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- Footwear Testing Equipments
STEEL TOE IMPACT TESTER
- The toe portion of shoes used for industrial aplications or used in mines shall be sufficiently rigid so as not to get pressed down beyond a specified limit when a heavy block falls down on it, thus preventing crushing of or injury to the toe of the user. The toes of miner’s safety boots or industrial shoes are generally reinforced…
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- Footwear Testing Equipments
WATER RESISTANCE TESTER – (PENETROMETER)
- The uppers of shoes get folded over the toe portion every time a step is taken. These repeated folding cause the finished grains to start cracking, resulting in loss of water resistance .To ensure that the leather uppers retain their water resistance for a reasonable period of use, the action of such folding on them is simulated by subjecting test…
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- Footwear Testing Equipments
WATER VAPOUR PERMEABILITY TESTER
- Water vapour permeability of leather is evaluated by clamping a circular test specimen over the mouth of a bottle containing a solid desiccant and subjecting it to a rapid current of air. The air inside the bottle is circulated by keeping the desiccant in motion. The increase in weight of the bottle over a specified interval of time gives the…
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