Thermal Manikin - Body Part - Sweating TORSO

Streamline sample preparation

The Sweating TORSO device has the ability to measure Thermal Insulation (thermal resistance), Cooling Properties (initial cooling, cooling delay, sustained cooling, and post cooling), Moisture Uptake, Evaporated Moisture, and Drying Rate. The Sweating Torso device streamlines sample preparation because test specimens can be easily made as sewn tubes or fabric swatches that are wrapped around the test cylinder. Spacers can be added to simulate air gaps.

• Multi-functional device performs tests that would traditionally require a sweating guarded hotplate and a thermal manikin.
• The Sweating Torso system has been developed for scientific use by Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.
• Two precision balance scales monitor the weight of the torso and the sweat reservoir during experiments, yielding valuable data on moisture uptake and evaporated moisture.