Bata Belt Flex Tester i9 (Digital)

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OVERVIEW Out-soles of footwear may suffer cracking due to flexing in actual use. Cracks usually develop at points of high surface strain. The Belt Flex Tester is designed to flex complete soles with their patterns intact in a way similar to flexing in actual use. Tests carried out using it provide a guide to the risk of such cracks developing during use. Paramount BATA BELT Flex Tester i9™ is an ergonomically designed Equipment with sturdy mechanism to get Accurate & Reliable Results. It is an advanced Equipment used to check shoe sole Cracking due to Flexing in actual usage. The test specimens are attached to the outside of a continuous belt, which is driven round two rollers. The larger roller drives the belt while movement of the belt round the smaller roller provides the main flexing action. The radius of the smaller roller is chosen to make the flexing somewhat more severe than in actual use. This form of flexing also copies the wear conditions at each step as it produces a short period of rapid flexing followed by a longer period when the specimen is not being flexed. A normal test consists of a number of flexing runs up to a total of 50,000 flexes, with an examination for cracking at the end of each run. The apparatus is finished in blue Powder Coated Paint to give it a corrosion resistant finish SALIENT FEATURES : To determine accurately the risk of Cracking of Shoe Soles due to Flexing in actual Wear. The equipment simulates the Actual Walking of a person to determine the resistance of the outer Sole specimen to ­flexing. Supplied with three flexing rollers, one for standard test the second for very flexible sole unit and the third for very rigid sole unit The unit is fitted with an acrylic front cover which acts as a safety guard along with the view of the samples being tested The unit works only when the acrylic cover is closed, for safety of the user A six-digit programmable electronic counter with memory backup and an inductive sensor is provided to count the total numbers of flexes undergone by the test specimens mounted on it Auto Stop Function: The motor stops automatically on completion of the set numbers of cycles. TECHNICAL DETAILS  Dimensions of driving roller :  225 ± 5mm diameter x 170 mm ± 20 mm long Dimensions of flexing roller:  For Standard Test (for typical sole unit)  90.0 ± 0.5 mm diameter at centre, 87 ± 1 mm diameter at ends ,70 ± 20  mm long Canvas Belt Size: Length : 1930 ± 50mm Width : 140 ± 5 mm Belt Rotation Speed: 90 ± 8 Cycles per Minute Counter: Programmable 6 digits DIGITAL Counter Fixing Sample to be Tested on Belt: Max. 6 Soles Flexing cycles per minute :  90 ± 8 cycles / minutes Overall Dimensions: LENGTH x DEPTH x HEIGHT 1400mm x 700mm x 1370mm                            55.1" x 27.5" x 53.9" Net Weight of the Instrument: 194 kg (426 lb.)   STANDARD ACCESSORIES : Main Unit: 01 No. Roller: 03 No. Detailed User's Manual: 01 No. Calibration Certificate: 01 No Inspection & Conformance Certificate: 01 No. RELATED STANDARDS: SATRA TM 133