TEST METHOD

D45 1195 / - - C

FLEXIBLE MATERIALS

THICKNESS AND COMPRESSIBILITY

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This document is to be considered as a whole, the parts of which shall not be separated.

"Seul le texte français fait foi, les traductions n'étant faites que pour en faciliter l'emploi".
"The French text alone is valid. The translations are provided to assist the reader in understanding the
standards".

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No duplication permitted without the consent of the issuing department.
No circulation permitted without the consent of RENAULT.

DATE OF ISSUE

November 1981

REVISIONS

March 2004 - - A Template updating.

This issue originates from Draft NC 2003 0225 / - - -.
September 2009 - - B No translation in English
March 2010 - - C Addition of the paragraph 3.3 and modification of the paragraph 4.1
This issue originates from draft NC 2010 0176/---

REFERENCED DOCUMENT

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FOREWORD

This document is equivalent to the document of Group PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN D45 1195.

It must not be modified without consulting the Standardization Department of this group beforehand.

It conforms to the agreement signed between this Group and RENAULT in march 2010.

1. PURPOSE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION

The purpose of the method is used to measure the nominal thickness of a compressible fibrous
material; it also envisages an evaluation of the compressibility of the material.

The method applies to the flexible materials such as textile, plastic coated, leathers, felt, etc.

2. PRINCIPLE

The thickness of the flexible material is the distance measured between two plane and parallel
contacts of a micrometer, between which the test sample undergoes a specified pressure.

3. APPARATUS AND REAGENT

3.1. MICROMETER

Including two circular plane touch, one mobile of 50 mm diameter, and the other fixed with diameter
superior has that of the mobile touch.

These two contacts are parallel and their revolution axes are mingled. the pressure exerted by the
mobile contact can be 1 - 5 - 10 - 50 or 100 hPa to the closest 5 % (that is about &, 5, 10, 50 or
100 g/cm2) according to the indications of the documents.

3.2. CONDITIONED ROOM:

Temperature 23 °C ± 2 °C and relative humidity 50 % ± 5 %.

3.3. ACETONE

Or quite other solvent allowing to begin the unsticking between coats to be separated.

4. SAMPLING

4.1. MEASUREMENT ON TEST SAMPLES

Cut out test samples, measuring 100 mm × 100 mm minimum, according to the following number:
5 from rather homogeneous materials such as felts, coated textiles or not, leathers, etc., or 10 from
heterogeneous materials such as impregnated padding.

Test samples shall be cat off in zones at least 50 mm apart and at the most 100 mm from the edges of
the piece.

Leave them at least 24 hours inside the conditioned room (3.2.) and carry out the measurements in
this same room.

Noted: in the case of the measure of the various coats of a complex, proceed to their separation.

If it is difficult to separate the different coats, facilitate it by chemical way by proceeding as follows:

- Moisten, on the sample edge, one of the coats by means of the solvent ( 3.3 ),

- Proceed at once to the unsticking of all the surface of the sample,

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- Let dry the sample one hour minimum in the conditioned room ( 3.2 ).

4.2. MEASUREMENT ON PART

Thickness may be measured directly on a part of the material, at 5 places for the homogeneous
materials and at 10 places for the heterogeneous materials. Measurement shall be carried out in zones
at least 50 mm apart and at the most 100 mm from the edges of the part.

Leave the part at least 24 hours inside the conditioned enclosure (3.2.) and carry out be
measurements in same enclosure.

5. OPERATING PROCEDURE

5.1. NOMINAL THICKNESS

Adjust the micrometer to the pressure chosen for measurement.

Place the part or the test sample on the fixed contact of the micrometer.

Lower the movable contact slowly so as to avoid any shock. Leave it in contact with the material under
the desired pressure for 30 seconds, and read the indication given by the micrometer.

5.2. COMPRESSIBILITY

Adjust the apparatus to the measurement pressure equal to 10 times that of the preceding
measurement.

Measure the thickness of the material according to the conditions described above. This measurement
may be carried out on the test samples used for test 5.1.

6. EXPRESSION OF RESULTS

The nominal thickness, expressed in mm allocated by an index equal to the value of the measurement
pressure (e1, e10 ...) is the arithmetical mean of the values measured in 5.1.

The thickness under load , expressed in mm allocated also by an index equal to the value of the
measurement pressure (E10, E100 ...) is the arithmetical mean of the values measured in 5.2.

The compressibility of the material, expressed as a percentage, is given by the formula:

Nominal thickness - Thickness under load E - E

10 100
x 100, for example × 100.
Nominal thickness E
10

7. TEST REPORT

In addition to the results obtained, the test report shall indicate:

- the reference of this test method,

- the identification of the operator and the means of used for test,

- the date of the realization of the test,

- the name of the supplier and the complete references of the tested material,

- the diameter of the touch and the exercised pressure,

- procedural details not specified in the test method, together with any incidents liable to have
affected the results.

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