Test Method: SATRA TM51

Lateral strength of slide fasteners

This test method is intended to determine the lateral strength of a closed slide fastener. The method is applicable to all types of slide fastener.

The force, in a direction perpendicular to the chain, necessary to cause a closed slide fastener to fail is measured with a tensile testing machine.

BS EN 10002-2: 1992 – Verification of the force measuring system of the tensile testing machine.

First issued May 1968 (draft). Revised February 1991, August 1993.

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