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Testing of Guide Posts
  • Publication no: ATM-830-26
  • Published: 30 March 2026
  • Edition: 1.0

This Test Method sets out the procedures for the determination of the following properties and characteristics of guide posts:

(a) rigidity
(b) heat resistance
(c) cold resistance
(d) impact recovery.

This test method is also available as a Word document.

  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. References
  • 4. Apparatus
  • 5. Samples
  • 6. Procedures
    • 6.1 Rigidity
      • 6.1.1 Rigid Guide Posts
      • 6.1.2 Flexible Guide Posts
    • 6.2 Heat Resistance (Flexible Guide Posts Only)
    • 6.3 Cold Resistance (Flexible Guide Posts Only)
    • 6.4 Impact Recovery (Flexible Guide Posts Only)
  • 7. Information to be Reported
  • 8. Precision
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