DIN 51097 Testing Floor Coverings - Determination of Anti-Slip Properties - Wet Loaded Barefoot Areas - Walking Method Test

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of DIN 51097 testing. This draft standard specifies a method that serves as a test of conformity for the determination and classification of non-slip properties of floor coverings intended for use in wet and barefoot areas with risk of slipping. Floor coverings are also stairs and stair treads.

The pavement areas where the floor covering is generally wet and which are walked barefoot are called wet floors. These; It is located in public or commercial places such as pool, locker room, cleaning room and toilet.

In an upright position, a bare-footed test person walks back and forth across the floor covering to be tested, the slope increasing from the horizontal position to the acceptance angle where the test person is beginning to feel confident. The acceptance angle is determined by the floor covering that is constantly flooded with water containing wetting agent. The resulting mean acceptance angle is used to evaluate the degree of slip resistance. Subjective effects on the acceptance angle are limited by a calibration process.

The floor coverings to be tested should either be self-supporting, manufactured as self-supporting, flat-bottom, warp-free panels, or be applied to level panels made of carrier, warp-free material. The surface to be tested must be clearly recognizable or marked as such.

Floor coverings with a directional profile or roughness should be checked so that the direction of least slip resistance corresponds to the walking direction. This will be determined by preliminary tests.

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