ISO 5470-1 Rubber or Plastic Coated Fabrics - Determination of Abrasion Resistance - Part 1: Taber Abrasive

The ISO 5470-1 standard, developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO), defines a test method for evaluating the abrasive wear resistance of fabrics coated using Taber abrasive.

In fact, the ISO 5470 standard consists of the following two parts under the main title "Rubber or plastic coated fabrics - Determination of abrasion resistance":

• ISO 5470-1 Part 1: Taber abrasive
• ISO 5470-2 Part 2: Martindale abrasive

It allows the adoption of the approach described in the ISO 5470-1 standard, if desired, in the ISO 9352 standard. However, the main disadvantages of Taber abrasive are:

• Endpoints remain somewhat subjective unless a gravimetric technique is used.
• Only a small strip of material is eroded.
• Due to the speed of interfacial friction, localized heating of the coating polymer causes softening and therefore less representative of abrasive wear in use.
• The 6 mm diameter hole in the center of the test piece does not allow for post-wear evaluations of properties such as hydrostatic heat resistance or resistance to chemical reagents.

For the purposes of the ISO 5470-1 standard,

• The concept of abrasive wheel refers to the small grinding wheel covered with abrasive paper.
• The concept of abrasive wear refers to the gradual loss of material from the worn surface of rubber or plastic material resulting from the cutting or scratching action of an abrasive disc.

Taber abrasion is a test used to determine a plastic's resistance to wear. Abrasion resistance is defined as a material's ability to withstand mechanical impacts such as friction, scraping, or erosion. Comparing wear is always difficult, but changes in turbidity or weight loss are generally evaluated. The most common test method used to determine abrasion resistance is the Taber abrasion test. During the test, a coated (wood) substrate is subjected to rotating abrasive wheels with a defined load, and the resulting weight loss is measured.

This test method is included in the ISO 5470-1 standard, as well as in the DIN EN 438, DIN 53754, DIN 53799 and ASTM D 4060-90 standards .

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