ASTM D 5963 - 04 (Reapproved 2015) Standard Test Method for Rubber Property - Abrasion Resistance (Rotary Drum Abrader)

Current edition approved July 1, 2015. Published September 2015. Originally approved in 1997. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as D5963 – 04 (2010)ɛ1. — 9 p.
This test method covers the measurement of abrasion resistance of rubbers (vulcanized thermoset rubbers and thermoplastic elastomers) that are subject to abrasive/frictional wear in actual service. The abrasion resistance is measured by moving a test piece across the surface of an abrasive sheet mounted to a revolving drum, and is expressed as volume loss
in cubic millimetres or abrasion resistance index in percent. For volume loss, a smaller number indicates better abrasion resistance, while for the abrasion resistance index, a smaller number denotes poorer abrasion resistance.
Test results obtained by this test method shall not be assumed to represent the wear behavior of rubber products experienced in actual service.