13-0216IT

Issued on December 12, 2013

COMPANY

GRANUFLEX
PRODUCT NAME

GRANUFLEX SBR 0525 BLACK

CATEGORY

PERFORMANCE INFILL

Tests according to:

EN 14836:2006 Synthetic surfeces for outdoor sports areas. Exposure to

artificial weathering.
340nm/UVA

Reproduction of this Test Report is only authorised in its entirety.

The results are solely considered valid for the sample subjected to testing

Labosport Italia S.r.l

Via Monza, 80 23870 CERNUSCO LOMBARDONE (LC)
Tel. +39 039 894.62.15 Fax +39 039 968.51.68

www.labosport.it
labosport@labosport.it

SUBJECT ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 3
STORAGE TIMES .............................................................................................................................................................. 3
TEST PERFORMANCE CONDITION IN LABORATORY .................................................................................................. 3
APPLICANT........................................................................................................................................................................ 3
ACQUISITION DATA .......................................................................................................................................................... 3
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION................................................................................................................................................ 4
DECLARED VALUES............................................................................................................................................................. 4
SAMPLES PHOTO ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
LABORATORY RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................. 5
COLOR FASTNESS .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
INFILLS PHOTOS BEFORE AND AFTER UVA EXPOSURE........................................................................................... 5
INFILL GRAPHS ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
TGA BEFORE UVA EXPOSURE ............................................................................................................................................ 6
SIEVE ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
APPARATUS USED ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................ 8
CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 8

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SUBJECT
Protocol for accelerated aging of yarns and infill by means of 3000h of exposure to UVA with QUV equipment

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
UNI EN 14836:2006 Synthetic surfaces for outdoor sports areas. Exposure to artificial weathering
UNI EN ISO 4892-3:2006 Plastics -- Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources -- Fluorescent UV lamps
EN 20105/A02:1996 Textiles. Tests for colour fastness. Grey scale for assessing change in colour.
UNI EN 933-1:2012 Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving
method
UNI EN 1097-3:1999 Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates. Determination of loose bulk density
and voids

STORAGE TIMES
Storage Sine die of specimens and documents

TEST PERFORMANCE CONDITION IN LABORATORY

Ambient temperature

Relative humidity

23 2C

50 % 5%

APPLICANT
COMPANY
ADDRESS

GRANUFLEX
Bcsi t, 269
H - 1037 Budabest

COUNTRY

Hungary

ACQUISITION DATA
DATE ORDER RECEIVED

June 21st 2013

DATE FIRST SAMPLE RECEIVED

August 20th 2013

DATE LAST SAMPLE RECEIVED

August 20th 2013

TEST START DATE

August 20th 2013

TEST END DATE

December 11th 2013

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SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION
D ECLARED VALUES
Manufacturer

Commercial name

Type

Granuflex

GRANUFLEX SBR 0525 BLACK

BLACK SBR

Particle size

Bulk density

Particle shape

Color

0.5 - 2.5

0.45

A2-B3

Green

S AMPLE S PHOTO

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LABORATORY RESULTS
C OLOR FASTNESS
L*a*b coordinates on new sample

Mean

12.72

12.10

12.20

13.38

12.57

12.65

12.32

12.11

13.04

12.62

12.57

-0.14

-0.04

-0.04

-0.06

-0.01

-0.04

-0.06

-0.03-

0.70

-0.01

0.35

0.23

0.62

0.65

0.68

0.60

0.54

0.61

0.64

0.69

0.63

L*a*b coordinates on UVA exposed sample

0.59
Mean

11.54

12.85

12.54

14.27

12.40

12.95

13.82

12.98

13.76

13.43

14.04

-0.02

-0.11

-0.02-

0.09

-0.25

-0.04

-0.17

-0.21

-0.10

-0.12

0.39

1.40

1.21

0.99

1.14

1.33

0.79

1.30

0.77

0.98

1.21

E values in comparison between new and aged sample

1.67

0.96

0.48

1.01

0.79

0.40

0.62
Mean

1.67

0.91

1.11

1.00

0.74

Grey scale value

5

INFILLS PHOTOS BEFORE AND AFTER UVA EXPOSURE

Before UVA exposure

After UVA exposure

Particle size

Bulk density

Particle shape

Color

0.8 - 2.5

0.45

A2-B3

Green

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INFILL GRAPHS
TGA B EFORE UVA EXPOSURE

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S IEVE A NALYSIS

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APPARATUS USED
Plastics -- Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources -- Fluorescent UV lamps
Device

Brand

Model

Serial number

Sheet

QUV

Q Pannel

QUV/SE

06-13927-73-SE

STR009

Grey scale

RAL Farben

Digital 4

NA

STR151

TGA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Spectrophotometer

BYK-Gardner

Spectro guide

1057950

STR015

Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving
method
Device

Brand

Model

Serial number

Sheet

Balance

Radwag

PS6000/C/1

219667/08

STR043

Sieve

Matest

0.2mm

0306164

STR234

Sieve

Matest

0.315mm

0306163

STR235

Sieve

Matest

0.5mm

0276549

STR237

Sieve

Matest

0.63mm

0306162

STR232

Sieve

Matest

0.8mm

0306161

STR238

Sieve

Matest

1mm

0276548

STR239

Sieve

Matest

1.25mm

0306160

STR240

Sieve

Matest

1.6mm

0306159

STR241

Sieve

Matest

2mm

0276547

STR242

Sieve

Matest

2.5mm

0306158

STR243

Sieve

Matest

3.15mm

0276550

STR244

Sieve

Matest

4mm

0276544

STR246

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
None

CONCLUSIONS
None

Laboratory Director
Roberto Armeni

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Laboratory responsible
Davide Giorgini

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