Laboratory Procedure Manual (Footwear)

GE-12
Resilience
Index Update - Resilience GE-12
Update Changed Items
Date
22.06.99  Salomon label added
 Note "with two sides skin on " added
23.07.07  Picture of equipment added
 Procedure adjusted to new format
 Note of catching the hammer before it strikes the specimen again, added
12.12.12  New specimen thickness for Boost foam added
05.09.13  Right balancing of the hammer added
08.07.14  Changes for thickness and Boost Components
09.09.14  Changes for thickness (Rubber / general)

Valid for : All Rubber & Foam Materials

Reference : DIN 53512 (2000)
Purpose
 To evaluate the elastic performance of elastomers, when subjected to impact shock.

Apparatus

Hammer

schematic way of testing

Specimen

figure 1
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Impact Energy: 0.5 J

Number Of Test Pieces

 2 Test specimens are required per test:
 Rubber – Diameter 29 – 53 mm ; thickness 12 mm  0.5mm
 Boost Foam Test plates – Diameter 29 – 53 mm ; thickness 20 mm  0.5mm
 Boost Components: Diameter and thickness depends on tooling - Reference QAT Boost
 All other materials – Diameter 29 – 53 mm ; thickness 10 mm  0.5mm

Note….If test specimens are thinner than required, up to a maximum of 3 specimens can be
stacked on top of each other until they reach the required minimum thickness.

Test Procedure
Notes...
 All foamed materials must be tested on specimens with two sides skin on
 On the testing steps 3.-6., catch the pendulum, before it strikes on the test specimen
again

1. If necessary dust the specimen with talcum powder to eliminate a tacky surface.
2. Place the specimen in the clamping device.
3. Make sure the hammer is balanced that way, so that it is in a 90 degree vertical direction to
the test specimen and that the hammer fin touches the test specimen (see figure 2 and 3)

wrong figure 2

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right figure 3

4. Drop the pendulum onto the same part of the test specimen 3 times, from a horizontal position
The purpose of these 3 blows is to mechanically condition the test specimen.
5. The pendulum is dropped onto the test specimen a 4th time, and the elasticity is read from the
scale of the equipment.
6. The pendulum is dropped onto the test specimen a 5th time, and the elasticity is read from the
scale of the equipment.
7. The pendulum is dropped onto the test specimen a 6th time, and the elasticity is read from the
scale of the equipment.

Evaluation
 The average from the 3 readings (4th, 5th & 6th blows) is noted.

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