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180 Peel Testing Webinar (9 Feb. 2022)
Across many households and industries, consumers have developed a strong preference for and confidence in ‘Duct Tape’ for all types of uses and applications. This is mainly due to the adhesion strength.
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BS ISO 6939
Applicable to spun single and folded yarns of any fibre or mixture of fibres manufactured by any spinning systems. Not recommended for testing filament yarns, glass yarns, more complex structures such as cabled yarns or cords.
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Applications across industries
Tensile strength testing is essential in product development, quality control, and certification across multiple sectors:
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ISO 8510-1
Particularly suitable for use with less flexible adherends for which a 180 ° peel test is not suitable because the adherends crack, break or delaminate. A bonded assembly of two adherends is prepared using the adhesive under test.
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Key applications of torque testing equipment
Torque testing is relevant across many packaging types:
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BS EN ISO 22254
ISO 22254:2005 specifies a test method for determining the resistance of the tufted portion of manual toothbrushes to deflection. This could be used to derive a stiffness - a factor which has been of great concern to consumers and manufacturers.
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Case study
Custom bottle cap mandrels
Customised engineering example
Plastic caps applied to bottles may be thin-walled and flexible, so that they become distorted when gripped by an operator during torque testing.
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BS EN ISO 205
Adhesives. Wood adhesives for non-structural applications. Determination of tensile shear strength of lap joints.
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TAPPI T 541
This method describes a procedure for measuring the internal fiber bond strength (z-direction tensile strength) of paperboard using an instrument that subjects a normal separation force to 6.45-cm2 (1-in2) specimen.
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TAPPI T 838
This method describes a procedure for determining the edgewise compressive strength, parallel to the flutes, of a short column of singe, double, or triple-wall corrugated fiberboard, in a neckdown, non reinforced, loading edge configuration.
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ASTM D937-97
1.1 This test method covers measuring with a penetrometer the penetration of petrolatum as an empirical measure of consistency.
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BS ISO 5893
ISO 5893 specifies requirements for tensile-testing systems operating at constant rate of traverse and suitable for testing rubbers, plastics and adhesives, although any one system may only be applicable to a narrower range of materials.
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ASTM D3822
This test method covers the measurement of tensile properties of natural and man-made single textile fibers of sufficient length to permit mounting test specimens in a tensile testing machine.
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Case study
High Performance Plasma Coatings
Requirement
Alphatek Hyperformance Coatings Ltd. are a coatings company that applies wear, corrosion, heat or electrically resistive coatings, supplying to many different industries.
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BS EN 14350-1
Resusable teats and drinking accessories
Resusable feeding bottles and drinking cups
Single use feeding bottles, feeding teats, feeding bags and drinking accessories, which do not contain fluid when purchased.
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Test type
Mecmesin provides solutions for tests on products or materials that require the measurement of their physical strength. Typically this involves applying and recording the force to pull apart, push together, twist or turn.
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Case study
Scaffold support netting tester
Requirement
Huck, a scaffold netting supplier, run a return to manufacturer service to test netting has not degraded whilst in use.
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ASTM D4255 / D4255M-15a
ASTM D4255 is a test method for testing the in-plane shear properties of high-modulus fiber-reinforced composite materials. The method is divided into two procedures. Procedure A tests laminates clamped between two pairs of loading rails.
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Case study
Connection test on fuel injection components
Requirement
A number of destructive and non-destructive tests were required on a plastic assembly used in a fuel injection assembly. The tests included:
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Applications in industry
The Delft tear test is used wherever rubber and thermoplastics need to maintain performance under stress. Common uses include:
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FINAT FTM3
This test method allows the end user to determine the force required to separate the release backing from the pressure sensitive adhesive coated face material.
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ASTM D695-15
ASTM D695 is a test method used to determine the mechanical properties of unreinforced and reinforced rigid plastics, including high-modulus composites, when loaded in compression at relatively low uniform rates of straining or loading.
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Case study
Tensile test on rubber gaskets
Requirement
British Gaskets are a major manufacturer of gaskets, sealing products and mouldings. These are made from a variety of materials to suit a range of applications.
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Event
Understanding Adhesion Strength: 180 Degree Peel Test
Across many households and industries, consumers have developed a strong preference for and confidence in ‘Duct Tape’ for all types of uses and applications. This is mainly due to the adhesion strength.