The paper points out that reed failures are resulted from the synthetical action of vibrating wear, grain wear, fatigue damage and last. impact action - the most dreadful damage.

The paper points out that reed failures result from the synthetical action of vibrating wear, grain wear, fatigue damage and last, impact action-the most dreadful damage.

This paper deals with the principle of measuring flexural rigidity of the fabrics by vibrating reed method. Floxural rigidity values of eight different fabrics were measured.