Shrinkage (Rel. shrinkage)	105	160	210
61.	Water soluble chlorides / sulphates in fabric	180	270	360
62.	Padding treatment	110	165	220
63.	Water Repellency / Water proofing a. spray test b. cone test c. pressure head test (By ATIRA instrument)	50 30 50	75 45 705