Floor Slip Test Equipment

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Floor slip test equipment.

One of the key components of safety is defining how slippery the floor is. Advance group are the uk s leading industry experts in slip testing and slip injury prevention. Coefficient of friction cof and slip. Floorslip only use floor testing equipment methods approved by the uk health and safety executive hse and the uk slip resistance group.

Our in depth experience and knowledge of flooring systems allows us to offer independent expert slip testing services advice to our clients. The most commonly used equipment for this type of test is known as the tortus. This is known as its slip resistance. Advice on slip potential results for straight walking on a horizontal surface is shown below.

Lab master slip friction tester with elevator system. The dry floor friction tester is a machine which measures the slip resistance of floors in a dry condition. Warning before we continue and tell you about the new uk manufactured. All of our test equipment is modern and regularly calibrated.

In this video 6 min 7 sec steve thorpe from hsl demonstrates pendulum slip resistance results of a dry floor a wet floor and a cleaned floor. Slip and friction tester the slip and friction tester is designed to measure the sliding resistance of sheet like materials including plastic film packaging film laminates paper paperboard and coated surfaces. Slip resistance testing or floor friction testing is usually desired by the building s owner or manager when there has been a report of a slip and fall accident when there has. Surface performance ltd offer a mobile bs7976 2 slip testing service across the uk.

In fact the workplace health safety and welfare regulations 1992 stipulate that floors must not be slippery so that they put people s safety at risk. Floor slip resistance testing is the science of measuring the coefficient of friction or resistance to slip accidents of flooring surfaces either in a laboratory before or after installation or on floors in situ. Buy new pendulum floor testing equipment. The pendulum test is the only test recognised in the uk court of law in the event of a slip injury claim because of its ability to provide consistent repeatable and accurate readings and.

Our depth of experience and knowledge of flooring systems allows us to offer independent expert slip testing services and advice to our clients.