Abrasion Resistance
Abrasion resistance is a measure of how durable a fabric is to scrapes, cuts, and other physical environmental hazards. To gauge abrasion resistance, we test our fabrics with a Taber® machine in our corporate lab. This machine simulates field conditions with a series of wheels that run over the fabric swatch thousands of times. The higher the cycle count until the fabric wears out, the more abrasion resistant that fabric is.