Fowler's Portable Durometers are just right for testing the hardness of flexible materials such as rubber and plastics. These gages conform to shore scales.
Manufactured in accordance with DIN, ASTM, ISO, and JIS specifications, two styles are available in both analog and digital readout.
Both A and D scale units are available to fit a wide variety of applications.
Applications:
35° blunt taper Durometers are suitable for testing soft and natural rubber products, neoprene, polyesters, soft P.V.C., leather, thiokol, nitril rubbers, wax, felt, and more.
Sharp 30° point Durometers are ideal for testing hard rubber, hard synthetic materials, e.g. acrylics, glass, polystyrol, thermoplastics, printing rolls, vinyl sheets, cellulose acetates, densified wood, etc