Sr.No. |
Test Paramter |
Test Standard |
Equipment(make) |
1. |
Mass per unit area |
ASTM D 5261 |
Balance (Mettler) |
2. |
Thickness |
ASTM |
Thickness tester |
3. |
Tensile strength (wide width) |
ASTM D 4595 |
UTM (Shimadzu) |
4. |
Grab test |
ASTM D 4632 |
UTM |
5. |
Trapezoid Tear Strength |
ASTM D 4533 |
UTM |
6. |
Index Puncture resistance test |
ASTM D 4833 |
UTM |
7. |
Water permeability |
ASTM D 4491 |
Water permeability tester (AIMIL) |
8. |
Cone Drop test |
BS EN 918 |
Cone drop tester |
9. |
Bursting strength test |
ASTM D 3786 |
B S tester |
10. |
Air permeability test |
ASTM D 737 |
AP Tester (texttocraft) |
11. |
Flame retardancy |
IS 11871 |
Vertical flammability tester |
12. |
Taber Abrasion |
ASTM D 3884 |
Abrasion tester (Taber) |
13. |
UV resistance |
ASTM D 4355 |
Q-Sun tester |
14. |
Water repellency |
IS 392 |
Bundesmann tester |
15. |
Water repellency |
IS 7016 part VII |
Hydrostatic Dome tester (SASMIRA) |
16. |
Seam strength |
|
UTM |
17. |
Resistance to Flexing Tester |
IS 7016 part IV |
Flexing Tester (Sehildknecht) |
18. |
Identification |
IS 667 |
Lab method |
19. |
Adhesion test |
IS 7016 |
UTM |
20. |
Resistance to extreme temperatures |
Visual observation |
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