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🇵🇱 POLITECHNIKA ŁÓDZKA PL

PCA AB 1421 • Łódź, Poland • 26 methods

Materials & polymersConstruction

POLITECHNIKA ŁÓDZKA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1421 (Łódź, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 26 test methods in the following areas: Materials & polymers, Construction. Test objects include: Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics, Flat textile products – nonwovens, Textile yarns, Clothing.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 1421
  • Methods in scope: 26
  • Types of test objects: 11
  • City: Łódź, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 1421
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
WYDZIAŁ WŁÓKIENNICTWA I WZORNICTWA, LABORATORIUM „LAB-TEX”, ul. Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź
City
Łódź, Poland

What this laboratory tests (11)

Accreditation scope — test methods (26)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Textile fibres Breaking force Maximum force Range (0 – 10) N Elongation at break Elongation at maximum force Specific strength (calculated) PN-EN ISO 5079:2021-03
2 Textile yarns Linear density Skein method PN-EN ISO 2060:1997 p. 4.1.1
3 Textile yarns Twist number Direct method Twist factor (calculated) PN-EN ISO 2061:2015-09
4 Textile yarns Breaking force Range (0 – 20 000) N Elongation at break Specific strength (calculated) PN-EN ISO 2062:2010 p. 8.2
5 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Mass per unit area Small specimen method PN-EN 12127:2000
6 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Warp density per 1 cm Weft density per 1 cm Number of threads per cm2 (calculated) Method A PN-EN ISO 7211-2:2025-03 p.8
7 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Thickness Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 5084:1999
8 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Maximum force Breaking force Range (0 – 25 000) N Maximum elongation Elongation at break Strip method PN-EN ISO 13934-1:2013-07
9 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Tear force Range (0 – 50 000) N Single tear method using trouser-shaped specimens PN-EN ISO 13937-2:2002
10 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Tendency to pilling, fuzzing and matting Modified Martindale method PN-EN ISO 12945-2:2021-04 PN-EN ISO 12945-4:2021-04
11 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Abrasion resistance Specimen breakdown method – Martindale apparatus PN-EN ISO 12947-2:2017-02
12 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Air permeability Range (0 – 10 000) mm/s PN-EN ISO 9237:1998
13 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Watertightness Range (0 – 200 000) Pa Hydrostatic pressure method PN-EN ISO 811:2018-07
14 Flat textile products – woven and knitted fabrics Watertightness of coated materials Range (0 – 200 000) Pa Low-pressure method PN-EN 1734:2000+Ap1:2002
15 Flat textile products – nonwovens Mass per unit area PN-EN ISO 9073-1:2023-11
16 Flat textile products – nonwovens Thickness Standard nonwovens Range (0 – 10) mm Bulky nonwovens Range (20 – 100) mm PN-EN ISO 9073-2:2002 p. 5.1 p. 5.3
17 Flat textile products – nonwovens Air permeability Range (0 – 10 000) l/m²/s PN-EN ISO 9073-15:2009
18 Flat textile products – nonwovens Resistance to water penetration Range (0 – 200 000) Pa Hydrostatic pressure method PN-EN ISO 9073-16:2008
19 Flat textile products – nonwovens Breaking force Range (0 – 50 000) N Elongation at break Grab method PN-EN ISO 9073-18:2024-05
20 Geosynthetics, geotextiles Mass per unit area PN-EN ISO 9864:2007
21 Protective clothing – flat textile products Afterflame time Afterglow time PN-EN ISO 15025:2017-02
22 Toys and materials for their manufacture Flame spread rate PN-EN 71-2:2021-05 p.5.4
23 Textiles Thermal resistance Water vapour resistance Sweating guarded hotplate method PN-EN ISO 11092:2014-11
24 Clothing Total thermal insulation Resultant total thermal insulation Effective thermal insulation Resultant effective thermal insulation Thermal manikin method PN-EN 342:2018-01 p. 4.2 | PN-EN ISO 15831:2006
25 Final products (sleeping bags) Thermal insulation Thermal manikin method Temperatures of the range of use - calculated - from the table PN-EN ISO 23537-1:2022-10 p.5.1 PN-EN ISO 23537-1:2017- 02/A1:2018-05 p.4.4
26 Textiles, artificial leather, fabrics, yarn, clothing, final products, personal protective equipment Determination of metal content Range: lead (4,0 – 300) mg/kg cadmium (0,5 – 75) mg/kg chromium (2,0 – 350) mg/kg cobalt (2,0 – 350) mg/kg copper (1,5 – 250) mg/kg nickel (1,5 – 200) mg/kg Flame atomic absorption spectrometry method (FAAS) PN-EN 16711-1:2016-01 p. 6.1 i p. 7.1

Reference standards (27)

PN-EN 12127:2000
PN-EN 16711-1:2016-01 p. 6.1 i p. 7.1
PN-EN 1734:2000+Ap1:2002
PN-EN 342:2018-01 p. 4.2
PN-EN 71-2:2021-05 p.5.4
PN-EN ISO 11092:2014-11
PN-EN ISO 12945-2:2021-04 PN-EN ISO 12945-4:2021-04
PN-EN ISO 12947-2:2017-02
PN-EN ISO 13934-1:2013-07
PN-EN ISO 13937-2:2002
PN-EN ISO 15025:2017-02
PN-EN ISO 15831:2006
PN-EN ISO 2060:1997 p. 4.1.1
PN-EN ISO 2061:2015-09
PN-EN ISO 2062:2010 p. 8.2
PN-EN ISO 23537-1:2022-10 p.5.1 PN-EN ISO 23537-1:2017- 02/A1:2018-05 p.4.4
PN-EN ISO 5079:2021-03
PN-EN ISO 5084:1999
PN-EN ISO 7211-2:2025-03 p.8
PN-EN ISO 811:2018-07
PN-EN ISO 9073-15:2009
PN-EN ISO 9073-16:2008
PN-EN ISO 9073-18:2024-05
PN-EN ISO 9073-1:2023-11
PN-EN ISO 9073-2:2002 p. 5.1 p. 5.3
PN-EN ISO 9237:1998
PN-EN ISO 9864:2007