AS

TM G65
TheAS
TM G65Dr
ySandRubbe
rWhe
elme
thodwa
sca
rri
edoutonaF
ale
xFr
icon/
Wea
rTe
st
Machi
ne,
asil
l
ust
rat
edbel
ow.

Dr yAF S50-70O a waS i

li
caT estSand( 212-300µm)i sfeda tac ontr
oll
e dflowr ateof300-400g/ min
(thea ct
ualrat
eisme a s
ur e
di nthec alibraons te p)i
ntot hecont r
actzonebe tweenar otang
rubbe rr
imme dwhe e landt hes pecime n.Themoi st
rueoft hesa ndiscontrol
ledtolessthan0.12%i n
conducngt hetesng( wellbe l
owt hes pe c
ified0. 5%l eve l
).
Testc ouponsforthist estme thodha v edime ns
ionsof25. 4mmx76. 2mmx( 6..35-19.05)mm.
Ther ubberwhe eli
s12. 7mmwi dea ndha sadia me terof228.5mmdi a meter
. T
her ubberri
m
ha rdne ssi
s58-62S hor eDur ome ter.Thewhe elrotat
esa t200r pma ndt herotaoni ssuchthatits
cont actfacemov est hedi r
e conoft hes andflow. Thepiv otaxisoftheleverarml i
eswih nthe
plane ,whichisappr ox i
ma tel
yt angena ltother ubberwhe l
lsurface,andnorma ltothehoriz
ont al
diame teral
ongwhi cht hel oadisa pplied.
Thet estduraona ndf orcea ppli
edbyt hewe ightedlevera rma reselect
edont heba si
softhes peci
fic
we a rresis
tanceandt hethickne s
soft hema ter
ial.Condionsf orthestandardproceduresspeci
fie din
theAS TM G65s t
anda rda r
el i
stedint heT bal
e1

Dur inge ac
ht est,ac onstantlyreplenishe dlay erofs anda brasi
vei simbe dde dint hec onformi ng
rubbe rwhe ela ndt r
a nsportedov ert hete stsa mpl e.Thisc on nuous lyabr ade sma t
e ri
al f
romt he
c ontactsurface .thec ondionsa rema intainedc onstantt hrought het esttoe ns urec onsistentr esul
ts.
Inpa rcular,ther e l
av ehumi di
t yins i
det hec los edtes tcha mbe riskeptbe low5%bypur gingt he
s pacewi t
hdr i
e dc ompr esseda i
r
. Apos iv ea irpr ess
ur ewa sma intai
neddur i
ngt het est.The me
be twe encons e cuv et est30mi nt oa l
l
owt her ubbe rwhe eltocool toroomt e mpe rature.
VolumeL ossMea surement
Forma t
e r
ialswhos ede nsity(specificde ns i
ty)isk nownorc a nbeme asure da ccur at
e l
yus ingt he
Ar c
hime des’ me thod, volumel ossi scalculateda c cor
di ngt owe i
g htlossme asure me nta ndt he
ma teria
lde ns i
ty.Forma teri
a l
swhos ede nsitys pe ci
ficde nsit
y)isunk nowna ndc annotbea ccurately
me asured.s ucha sov er
lys/coang s,volumel ossi sme a suresdbyus i
ngal ase rpr ofilome te r
.
Thel aserprofil ome t
e rusedf ort
hi spur pos eisS olari
usVi ki
ng3DL aserPr ofilome terwi thav erc al
resolu onof0. 1µm.
Asspul atedbyt heAS TM G65s ta nda r
d, thewe a rresultsa r
er eporteda stheAdj us
te dVol umeL oss
(AVL)whi chi sca l
culateda ccordi
ngt othef ollowi ngfor mul a:

T
hewhe
eldi
ame
teri
sme
asur
eda e
rea
cht
est
.
T
ri
mayWe
arPl
ateL
td.
www.
tr
imay
.ca