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Abstract
A novel method has been proposed and an instrument has been developed to measure the fabric thickness and compression using the magnetic inductance principle. The developed instrument measures the change in inductance value of a composite magnetic circuit due to the variation of fabric thickness. The relationship between magnetic inductance and fabric thickness has been interpreted by a nonlinear regression equation. It has been found that the proposed method can measure the fabric thickness with a very high degree of accuracy. As the magnetic property of fabrics remains almost unaffected by moisture regain, the measurement accuracy of the instrument is independent of atmospheric conditions.