Standards:

Applications:

Mainly used for the wear tests of suitcases, carpets, cardboard, clothing, glass, plastic coating, tiles, metal coating, paint, varnish, decorative flakes, high pressure sheet, plastic, textiles, flexible floor mats, traffic paint, anodized, electronic components, decorative panels, wax, labels, leather, dental materials, automotive interior ornaments, resins, furniture and so on.

Product Information:

Taber abrasion tester is used to assess the wear resistance, such as measuring its quality loss, loss of thickness and light transmittance. Make the test piece by the standard cutter. Used the prescribed grinding wheel with a certain weight to wear. Remove the specimen after the specified rotation number, observe the weight difference before and after the test.

Standards

1. DIN 53754 Testing of plastics; determination of abrasion, abrasive disk method

2. DIN 53109 Testing of paper and board; determination of abrasion by the abrasion wheel method

3. DIN 52347  Testing of glass and plastics; abrasion test; method using abrasion wheels and measurement of scattered light

4. TAPPI T476  Abrasion loss of paper and paperboard (Taber-type method)

5. ASTM D1044 Standard Test Method for Resistance of Transparent Plastics to Surface Abrasion

6. ASTM D3884 Standard guide for abrasion resistance of textile fabrics (Rotary platform, double-head method)

7. ISO-5470  Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics - Determination of abrasion resistance

Technical Parameters

FAQs

1. What is a Taber Abrasion Tester (Double-Head) used for?

It is used to evaluate the abrasion and wear resistance of materials and surface coatings.

2. What materials can be tested?

It is commonly used for plastics, leather, rubber, textiles, coatings, flooring materials, and other sheet or surface materials.

3. Why does the tester use two abrasion heads?

The double-head design allows the specimen to be abraded simultaneously from two sides of the test track for efficient and consistent testing.

4. What test results can be obtained?

Depending on the applicable standard, the test can evaluate mass loss, thickness loss, or visual changes after a specified number of abrasion cycles.

5. Which industries use the Taber Abrasion Tester?

It is widely used in automotive, footwear, flooring, textile, plastics, coatings, and quality-control applications.