ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 17707 First edition 2005-07-01 Footwear Test methods for outsoles - Flex resistance Chaussures Methodes d'essaiapplicablesaux semellesd'usure- Resistancealaflexion Referencenumber ISO 17707:2005(E) @ISO2005 ISO17707:2005(E) PDFdisclaimer accepts no liability in this area. Adobe isatrademarkofAdobeSystemsIncorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In ?ISO2005 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or isO's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ISO2005-All rights reserved ISO17707:2005(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technical committees.Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work.Iso collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)onallmatters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEc Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. isO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement). Throughout the text of this document, read "...this European Standard.." to mean "..this International Standard..." IS02005-All rights reserved ii ISO 17707:2005(E) Contents page Foreword 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions. 4 Apparatus and material.. 5 Sampling and conditioning 6 Rigidity test method.. 6.1 Preparationofthetestpieces 6.2 Test procedure.... 6.3 Selection criteria 7 Flexresistancetestmethod 8 Testreport Bibliography iv IS02005-All rightsreserved ISO 17707:2005(E) Foreword This European Standard(EN ISO17707:2005)hasbeenprepared byTechnical CommitteeCEN/TC309 "Footwear", the secretariat of which is held by AENOR, in collaboration with Technical Committee ISO/TC216 "Footwear". This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2006, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2006. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. @ISO2005-All rights reserved V ISO 17707:2005(E) 1 Scope This European Standard specifies a method for determining the flex resistance of outsoles. This method is intended to assess the effect of sole materials and surface patterns on cut growth. This method is applied to outsoles that, in accordancewiththetestmentionedinClause6,haveamaximumlongitudinalrigidityof3oN. NOTE