ASTM D 6515 - 00 (Reapproved 2016) Standard Test Method for Rubber Shaft Seals Determination of Recovery From Bending

Current edition approved July 1, 2016. Published August 2016. Originally approved in 2000. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as D6515 – 00 (2010). — 7 p.
This test method covers a procedure to determine the recovery response of rubber after particular bending deformation, subsequent to aging in selected media at a specified temperature, and for a specified time period, thus providing a measure of the relative performance potential of compounds used in the manufacture of shaft seals.