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Report 3885

ABN 36 062 949 973

44/59-69 Halstead St South Hurstville NSW 2221

For the testing of “Melos and Fairmont EPDM Rubber slab” supplied by
“APT ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD”

Specification: EN ISO 5470-1Rubber Taber Testing - Wear testing

Client: APT ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD

Contact:
James Tritt
Date of Receipt:
27/06//2018
Date of Test:
10/07/2018

Date of Report: 10/07/2018

Report Number: 3950

Laboratory Director
Date

Date 10/07/2018
Grant Humphreys

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Material Identification: Melos and Fairmont ERPM rubber slab

Product Description:
P3-15 Control A
Ecolastic play B
Ecolastic sprint plus C
P3-15 -1 Melos D
P3-15 -1 (FISB) E
P#-15-2 (FISB) F
Thick G

Archiving:

A sample of the material archived for future identification purposes, the remainder being discarded

Preparation:

The samples were conditioned in laboratory at 20C Humidity 50%

Dates of test: 10/07/2018

Location of Testing: 44/59-69 Halstead St South Hurstville NSW 2221 Australia/ Site

Testing Officer: Grant Humphreys

Testing to: EN ISO 5470-1Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics - Determination of abrasion

resistance - Part 1: Taber abrader (ISO 5470-1:1999).
Wheel H18 and 1kg weight per wheel

Test Method
The sample was mounted in the Taber machine and run with the two wheels. H18 wheel and 1kg
load on each wheel at 72hz. The sample was weighted before testing and after testing. The
wheels where cleaned and re-faced with the wear disc before each test. The sample was run for
1000 cycle.

Weight (Mass) Loss

This technique measures how much material has been removed by abrasion and is usually
reported in milligrams.
L=A-B
where L = weight loss
A = weight (mass) of specimen before abrasion
B = weight (mass) of specimen after abrasion
When performing the weight loss method, loose particulate may adhere to specimens during
testing. It is critical that you clean off the test specimens as best as possible prior to weighing .
Taber Wear Index
Indicates rate of wear and is calculated by measuring the loss in weight (in milligrams) per
thousand cycles of abrasion.
The lower the wear index, the better the abrasion resistance.

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I = [(A - B) * 1000] / C
where I = wear index
A = weight (mass) of specimen before abrasion
B = weight (mass) of specimen after abrasion
C = number of test cycles

Requirements
There are no specification pass/ fail requirements. This test is a comparison between samples to
determine which is abrading fast or slower per number of cycles. This then works out the mass
loss or the wear index which allows the wear to be compared.

Results

Tabor Testing to EN 13672 c

72 hz 1kg weights 1000 Wear index
Colour Red
EPDM Slab Cycles Sample Before After Weight Loss % Wear Index I
P3-15 Control 1000 A 195 193.2 0.9% 1.8
Ecolastic play 1000 B 216.9 213.33 1.6% 3.6
Ecolastic sprint plus 1000 C 199.9 195.4 2.3% 4.5
P3-15 -1 Melos 1000 D 178.8 176 1.6% 2.8
P3-15 -1 (FISB) 1000 E 196.9 195.3 0.8% 1.6
P#-15-2 (FISB) 1000 F 198.3 195.1 1.6% 3.2
Thick 1000 G 152.9 149.8 2.0% 3.1

Comments

Seven samples were submitted.

Sample ‘Ecolastic sprint plus’ was wearing faster than the others.

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Pictures of samples
Sample A

Sample B

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Sample C

Sample D

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Sample E

Sample F

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