Vicat Softening Point
Plastic and Engineering Plastic moulds having tendency to soften or become tender during elevated temperature. This causes Mechanical and Electrical failure. To determine the temperature of softening point the apparatus is being used “Vicat softening Test apparatus designed as per “ASTMD 1525, ISO 306 and Indian Standard IS10 810 Part-22”. Is taken as the temperature at which the specimen is penetrated to a depth of 1 mm by a flat-ended needle with a 1 mm2 circular or square cross-section. For the Vicat A test, a load of 10 N is used. For the Vicat B test, the load is 50 N. Standards to determine Vicat softening point include ASTM D 1525 and ISO 306, which are largely equivalent. Property information for specific grades of resin are available in the Prospector Plastic Database. Property Search lets you search for plastics by more than 400 material properties. Vicat Softening Temperature – ISO 306. The vicat softening temperature can be used to compare the heat-characteristics of different materials.
Four different methods may be used for testing.
Salient Features of Vicat Softening Point:
- Touch Screen Control Panel
- With software to export in temperature data file direct in excel format.
- Variable Load application as per standards demand
