Fabric assurance by simple testing

Fabric Assurance by Simple Testing Instruction Manual, CSIRO Division of Wool Technology, Sydney, AustiaUa, 1989. 

FAST (Fabric Assurance by Simple Testing) is another well known system. It was developed for quality assessment in the wool garment industry. FAST is less expensive and much quicker than the KES-F because it measures only some aspects of the fabric hand such as compression, bending, extension and dimensional stability at a few given points in a simplified form. The first three parameters correlate fairly well with the perceived softness but no quantitative hand values are calculated. For the evaluation of yam softness, there are several other devices in use, for example the p-Meter (Zweigle), a frictional balance (Reibwertwaage from Schlafhorst) and the F-meter. 

FAST fabric assurance by simple testing FML flexible membrane liner... 

The use of Kawabata evaluation system (KES) or fabric assurance by simple testing (FAST) evaluation systems allows objective measurement of factors such as extensibUity, bending and shear properties, compression, friction, surface irregularity and abrasion — factors that, together with fabric construction, have a direct influence on the behaviour of materials as they are handled and processed. More details of this are described in Chapter 3. 

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