Satra has added a new dimension to its water resistance testing programme. After developing tests for everyday and sports footwear, the UK technology centre is responding to a growing demand to test taller boots. Satra can do this with new test equipment that incorporates a deep water channel to allow for testing on seams and lace eyelets much higher up the leg.
Conventional tests simulate walking in relatively shallow water, to a depth of only 5mm. Satra’s new test allows for water three times as deep. The forepart of the boot is clamped in the trough and the heel is moved to flex the boot. ‘This development enables us to test for the growing markets, which includes boots for the construction industry and for military personnel’, says Steve Rose, Satra’s business manager for footwear testing.
