Testing of Footwear & Components

TESTING (PHYSICAL LAB):

Complete Footwear, Components and allied material (Sports/Safety/Casual/Fashion/Infant etc).

Shoe water proofness
Shoe flexing at room temperature
Casual shoes
Sports/heavy duty shoes
Shoe flexintg at low temperature
Heel attachment strength Test
Strap attachment
Strength of attachment of Bows & Trims
Whole shoe topline strength
SATRA sole adhesion test
16 point bondability test
Calibration
Leakage resistance
Visual inspection

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Soling material:

Specific gravity/density
Tensile strength & elongation at break
Hardness
Ross/bennewart flexing index at room temp
Ross/bennewart flexing index at low temp
SATRA/BATA belt flexing
Oil swelling
Compression set
Split tear strength
Die "C" tear test
Heat shrinkage
% Volatile loss
Abrasion
Bond strength (raw material)
Bond strength (prepared sample)
Light fastness
Dynamic water resistance (leather)
Grain crack index (leather)
Tear strength
Slip resistance per surface
Izod Impact
Ozone resistance
Up to 100 hrs for 1st sample
Up to 100 hrs for next 3 samples per sample
Up to 200 hrs for 1st sample
Up to 200 hrs for next 3 samples per sample
Chemical resistance per chemical
Hardness of PU foams (Seats)

Soling Material

Fasteners:

Resistance to repeated opening & closing
Lateral strength of slide fasteners
Strength of side fastener pullers
Attachment of slide fastener Top stops
Attachment of slide fastener Bottom stops
Slider locking strength of slide fasteners
Security of attachment of retainer to lateral load
Security of attachment of retainer to long Load
Tensile / Breaking strength
Tear strength
Peel strength (Velcro)
Shear strength(Velcro)
Corrosion (metal fasteners)
Eyelet attachment strength
Strength of fastened buckles
Strength of buckle and strap attachment
Corrosion resistance

* Ageing Tests (Heat Ageing / Wet Heat Ageing (Hydrolysis) Cold Tests / Environmental Cycling Tests / Weather o meter Tests.

Fastner

Safety / Miner Footwear:

All test of IS 15298
All test of ISO 20345
All test of ISO 20346
All test of ISO 20347
All test of IS 3976

Safety Minor Footwear