Syllabus for Testing of Footwear Materials & Ready Footwear .

A. Physical Testing.
B. Chemical Testing
A. Physical Testing.
1. (i) Leather Upper & Lining Material Testing.
a) Thickness Measuring of Upper & Lining Materials.
b) Tensile Strength & Elongation at Break.
c) Flex Resistance test.
d) Ball burst Test / Lastometer Test
e) Color Fastness Test.
f) Permeability Test.
g) Stitches tear Strength.
(ii) Textile Material testing
a) Linear Density of Yarn.
b) Breaking load & Elongation at Break.
c) Color Fastness to dry & Wet Rubbing.
d) Detection of Azo Dyes.
2. Insole Material Testing.
a) Thickness measuring of insole.
b) Flex Endurance Test.
c) Water absorption.
d) Stitch Tear Strength.
e) Impact Test.
3. Shank board Testing.
a) Tensile Strength.
b) Peel Strength or Bondage Strength Test .
4. Toe Puff & Stiffener material Testing.
a) Hardness
b) Shape Retaining test.
c) Moisture Resistance.
5. Sole material Testing.
a) Density / Specific Gravity of Sole.
b) Hardness of Sole Material (In IRHD or Shore-A) At Normal & ageing
c) Flex Resistance Test in Normal Temperature & by ageing
d) Abrasion Resistance Test.

e) Cut Growth Resistance Test.

6. Heel Material Testing.
a) Heel Pin holding Strength.
b) Top piece attachment Strength.
c) Abrasion Resistance Strengths for Top Piece.
d) Impact Resistance Test.
7. Adhesive Testing.
a) Solid contents.
b) Peel strength determination.
c) Drying Time.
d) Heat Resistance Test.
e) Impact test.
8. Thread Testing.
a) Tensile Strength & Elongation at break.
b) Color Fastness in Dry & Wet .
9. Laces
a) Breaking load & elongation at break test
b) Color fastness Test
10. Shank.
a) Rockwell hardness Test .
b) Stiffness Test .
c) Fatigue Test .
11. Fasteners
(i) Eyelets.
a) Rockwell Hardness Test.
b) Color Coating attachment Test .
c) Impact Test.
(ii) Zip
a) Opening Resistance test.
b) Opening & Closing running Test.
c) Grip pull Strength.
d) Transverse Test.

iii) Elastic Fasteners

a) Elastic Limit test by Elongations at break .

b) Retention of Elasticity.
c) Color fastness in Wet & Dry.
iv) Velcro fasteners
a) Attachment power Test.
b) Opening & Closing numbers Test .
v) Buckles & Buttons Fasteners
a) Rockwell Hardness Test.
b) Chromium Plating .
c) Attachment of Male & Female part in number of times.
11. Trims
a) Magnetic Test.
b) Rust proof-ness Test.
c) Strength for attachments.
12. Complete Ready Shoe Testing.
a) Adhesion strength Test in Toe, Both Side & Heel.
b) Flexing Test of Complete Footwear for flex Resistance for upper, Lining,
interlining, Insole & Sole crack & Adhesion .
B. CHEMICAL TESTS.
1. UPPER & LINING LEATHER & TEXTILES
a) Chrome contents of Leather.
b) Ash contents of Leather.
c) Fat contents of Leather.
d) Degree of Tannage.
e) Detection of P.C.P (Penta Chloro Phynol)
f) Detection of T.B.T (Tera Butyl Test)
g) Determination of Azo Dyes