PROGRESS: Completed Project	PROJECT REF: NA
PROJECT TITLE: The Moisture Management Tester
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Moisture Management Tester Advanced quality control technology for textile industry The Moisture Management Tester(MMT) developed by the PolyU is an equipment to test liquid moisture management capability of textiles such as knitted and woven fabrics. This world leading instrument consists of an upper and lower concentric moisture sensors, where the fabric under test is placed in between of these two sensors. A pre-defined amount of test solution (synthetic sweating) is introduced onto the upper side of the fabric, then the test solution will transfer in the materials in three directions: Spreading outward on the upper surface of the fabric Transferring through the fabric from the upper surface to the bottom surface Spreading outward on the lower surface of the fabric and then evaporating MMT is designed to sense, measure and record the liquid moisture transport behaviors in three multi-directions. A series of indexes are defined and calculated to characterize liquid moisture management performance of the test sample.
FOCUS AREA(S): Textile and Clothing
KEYWORDS: Moisture Management Tester
MODE OF COLLABORATION: any
STATUS PATENT: Granted	PATENT NO: No.09/811, 829
ORGANIZATION: Institute of Textiles and Clothing
CONTACT PERSON: Dr Yi Li	EMAIL: tcliyi@inet.polyu.edu.hk
TEL: (852)-27666479	FAX: (852)-27731432
WEBSITE: http://www.ife.polyu.edu.hk/template_areas.htm	DATE: 11/01/2005