ASTM D4831-00(2010)
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Buckle Tear Strength of Leather
Standard Test Method for Buckle Tear Strength of Leather
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This test method is designed to measure the load required to tear a leather strap fastened in a buckle. Tanners and leather buyers have found that this test gives an indication of the resistance of leather to tearing.
This test method should be suitable for specification acceptance, design purposes, manufacturing control, development, and research. The thickness of the specimen and direction of tear relative to the backbone will affect the uniformity of the test results. This test method may not apply when the conditions of the test employed differ widely from those specified in this test method.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method is intended for use on all types of leather to determine the load required to tear a leather strap fastened in a buckle. This test method does not apply to wet blue.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: D4831 − 00 (Reapproved2010)
Standard Test Method for
Buckle Tear Strength of Leather
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D4831; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope 3.2 Steel Punch, which will make a ⁄16 in. (4.8 mm)
diameter hole.
1.1 This test method is intended for use on all types of
leather to determine the load required to tear a leather strap
3.3 Harness Buckle, 1.25 in. (4.7 mm) with a 0.175 6
fastened in a buckle. This test method does not apply to wet
0.005-in. (4.4 6 0.1-mm) diameter tongue. It shall be attached
blue.
to a strong strap, 1.25 in. wide and at least 5 in. (127 mm) long.
The strap shall be equipped with a keeper located approxi-
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
mately 0.75 in. (19 mm) from the buckle.
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
3.4 Testing Machine, power-driven. The applied load shall
and are not considered standard.
be indicated on a dial, scale, or chart. The load indicator shall
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the record or indicate the maximum load at the time of rupture of
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the the specimen. The machine shall be equipped with a set of
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- grips for clamping the specimens.The faces of the grips should
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- be knurled or otherwise roughened to prevent slipping of the
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. specimen. The gripping surfaces shall be at least 1 by 1 ⁄2 in.
(25.4 by 38 mm). The grips shall be mounted with the longer
2. Significance and Use
dimension perpendicular to the direction of the application of
the load. The speed of the power-activated grip shall be a
2.1 This test method is designed to measure the load
uniform speed of 10 6 2 in. (254 6 50 mm)/min when running
required to tear a leather strap fastened in a buckle.Tanners and
free. The error of the machine up to a load of 50 lbf (222 N)
leather buyers have found that this test gives an indication of
shall not exceed 2 %; at loads of more than 50 lbf the error
the resistance of leather to tearing.
shall not exceed 1 %.
2.2 This test method should be suitable for specification
acceptance, design purposes, manufacturing control,
4. Sampling, Test Specimens, and Test Units
development, and research. The thickness of the specimen and
4.1 The specimen shall be a piece of leather 1 by 8 in. (25
direction of tear relative to the backbone will affect the
uniformity of the test results. This test method may not apply by 200 mm). Note the direction of the long axis relative to the
backbone.
when the conditions of the test employed differ widely from
those specified in this test method.
5. Procedure
3. Apparatus
5.1 Punch a ⁄16-in. (4.76-mm) hole on the long axis of the
3.1 Gage, spring-type, for measuring thickness of units,
specimen 3 in. (76.2 mm) from one end.
graduated in 0.5 oz or 0.1 mm having a flat pressure foot 0.4 6
5.2 Measure the thickness of the specimen to the nearest 0.5
0.025 in. (10.2 6 0.6 mm) in diameter and a
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