METZ SPECIALTY CERAMIC TILES

Slip Resistance

Oil/Wet Ramp Test

The Oil-wet Ramp Test (commonly referred to as just the “Ramp test”) provides scores that are widely recognised by most designers from their R – rating results  R9, R10 etc.  The mechanism of achieving these results however is often poorly understood, as are the limitations of this test method.  There are very significant limitations to […]

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Displacement Volume Test

The Displacement Volume test essentially measures the amount of surface profile of the tile or flooring product. It is intended be an indicator for deliberately patterned products with raised dots, pyramids, squares, circles, ribs, ridges etc.  Flat textured surfaces will generally not achieve a result on this test however some extremely coarse textured surfaces of […]

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Accelerated Wear Test

The 2013 version of the  Australian Standard 4586 now recommends the application of wear  to the items before  slip resistance testing,  where  there is a requirement for long term durability of slip resistance. AWT (Accelerated Wear Testing)  provides an indication of how the slip resistance of an item will perform during long term use.  The […]

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