Floor Slip Test Equipment

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.

Floor slip test equipment.

Floorslip only use floor testing equipment methods approved by the uk health and safety executive hse and the uk slip resistance group. 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. One of the key components of safety is defining how slippery the floor is.

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. Surface performance ltd offer a mobile bs7976 2 slip testing service across the uk. Our in depth experience and knowledge of flooring systems allows us to offer independent expert slip testing services advice to our clients. Dry fft slip resistance test.

The most commonly used equipment for this type of test is known as the tortus. Coefficient of friction cof and slip. Advance group are the uk s leading industry experts in slip testing and slip injury prevention. We use the very best equipment tools and latest technology.

Buy new pendulum floor testing equipment. Advice on slip potential results for straight walking on a horizontal surface is shown below. 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. The pendulum test mimics the way a heel makes contact with a floor and is hse uk s preferred test method.

Our depth of experience and knowledge of flooring systems allows us to offer independent expert slip testing services and advice to our clients. All of our test equipment is modern and regularly calibrated. Floorslip are brokers for uk manufactured floor pendulum test equipment the equipment is not only manufactured in the uk but is built and calibrated to british standards bs 7976 1 manufacture of pendulum test equipment and bs 7976 3 calibration of floor testing equipment. Warning before we continue and tell you about the new uk manufactured.

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.