Call Letters

Appendix D

Date of Issuance 06/66

Revised 11/70
Revised 08/85
Revised 08/89
Revised 10/03

Preparation for Testing

1. SCOPE
1.1 This method defines the environmental conditions required for sample roll conditioning and
indicates what steps are necessary towards specimen selection.

2. SAMPLE ROLL CONDITIONING

2.1 Unless otherwise specified, the sample roll(s) shall be conditioned for at least 24 hours prior to
testing in an atmosphere maintained at standard conditions (Appendix A). The sample roll shall be
placed in the chamber or room in such a way that the conditioning atmosphere shall have free access
to all normally exposed surfaces of the sample roll.

3. SPECIMEN SELECTION
3.1 Discard at least three but no more than six outer wraps of tape from the sample roll before
taking specimens for testing. This applies to rolls in the as-received and accelerated-aged condition.

3.2 Remove one specimen per sample roll for each test to be performed unless otherwise specified.
Remove it from a freely rotating roll at the rate of 500-750 mm (20-30”) per second. Where width or
other factor causing a high adherence to backing makes it impossible to remove the specimen at the
prescribed rate, remove it at a rate as close to 500 mm (20”) per second as possible. Note: Care shall
be taken when unrolling glass filament or glass fabric backed tapes so as not to fracture the glass.
Preventing acute angles of unwinding will assist in doing this.

3.3 When the tape is wider than the dimension specified in the method, specimens of the widest
specified width are to be cut from the center of a strip removed from the roll as in, 3.2.

3.3.1 A specimen cutter for use in preparing specified widths is defined in Appendix B.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

No changes from the 14th edition.

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