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BS 5131-0:1990

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Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials General introduction
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Language(s)

English

Published date

31-01-1991

Committees responsible
Foreword
General introduction
1 Scope
Tables
1 Sections of BS 5131
2 Test methods for specific materials used by the
   footwear industry
3 Test methods for properties of materials used by the
   footwear industry

Lists the methods of test given in the Sections of BS 5131 together with a further list of other methods used to test footwear materials.

This Part of BS 5131 lists each test method published as a Section of thus standard. The Sections are available separately. This Part also lists other British Standard methods of test applicable to footwear and footwear materials so as to function as a general index of all British Standard test methods applicable in the footwear industry.

Table 1 lists the Sections of BS 5131 by title and indicates the SATRA test methods on which they are based (where relevant).

Table 2 lists methods of test which deal with the testing of individual materials relevant to the footwear industry.

Table 3 lists the applicability of the methods of test according to the property tested and the material under test.

The methods of test are intended to permit valid comparisons to be made between various materials intended to fulfil the same structural and design function. As a consequence, the methods of test may be used to predict performance in manufacturing or in use. Experience in the Industry indicates that in most cases the methods are accurate in this sense. In cases where the methods are inaccurate (for example, when used in conjunction with particular materials), this is stated in the scope clause of the particular test method concerned.

Attention is drawn to the fact that it is necessary to refer to the particular standard as given in tables 2 and 3 when carrying out the test, and not to this Part of BS 5131. In particular, for water vapour permeability, two alternative methods are given (method 24 of BS 3144 or BS 3177). Since these give different results, reference to the method of test is obviously needed. Similar remarks apply to flexing properties and to cracking and bursting strength and stretch.

The test methods include tolerances for all critical parameters in order to provide the maximum reproducibility of test results. Where the test methods involve a small element of subjectivity and require lower levels of skill and judgement in operation, the tests give results with a high degree of reproducibility. Where the test methods involve a greater element of subjectivity, or require higher levels of skill and judgement in operation, the test results are less reproducible. This has been clearly established where the test methods require several test specimens to be tested. However, in the absence of suitable interlaboratory test data, the expected precision and confidence limits of the results for any of the methods cannot be quoted. Nevertheless, the methods are widely used in the industry and function satisfactorily in product development, product specification and in troubleshooting.

Throughout this British Standard. SI units have been used. However, the test equipment currently used to carry out some of the tests is calibrated in other units, and in such cases the appropriate value is first given in SI units and then given in brackets in the other units.

Committee
TCI/69
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 5131:INTRO(1975) & 89/36215 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
12
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

BS 5131-1.1:1991 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Adhesives Resistance of adhesive joints to heat (creep test)
BS 5131-5.1:1990 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Testing of complete footwear Adhesion of stuck-on and moulded-on soles
BS 5131-3.7:1991 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Uppers, textiles and threads Breaking strength of shoe laces
BS 5131-2.1:1991 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Solings Ross flexing method for cut growth resistance of soling materials
BS 5131-3.1:1991 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Uppers, textiles and threads Strength of upper materials and lining materials at right angles to stitch perforations
BS 5131-5.2:1990 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Testing of complete footwear Degree of vulcanization of moulded-on rubber soles
BS 5131-5.6:1991 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Testing of complete footwear Impact test for rigid units and shoe bottoms
BS 5131-1.3:1991 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Adhesives Preparation of test assemblies using adhesives (other than hot melt adhesives) for heat resistance (creep) and peel tests

BS 5131-4.1:1975 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Other components Resistance to peeling of insole board
BS 2471:1978 Methods of test for textiles. Woven fabrics Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area
BS 1932-1:1989 Testing the strength of yarns and threads from packages Methods for determination of breaking strength and breaking extension
BS 5131-6.1:1981 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Codes of practice Code of practice for the comparative evaluation by wear trial of materials, components or constructions
BS 3177:1959 Method for determining the permeability to water vapour of flexible sheet materials used for packaging
BS 3144:1968 Methods of sampling and physical testing of leather
BS 1006:1990 Methods of test for colour fastness of textiles and leather
BS 2576:1986 Method for determination of breaking strength and elongation (strip method) of woven fabrics
BS 3424:1973 Methods of test for coated fabrics
BS 5131-1.1:1991 Methods of test for footwear and footwear materials. Adhesives Resistance of adhesive joints to heat (creep test)
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