SDL Atlas Advances Textile Wash-Fastness Testing As Its Vortex M6 Is Accepted As A Type B Washer By ISO 6330:2021
ISO has updated the 6330 standard: Textiles — Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing.
Among the changes in the 2021 version are updates to the available detergents, ballasts and acceptable devices.
SDL Atlas is excited to share that as per the new specifications, Vortex M6 is defined a standard-compliant Type B washer.
The Vortex M6 the only commercial grade top loading washing instrument engineered specifically for laboratory use for meeting global testing standards.
The instrument provides programable precision via a user friendly, multi-language (English, Spanish and Chinese) full color touch screen that can manage custom settings for: Bath Temperature, Water Fill, Agitation (Speed & Time), Spin (Speed & Time), and Rinse Volume. Operators have the ability to program custom cycles with duration up to 100 hours and custom programs can be saved for later use.
The Vortex M6 can be calibrated to ISO 17025 requirements and adjusted back into compliance easily by qualified personnel.
About SDL Atlas
SDL Atlas is the product of the unification of several respected manufacturers and distributors of innovative and quality testing instruments and consumables.
By combining the strength and knowledge of these inventive companies, SDL Atlas has grown into the largest and most complete global source of textile testing, quality control and laboratory equipment.
Atlas, founded in 1919, was the first corporate member of AATCC and worked actively with the organization and ASTM to commercialize testing instruments that met standards used by American retailers.
It introduced the AATCC Launder-Ometer® in 1928 and took over production of AATCC Crockmeter in 1964.
The textile instrument division separated from the light fastness division of Atlas to begin SDL Atlas in 2003.
Committed to providing customers confidence in standard based testing, SDL Atlas has offices and experts in the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and China, plus agents serving over 100 countries, SDL Atlas is ready to support its customers with instruments, consumables, and services anywhere in the world.
