RESISTANCE TO AGEING

Resistance to various climatic conditions

The climatest reproduces numerous climatic conditions which exist in different parts of the world. The test measures the stability of the products, and how leather behaves when subjected to extremes of temperature and humidity.

After they have been kept in conditions of specific temperature and humidity for a predetermined time, the leather samples are compared with others not tested. In this way the changes of colour, aspect, grain, size, etc. can be observed in detail.

The minimum resistance, according to the current European Standard of car upholstery leather Characteristics, is as follows:

After 168 hours at 90° C: no damage.