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On Thursday 15th May 2025 TRI will host a Symposium on the Fatigue Testing of Hair. This event, running directly after the TRI Fundamentals of Hair Science and Claims Course (13-14 May), will be a hybrid event. A very limited number of places are available to join the symposium live at TRI. There are, of course, unlimited paces on-line, and the event will be streamed live, and on playback as usual. Click here for more information.
Fatigue testing is used in TRI to support hair resistance to breakage claims (click here for more information)
Over the past decade, Single Fiber Fatigue Testing has become the hottest new testing technique in our industry. The reason appears two-fold. On the one hand, this methodology often yields substantially larger differences between samples, in terms of breakage tendences, than those obtained by traditional tensile testing. But also, this approach highlights the sizable contribution of previously unrecognized factors and considerations to the breakage process – which, in turn, suggest potential new strategies for curtailing this occurrence. To this end, it is already possible to see fatigue data being used in product and ingredient claims communications.
Yet, despite exponentially growing interest in this area, it is prudent to remember that this is still a nascent technique where we have much to learn. Accordingly, this Symposium seeks to pull together scientists working in (or with interest in) this area to discuss and debate various aspects of this approach. The event will consist of 8 lectures that will highlight the novelty, the practicality, the issues, and the potential of this methodology.
This will be a hybrid event consisting of a limited number of on-site seats at TRI, while also streaming online and with playback capabilities. We very much hope you will join us and participate in the scientific process.
For further information about fatigue testing contact us.