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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Patrice McCoy</div><br /><br />
<div class='uawarticle'>To protect surfaces of products, improve how it looks or keep it from being affected by scratches or corrosion coatings are used. Abrasion resistant coating is the ones that are capable of preventing wearing of material. When a coating contains graze resistance substance, it is capable of preventing material from eroding that occurs when the material is rubbed, scrapped, grounded, damaged or mechanical wear.<br />
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Different types of coatings are manufactured to make sure that that surfaces or material are not damaged by scraping. The ability of Teflon being tolerant to sticking, dry lubrication and cannot be damaged by high temperatures and wear makes material highly resistant to scratching and highly reduces friction caused by rubbing of a material or surfaces. Ceramic coatings are frequently used on material to prevent scuffing depending on the amount friction it's subjected to. It is resistant to scratching and high temperature.<br />
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There are different methods used to test scuff tolerant on coatings. The Taber Abrader method is used to measure how surfaces or material resist to rubbing scuffing. Two different surfaces subjected to two levels of pressure to test the wearing action. The end result is measured by checking the change of appearance of the two surfaces or change of weight that's been caused by abrasion.<br />
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The Crock meter and the Sutra rub tester are machines used to measure the effect of graze tolerance caused by rubbing of the surface or material. This occurs when substance color or material moves from one surface to another when rubbing is done.<br />
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The Crock meter machines head is what makes motions which hold the felt pad on the material. It is commonly used to check on the rub/scratch tolerance of ink on printed films. It can be used in different conditions, for instance, dry, wet, or sweaty.<br />
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When two different surfaces are rubbed against each other under the same speed, pressure and plane, different levels of rub/abrasion resistance are observed. This is measured by the amount of color transferred from one surface to another when rubbing is done. The machine used to test this is known as SmithePira rub tester.<br />
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The Garvati CAT also known as Garvati comprehensive graze test is a method that was originally used to measure the graze resistance on beverage cans that are made of aluminum. The machine is used to cause a vibration that normally occurs when either the cans or printed book covers are being transported from one place to another using a truck or train. During this experiment the printed cans or book covers are put next to the ones that are plain. It is seen that when the machine exhibits the transit vibrations there is transfer of color substances and materials from the printed surfaces to the ones that are not printed.<br />
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It should be noted that being scrape resistant does not necessarily make a material or surface proof to scrape. The surface of a material breaks down eventually and gradually changes the shape due to mechanical wearing. Natural wearing can also cause scratching. It is also important to know that the process of achieving scrape resistance in a product or getting <A href="http://www.abresistkalenborn.ca">abrasion resistant coating</A> is costly. Depending on the wear, one is required to weigh the cost of replacing the material and the coast of abrasion resistance.<br />
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Title: Different Ways Of Testing Abrasion Resistant Coating<br />
Author: Patrice McCoy<br />
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