What is PD CEN 15990 about?
PD CEN 15990 serves information regarding footwear and describes testing procedures for materials and adhesives for footwear.
Some simply formulated 1- and 2-part “reference test adhesives” have been developed in PD CEN 15990 and, some materials have been selected as “reference test materials” from the most important and often applied category, for research, development and quality certification purposes.
PD CEN 15990 offers for each of these reference test adhesives and reference test materials some information and specify some properties.
Note: PD CEN 15990 does not cover all of the safety problems, if any, associated with the tests in use.
Who is PD CEN 15990 for?
PD CEN 15990 on footwear tests materials and test adhesives is applicable to:
- Manufacturers of footwear
- Dealers, distributors and importers of footwear
- Adhesive suppliers to footwear manufacturers
- Test houses/ laboratories for footwear
- Researchers and developers of footwear
Why should you use PD CEN 15990?
In the footwear industry, a large number of different solvent or dispersion adhesives are applied for sole-upper bonding offering a broad range of technical effects. The most important and most often adhesives used are based on polyurethane and polychloroprene.
PD CEN 15990 provides you with business guidance about widely used and chief test materials such as SBR, NBR, SBS, PVC, EVA and also about the reference test adhesives such as CR1, CR2, PU1, PU2, PUD1, PUD2 all in one place.
This enables you to choose the suitable item to enhance the quality, durability and robustness of footwear.
What’s changed since the last update?
PD CEN/TR 15990:2021 supersedes PD CEN/TR 15990:2010, which is now withdrawn.
Changes in PD CEN/TR 15990:2021 include –
- New information providers for test materials L1, L2, SBR and SBS in 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5 respectively
- Update of company names
