Glass mat slurry bleed through emulator

Abstract

A method for testing fluid flow-through through a fabric includes providing a sample of fabric and placing the fabric upon an open upper end of a sample retainer having a receptacle with an upper end configured for securing a sample of the fabric, and having a surface spaced below the sample, placing a fluid injector a predetermined distance above the sample retainer, the fluid injector having a reservoir of fluid and an outlet configured for directing fluid directly upon the sample, and directing the fluid upon the sample and measuring at least one of the linear displacement of the fluid upon the sample, the time for the fluid to pass directly through the sample and the total volume of fluid passing through the sample measured by the amount of fluid retained on the surface.

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