Relating to safety 1. Mechanical effect/protection of the user, UL 1439 - Tests for Sharpness of Edges on Equipment. 2. Electrical protection against shock - each safety standard has specific material requirements, and/or refers to a particular requirement in another standard.
Relating to reliability 1. Mil-Hdbk 217 2. Mil Hdbk 338 3. MIL-Hdbk 454 4. ISBN 0 904457 28 1 - Guide to the Measurement of Force 5. USDA Abrasion Test Method http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/fire/wfcs/tests/documents/stp_tm07.pdf 6. ASTM F2357-04 - Standard test method for determining the abrasion resistance of inks and coatings on membrane switches. I am certain that there are hundreds of other abrasion and 'finger rub' tests. luck, Brian From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Leber Jody-G19980 Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Finger Rub Test Is anyone aware of a finger rub test in any standards that would be appropriate for a rubber protrusion on a device to determine the point of failure? Best Regards, Jody Leber - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
