Introducing Physical Impact and Deformation Testing

The purpose of a coating is typically to protect a structure or product against a number of external factors such as temperature, water, chemicals, and also: physical impact.

CONTENTS:
0:00 - 2:16 - Introduction
2:16 - 3:11 - Elcometer 1510 Conical Mandrel Bend Tester
3:11 - 4:19 - Elcometer 1506 & Elcometer 1500 Cylindrical Mandrel Bend Testers
4:19 - 5:02 - Elcometer 1620 Cupping Tester
5:02 - 6:17 - Elcometer 1615 Variable Impact Tester
6:17 - 6:53 - Outro

Certain materials and coatings will need to expand, flex and bend either throughout the production stage, or during the service life of the product they are used for.

Manufacturers must ensure the coatings or materials being used are able to withstand the types of stress their products could be subjected to; this could be from a change in temperature to a human or mechanical impact.

Deformation or damage of a coating can significantly reduce its protective quality as well as affecting the products appearance. Tests in the laboratory prior to production are, therefore, essential to determine a coating's suitability for its designed application.

In order to characterise a coating’s performance to physical impact and deformation, a number of repeatable and reproducible tests have been developed. Elcometer offers a range of gauges to test a coatings ability to resist deformation and physical impact. These include mandrel bend testing, cupping testing and impact testing.

Elcometers range of physical test equipment spans more than just physical impact and deformation. Other tests such as gloss, abrasion, adhesion, and dry film thickness are just as vital for assessing the performance of a coating.

For further information about Elcometer’s range of physical test equipment, click one of the links on screen or simply visit www.elcometer.com. And please don’t forget to subscribe to the Elcometer channel to be notified of any new videos.

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Standards:
Elcometer 1506:
AS/NZS 1580.402.1, ASTM D 2485, ASTM D 522-B, ASTM D 1737, ISO 1519-2, JIS K 5600-5-1

Elcometer 1510:
ASTM D 522-A, BS 3900-E11, ISO 6860

Elcometer 1615:
ASTM D 2794, ASTM D 5420, AS/NZS 1580.406.1, BS 6496:1984, BS 3900-E13, ECCA T5, EN 12206-1:2004, EN 13523-5, ISO 6272:1993, ISO 6272-1, ISO 6272-2, JIS K 5600-5-3:1999, NF T30-017:1989

Elcometer 1500:
AS/NZS 1580.402.1, ASTM D 2485, ASTM D 522-B, ASTM D 1737, BS 3900-E1, DIN 53152, ISO 1519-1, JIS K 5600-5-1, NF T30-040

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