Rubber testing assesses the final characteristics and processing of materials made of rubber, polymers, and elastomers. Rubber is utilized in goods that must be able to tolerate deformation and hold their original shape in a variety of consumer, industrial, automotive, and construction applications. Rubber is used in a wide range of products that benefit from its special material qualities, from sturdy tires to bouncing kickballs.

Rubber product testing methods and their values are vital to know when selecting rubber products since it’s important to consider the component’s chemical and physical properties. Even though, we might not understand the significance of the number and letter combinations, the attributes found by these tests are frequently listed on the items or their data sheets.

The most popular rubber testing techniques and how the findings are interpreted are presented here to aid in your understanding of these parameters:

• Shore hardness test
• Abrasion test
• Discoloration Metering
• Vertical Rebound Resilience
• Burst Strength test
• Flex Cracking test
• Ozone resistance
• Cold resistance
• Mooney viscosity measurement
• Oscillating-disc rheometer