TABER ABRASION
Taber Abrasion tests involve mounting an outer shell material to a turntable platform that rotates while two abrading wheels apply pressure to create a rub-wear action against the fabric.
What Should Firefighters Know About the Taber Abrasion Test? While this test is designed to demonstrate accelerated wear testing and may have some value in material evaluation, extreme caution should be taken when comparing results of various fabrics.
***Taber Abrasion is not a required NFPA performance test and has been shown to provide inconsistent results, showing no correlation to durability or actual field performance.
TECGEN71 PERFORMANCE
On the Taber Abrasion test, TECGEN71 compares equally or better than comparable outer shells in the market. In the Fire-Dex laboratory, the Taber Abrasion test follows ASTM 3884 using two H-18 abrading wheels and it is weighted with a 500-gram weight on each side.
The following Taber Abrasion samples were tested at 500 cycles on the same machine, strictly following ASTM methods to ensure the most relevant comparison possible.
Taber Abrasion Results @ 500 Cycles:
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