The first tensile tester with an electronic force measuring system (German Patent DRP 760 055)

ELKOMETER – The first yarn imperfection tester for staple fibre and filament yarns

FAFEGRAPH – The first single-fibre tensile tester with automatic clamps

AUTOMETER – The first dynamic tensile testing machine for yarns

STATIMAT – The first single-drive automatic yarn tensile tester

TEXTURMAT – The first automatic tester for crimp contraction testing of textured yarns according to German Standards DIN 53 840

DYNAFIL – The first dynamic thermal stress tester for testing of POY, FDY and DTY

STATIMAT M with AUTOCOUNT – The first combination of an automatic tensile tester with a yarn feeder and an automatic yarn count measuring system

ASW – The first package changer for yarn testing instruments operating on the running thread

FAFEGRAPH HR – The first single-fibre tensile tester with high resolution force measuring system for tensile tests and crimp tests on single fibres

STATIMAT 4 – The first automatic tensile tester for yarns  with automatic bollard clamps and yarn twisting device

FAVIMAT ROBOT – The first automatic tensile, crimp and fineness tester for single-fibres with automatic feed of test specimens

DYNAFIL ME – The first dynamic thermal stress tester with automatically operated high-temperature heater and high-resolution load cell

DYNAFIL ME with COVAFIL and COMCOUNT – The first combination of dynamic thermal stress test, evenness test and count test

STATIMAT MEL – The first automatic tensile tester for elastomeric yarns

FIBROTEST – The first fibre length and strength tester with absolute tenacity measurement

STATIMAT DS – The first automatic yarn tester combining tensile, evenness and count test with state of the art technology features

AUTOFEED – The first automatic single-fibre individualizing system

DRAPETEST – The first drapability tester providing important information on the processability of technical textiles

MDTA 4 – The first micro-dust and trash analyser with integrated measurement of the fibre length distribution

COVASLIVE – The first evenness tester for slivers and rovings with integrated count measurement

FIMATEST – The first commercially available pull-out test system for measuring the fibre-matrix-adhesion in composite materials