ARDL regularly provides durometer and IRHD testing according to specified methods or customer requirements using hand held and stationary equipment to penetrate a material with a special indentor. The durometer of the material is then recorded after a specified amount of time. This testing can assist customers with determining the durometer across a surface and to ensure that the material meets a specified hardness range.
Available Methods
Barcol Indentation Hardness – Plastic Hardness Testing
Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol Impressor
ASTM D 2583
Hardness Testing Of Rubber
Shore A and Shore D hardness testing of rubber
DIN 53 505
International Rubber Hardness
IRHD: International Rubber Hardness Degrees
ISO 48
Pusey and Jones Indentation – Rubber
Rubber Property - Pusey and Jones Indentation
ASTM D 531
Rockwell Hardness – Plastic Hardness Testing
Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
ASTM D 785
Shore A Hardness – Rubber
Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Durometer Hardness
ASTM D 2240
Shore Hardness – Physical Testing
Plastics and Ebonite - Determination of Indentation Hardness by Means of A Durometer (Shore Hardness)
ISO 868 (Type A and D)
