BS 5131-6.1:1981 PDF

What is BS 5131-6.1 – Footwear material testing about?

BS 5131-6.1 is an international standard that focuses on best practices for testing for footwear and footwear material. It gives a code of practice for the comparative evaluation by wear trial of materials, components, or constructions. BS 5131-6.1 makes recommendations to assist manufacturers and distributors in carrying out the wear trial evaluation of new making processes, materials, components, constructional and design features, styles, etc., by comparing their performance in wear directly with similar footwear of known or established performance. BS 5131-6.1 defines the comparative trial of new versus established footwear, either concurrently within the same pair of footwear or consecutively between pairs under similar conditions of use.