HOME COMPANY APPLICATIONS PRODUCTS NEWS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT COMPANY A Pioneer of Textile Testing Technology 1940 The first tensile tester with an electronic force measuring system (German Patent DRP 760 055) 1955 ELKOMETER – The first yarn imperfection tester for staple fibre and filament yarns 1955 FAFEGRAPH – The first single-fibre tensile tester with automatic clamps 1960 AUTOMETER – The first dynamic tensile testing machine for yarns 1963 STATIMAT – The first single-drive automatic yarn tensile tester 1971 TEXTURMAT – The first automatic tester for crimp contraction testing of textured yarns according to German Standards DIN 53 840 1972 DYNAFIL – The first dynamic thermal stress tester for testing of POY, FDY and DTY 1983 STATIMAT M with AUTOCOUNT – The first combination of an automatic tensile tester with a yarn feeder and an automatic yarn count measuring system 1984 ASW – The first package changer for yarn testing instruments operating on the running thread 1991 FAFEGRAPH HR – The first single-fibre tensile tester with high resolution force measuring system for tensile tests and crimp tests on single fibres 1991 STATIMAT 4 – The first automatic tensile tester for yarns with automatic bollard clamps and yarn twisting device 1995 FAVIMAT ROBOT – The first automatic tensile, crimp and fineness tester for single-fibres with automatic feed of test specimens 1999 DYNAFIL ME – The first dynamic thermal stress tester with automatically operated high-temperature heater and high-resolution load cell 2003 DYNAFIL ME with COVAFIL and COMCOUNT – The first combination of dynamic thermal stress test, evenness test and count test 2003 STATIMAT MEL – The first automatic tensile tester for elastomeric yarns 2007 FIBROTEST – The first fibre length and strength tester with absolute tenacity measurement 2007 STATIMAT DS – The first automatic yarn tester combining tensile, evenness and count test with state of the art technology features 2011 AUTOFEED – The first automatic single-fibre individualizing system 2011 DRAPETEST – The first drapability tester providing important information on the processability of technical textiles 2015 MDTA 4 – The first micro-dust and trash analyser with integrated measurement of the fibre length distribution 2015 COVASLIVE – The first evenness tester for slivers and rovings with integrated count measurement 2016 FIMATEST – The first commercially available pull-out test system for measuring the fibre-matrix-adhesion in composite materials Learn more ... The History Objectives and Concepts A Family Enterprise A Pioneer of Textile Testing Technology Textechno . Dohrweg 65 . D-41066 Mönchengladbach . Tel: +49 2161 65 99 0 . Fax: +49 2161 65 99 10 Home Contact Legal notice Privacy Statement