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Brushes

Brushes use synthetic or natural filaments to create bristles which are typically clamped to a handle via a ferrule. Testing the mechanical strength of this connection is vital to making sure that the bristles can withstand extensive use over time without falling out.

Another key attribute of brushes is the ability to bend or flex whilst applying materials such as pastes, powders and paints, so brush stiffness is tested to ensure that the filaments are not permanently deformed with usage.

Tensile strength, bend and friction tests are commonly used to check the quality of toothbrushes, cosmetic make-up brushes, paintbrushes .. and even the brushes used on industrial road sweepers !

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Featured case studies

Cosmetics blusher brush being loaded into the fixture for bristle pull-out test with part PDV14098

Cosmetics brush pull-out testing

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Standards

Featured or equivalent test standards for Mecmesin solutions in this section

BS EN ISO 16409

Dentistry - Oralcare products. Manual interdental toothbrushes

BS EN ISO 22254

Manual toothbrushes. Resistance of tufted portion to deflection

ISO 20126

Dentistry - Manual toothbrushes - General requirements and test methods
ISO 22254 bristle stiffness fixture must apply a pre-load and also measure brushing resistance force
Case study
Ranir Perrigo

Toothbrush tester for bristle stiffness and pull-out resistance

Cosmetics blusher brush being loaded into the fixture for bristle pull-out test with part PDV14098
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Cosmetics brush pull-out testing

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Force testing

Systems

  • Universal testing machines
  • Large format compression testers
  • Motorised force testers

Instruments

  • Digital force gauges
  • Mechanical force gauges
  • Manual test stands
Compression test on foam sample

Materials testing

Systems

  • Universal testing machines
  • Low-force materials tester

Instruments

  • Falling dart impact testers
Tensile test on plastic material sample

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Torque test on bottle cap

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