Designation:D5267−97(Reapproved2012)StandardTestMethodforDeterminationofExtrudabilityofCartridgeAdhesives1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5267;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodmeasurestheamountofforceneces-sarytoextrudeanadhesivefromacartridgeatagiventemperature.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D907TerminologyofAdhesives3.Terminology3.1Definitions—ManytermsinthistestmethodaredefinedinTerminologyD907.4.SignificanceandUse4.1Cartridgeadhesivesaretypicallyusedatjobsitesinawidevarietyoftemperatureranges.Theseproductsmaybeexposedtocoldtemperatures,whereoneofthelimitingapplicationfactorsiswhethertheproductcanbeextrudedfromthecartridge.4.2Thetestmethodquantitativelymeasurestheforcenec-essarytoextrudeacartridgeadhesiveatagiventemperature.Thisprovidestheformulatorwithresultsthatcanassistinformulationdevelopmentandtheenduserwithinformationforuseinselectingaproductforgeneralusage.4.3Bymeasuring(theeaseof)extrusionfromthecartridge,thetestmethodcanalsobeusedasaqualitycontroltooltomeasuretheshelflifestabilityofaproduct.5.Apparatus5.1ThetestfixtureisshowninFig.1.DetailsareshowninFigs.2-4.3Maketheframeworkfromaluminum.Maketherodandplungercombinationfromsteel.5.2Thetestfixtureisdesignedtobefittedontoatestmachinecapableofmeasuringcompressivestrength.6.Conditioning6.1Beforemeasuringextrudability,condi...
