Tests galore ensure footwear's credentials
June 1st 2008 Gore Products for
Workwear appreciates that
any piece of footwear is only
as good as its weakest part,
which is why Gore tests
more than 14 000
components per year to
ensure quality is maintained
throughout the
manufacturing process.
To prove suitability for
the user and to ensure
wearer comfort, almost every
component element of a
workwear shoe or boot, from
the outer material through
to the laces are chosen with
care and then subjected to
tough testing.
For example, all textile
lining material is tested to
withstand up to 100 000
rotations in an abrasion
trial. During production a
waterproof test is carried
out in a centrifugal testing
machine and a walking
simulator walks a shoe
through water for up to
500km. In addition, Gore's
Whole Boot Comfort Test
measures how much sweat
can escape the shoe during
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