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Footwear Testing Laboratory

Footwear Testing Laboratory

Specialist examines traces of shoe prints in lab
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RESEARCH WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION PCA NO. AB 033 AND OIB NO. 58/MON/2023

  • bottom and face materials – solid and microcellular rubbers, polyvinyl chloride plasticizers, thermoplastic rubbers, solid and foamed polyurethanes, EVA copolymers
  • footwear components and materials for footwear components – toe protection (toe caps), metal and non-metal anti-tip insoles, soles, zippers
  • footwear for use at work (safety, occupational, protective footwear) – tests in accordance with the requirements of PN-EN ISO 20344 ÷ 20347 and PN-EN 15090 (firefighter footwear)

TESTS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION

  • women’s and men’s outdoor footwear
  • children’s footwear
  • footwear components (heels and stiffeners)

FOOTWEAR CONSULTING

  • selection of materials
  • technologies used
  • correctness of construction
  • methods of evaluating materials and finished footwear
  • tests necessary to obtain certificates
  • applicable standards

LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

  • Performing research for the needs of external principals and Łukasiewicz – ŁIT organizational units
  • implementation of research tasks within the framework of statutory activities participation in the development of applications for research projects funding
  • Implementation of tasks resulting from the plan of scientific and research work Lukasiewicz – LIT
  • Maintaining and improving the effectiveness of the implemented management system
  • Development of new test procedures (own)
  • Improving the skills of employees through participation in management system and professional training courses
  • organizing and participating in interlaboratory comparisons and proficiency tests, domestic and foreign
  • carrying out the tasks resulting from the contract concluded between the Polish Centre for Accreditation and the Institute
  • publishing the results of its own research work at conferences, symposia and seminars at home and abroad, as well as developing and publishing new research methods, in domestic and foreign scientific and technical journals
  • preparation of expert reports and opinions
  • Participation in the work of the Technical Committees of the Polish Committee for Standardization and participation in the work of the POLLAB Club of Polish Research Laboratories
  • organizing specialized training for companies
  • Participation in conferences, symposiums, seminars, fairs, exhibitions
ACCREDITATION SYMBOLS

AB 033

FILES TO DOWNLOAD
OiB Accreditation Certificate

OiB Scope of Accreditation

PCA Scope of Accreditation

PCA Accreditation Certificate

DOC

Research Order Form

Annex to Test Order Form

Complaints about the tests performed will be considered if they are submitted within 1 month from the date of delivery of the test report to the client. The content of the complaint handling procedure is made available to the interested party upon request.

contact details
Laboratory Manager of Footwear Research

Sebastian Decka, M.Sc.

e-mail: sebastian.decka@lit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
tel. +48 517 056 373

Laboratory address

Lukasiewicz Research Network –
Lodz Institute of Technology
Footwear Research Laboratory

73 Zgierska St.
91-463, Lodz

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