Foam Porosity Tester

Category: Products / Foam & Mattress Testing

The Auto Foam Porosity Tester monitors the porosity of flexible cellular polyurethane. This machine determines how easy air passes through a cellular structure. These airflow values are an indirect measurement of certain cell structure characteristics.

This model adheres to relevant international standards for measurement of a flexible cellular. That is 50mm x 50mm x 25mm.

The test begins by placing a specimen in a vacuum chamber cavity. And creating a specific constant air pressure differential. The Pa Pressure can be set on the digital display. And once the FPT reaches the Pa, the rate of airflow at the set Pa locks in. Thus, the result stays on the Flow display automatically after completing a test in seconds. The digital operation makes it easier to do tests repetitively. Therefore, saves time and costs.

Using Foam Porosity Tester, manufacturers can check the quality of incoming material. Thus, ensuring quality assurance and reduces costs too.

Foam Porosity Test Principle

A flexible cellular test piece is placed in a cavity over a vacuum chamber and a specified constant air pressure differential is created. The rate of air flow required to maintain this pressure differential is the air flow value.

The IDM Foam Porosity Tester Digital has been manufactured using the following parts:

Air Flow Meter
Pressure Meter
Vacuum Motor
Touch screen control system

Test Screen

The test screen features the setup, start and stop touch buttons for testing. It displays the pre-set pa pressure and flow L/min.

Result Screen

After a stable reading for 2 seconds, the test result screen will automatically be displayed showing results.

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Test Report

The report may include the following:

Type of material under test.
Location and orientation of each specimen with respect to foam rise in the section of foam that was sampled.
Mean air flow value in cubic decimetres per second for each location and orientation.
Dimensions of the specimen, and dimension of the mount cavity of the apparatus.
The standard to which the test was performed.
Test conditions: Temperature, relative humidity, apparatus type and pressure direction

tags: Foam air permeability tester, Porosity tester, air flow meter, air flow test, air flow tester, air flow testing

Optional Models

Model	Range	Accuracy	Suggested Applications
F0031-20	0.2-20 L/min	± 2% FS	High Density flexible cellular polyurethane, visco memory foam, packaging foam, acoustic foam, neoprene rubber, closed cell foam etc. eg. furniture, sound dampening, packaging, automotive, mattresses etc
F0031-200	2-200 L/min	± 1% FS	Medium Density flexible cellular polyurethane, packaging foam etc. eg. furniture, packaging, automotive, mattresses etc
F0031-500	5-500 L/min	± 1% FS	Low Density flexible cellular polyurethane, speaker foam, expanded foam, anti-static foam, open cell foam etc. eg. air filter foams, arts and crafts etc

Benefits

Fast Automatic Testing
Quick and simple process
Precise, repeatable tests results
Wide range of samples (including visco foam)
Used for quality control
Reducing rejects

Features

Touch Screen Operation
Digital Manometer: 0-500 Pa ± 1%
Variable Pa Range
Automatic Pa control
Automatic Flow reading hold
Selectable Units L/min, CF/min
RS232 Data Output
Test head area: 50mm x 50mm x 25mm

Applications

High. Medium, Low Density flexible cellular polyurethane
Foam
Mattress & Bedding

Standards

AS 2282.14 - Methods for testing flexible cellular polyurethane, Method 14: Determination of air flow
ISO 7231 - Polymeric materials, cellular, flexible — Determination of air flow value at constant pressure-drop
EN ISO 7231
BS EN ISO 7231
DIN EN ISO 7231
ASTM D3574 - Test G - Flexible Cellular Materials - Test G - Air Flow Test
JIS K 6400 - Flexible cellular polymeric materials - Physical properties - Part 2: Determination of hardness (indentation technique) and stress-strain characteristics in compression