Scope: This TAPPI Method Has Been Adopted and Endorsed by The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association

T 1006 sp-92
STANDARD PRACTICE – 1992

© 1992 TAPPI
The information and data contained in this document were prepared

by a technical committee of the Association. The committee and the
Association assume no liability or responsibility in connection with the
use of such information or data, including but not limited to any
liability or responsibility under patent, copyright, or trade secret laws.
The user is responsible for determining that this document is the most
recent edition published.
This TAPPI method has been adopted

and endorsed by the Asphalt Roofing
Manufacturers Association.
Testing of fiber glass mats: use of modified TAPPI

procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness,
tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness
1. Scope
The purpose of this standard practice is to list existing TAPPI test methods which provide procedures for sampling
and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness, and to suggest modifications to these
methods for use in the sampling and testing of fiber glass mats.
2. Sampling and lot acceptance
2.1 Use TAPPI T 400 “Sampling and Accepting a Single Lot of Paper, Paperboard, Containerboard, or
Related Product.”
2.2 The method of sampling and lot acceptance may be applied to each of the physical properties to be
determined.
2.3 Any alternate sampling method, agreeable to both buyer and seller, may be employed.
3. Stiffness
3.1 Use TAPPI T 489 “Stiffness of Paper and Paperboard (Taber-type).”

3.2 Obtain samples in accordance with TAPPI T 1007 “Sample Location.”
3.3 Test specimens shall be cut in each principal direction, machine direction and cross machine direction.
3.4 Conditioning: for referee testing, condition samples for 5 h at 77 ± 2°F (25 ± 1°C) and 50 ± 3% relative
humidity.
3.5 Under routine circumstances, samples may be conditioned for 0.5 h and tested at ambient laboratory
conditions.
3.6 Measure thickness in accordance with Section 6 of this method.
3.7 Report: include laboratory ambient temperature and relative humidity.
Approved by the Building & Industrial Mat Committee of the Nonwovens Division
TAPPI
T 1006 sp-92 Testing of fiber glass mats: use of modified TAPPI procedures for / 2
sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air
permeability, and thickness
4. Tear resistance
4.1 Use TAPPI T 414 “Internal Tearing Resistance of Paper (Elmendorf-type method)” except:
4.2 Obtain sample in accordance with TAPPI T 1007 “Sample Location.”
4.3 Disregard Section 7.5. The line of tear of many fiber glass mats will not pass through the top of the
specimen due to the nature of the mat.
4.4 Use either an 800- or 1600-g pendulum instrument and test with a single ply of mat so that the resultant
scale reading on the instrument is between 20 and 60.
4.5 Test 10 individual test samples for each direction (MD & CD) and record the average of the individual
results as the test result.
4.6 Report the average tear strength in each direction (MD and CD).
4.7 Report the standard deviation of the result in each direction (MD and CD).
5. Air permeability
5.1 Use TAPPI T 251 “Air Permeability of Porous Paper, Fabrics, and Pulp Handsheets.”
5.2 Obtain sample in accordance with TAPPI T 1007 “Sample Location.”
6. Thickness
6.1 Use TAPPI T 411 “Thickness (Caliper) of Paper, Paperboard, and Combined Board,” except:
6.1.1 The anvil shall have a diameter of 2.5 in. (64 mm) and the presser foot shall have a diameter of 2 in. (51
mm).
6.1.2 The pressure used at measurement shall be 19.1 g/cm2 or 387 g load for the 2-in. (51-mm) diameter
presser foot.
6.1.3 Obtain sample in accordance with TAPPI T 1007 “Sample Location.”
6.2 Other presser foot diameters and other pressures may be used if agreed upon between user and supplier.
However, it is recognized that such differences may result in different reported values of thickness for the same sample
of mat.
7. Precision
Statements of precision are applicable for each individual method referenced, and are stated in each referenced
method.
8. Additional information
Effective date of issue: February 27, 1992.
Your comments and suggestions on this procedure are earnestly requested and should be sent to the TAPPI Technical
Divisions Administrator.
Approved by the Building & Industrial Mat Committee of the Nonwovens Division
TAPPI

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STANDARD PRACTICE – 1992

The information and data contained in this document were prepared

This TAPPI method has been adopted

Testing of fiber glass mats: use of modified TAPPI

2. Sampling and lot acceptance

3.1 Use TAPPI T 489 “Stiffness of Paper and Paperboard (Taber-type).”

Effective date of issue: February 27, 1992.

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