Designed for use in the leather industry and in the textile industry for coated fabric and other soft materials. Deflection of the material while clamped above an aperture of a known diameter is measured when subjected to a specific load applied by a pin of a smaller diameter. The deflection is read on the analog or digital gauges. Available in analog (graduated in 0.1 mm divisions) or digital (displaying figures to 0.01 mm or 0.0005 inch) version.