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• Was instrumental in developing a standard test method for Abrasion Resistance of Textile Webbing (Hex Bar Method) - ASTM D6770.
  
  
• Is a supplier of the abrasion rods used in the Hex Bar Method of abrasion testing.  These rods meet the rod requirements in ASTM D6770:  Rockwell Hardness (B Scale) of 91 - 101; across-the-flat measurement 6.35 +/- 0.03 mm; and corner radii 0.5 +/- 0.2 mm.
  
  
• Provides members a significant discount when ordering abrasion rods.

  Abrasion Rod Order Form  (new 2010 form)