ANSI/HPVA EF 2020 Section 4.2 – Bond Line / Three Cycle Soak Test

ANSI/HPVA EF 2020 Section 4.2 – Bond Line / Three Cycle Soak Test

This method comes from the ANSI/HPVA EF 2020 American National Standard for Engineered Wood Flooring.  It’s the most common and recommended method for evaluating bond performance of engineered wood flooring.  Samples are cut into 2” x 5” pieces and subjected to three cycles of soaking (4 hours in 75F water) and drying (19 hours in 50C oven).  Specimens are evaluated for delamination after the 1^st and 3^rd cycles.  Delamination is defined as separation of two plies that is greater than 2” in continuous length, over ¼” deep at any point, and 0.08” wide.  95% of specimens must pass the 1^st cycle and 85% must pass the 3^rd cycle.

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