Leather Safety Gloves Rotary Abraser Quantifies Resistance to Abrasion of Safety Gloves Situation: A national retailer of safety equipment, MCR Safety, required performance information on several types of leather safety gloves. The test results would then be used to market the glove based upon intended application. For abrasion resistance, they turned to Taber Industries. Analysis: Safety gloves are typically made from three types of leather: cow, pig and goat. Each type of leather offers unique advantages and is considered to be wear resistant, so quantifying this performance validates how the gloves are marketed. The instrument selected for conducting the tests was the Taber Rotary Platform Abraser with a procedure based on ASTM D7255 “Standard Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Leat

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