This is known as its slip resistance.
Floor slip test equipment.
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Coefficient of friction cof and slip.
Lab master slip friction tester with elevator system.
In this video 6 min 7 sec steve thorpe from hsl demonstrates pendulum slip resistance results of a dry floor a wet floor and a cleaned floor.
The pendulum test mimics the way a heel makes contact with a floor and is hse uk s preferred test method.
Advice on slip potential results for straight walking on a horizontal surface is shown below.
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Slip and friction tester the slip and friction tester is designed to measure the sliding resistance of sheet like materials including plastic film packaging film laminates paper paperboard and coated surfaces.
Floorslip are brokers for uk manufactured floor pendulum test equipment the equipment is not only manufactured in the uk but is built and calibrated to british standards bs 7976 1 manufacture of pendulum test equipment and bs 7976 3 calibration of floor testing equipment.
Floor slip resistance testing is the science of measuring the coefficient of friction or resistance to slip accidents of flooring surfaces either in a laboratory before or after installation or on floors in situ.
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All of our test equipment is modern and regularly calibrated.
In fact the workplace health safety and welfare regulations 1992 stipulate that floors must not be slippery so that they put people s safety at risk.
Floorslip only use floor testing equipment methods approved by the uk health and safety executive hse and the uk slip resistance group.
Dry fft slip resistance test.
The dry floor friction tester is a machine which measures the slip resistance of floors in a dry condition.
Advance group are the uk s leading industry experts in slip testing and slip injury prevention.
The pendulum test is the only test recognised in the uk court of law in the event of a slip injury claim because of its ability to provide consistent repeatable and accurate readings and.
Slip resistance testing or floor friction testing is usually desired by the building s owner or manager when there has been a report of a slip and fall accident when there has.
Surface performance ltd offer a mobile bs7976 2 slip testing service across the uk.
Our depth of experience and knowledge of flooring systems allows us to offer independent expert slip testing services and advice to our clients.
