Patent ID: 7886571

Claim:
An apparatus for measuring adhesive and frictional properties of polymers comprising: a body having a movable table installed to move via a positioning system along an X-axis and Y-axis and a vertical column positioned at a rear side of the movable table; a sample mount provided on the movable table and having a mirror to reflect surface images of a horizontal contact plate; a head assembly located at a front side of the column and having a polymer hemisphere used to press a surface of the contact plate to implement an adhesive force test; a camera device located at a front side of the mirror to capture the surface images of the contact plate during the adhesive force test; and a control device for analyzing various data inputted thereto during the adhesive force test, the data including a load applied to the contact plate via the head assembly and a predetermined load applying time as well as photography data related to the surface images of the contact plate captured by the camera device to determine the contact area between the polymer hemisphere and the contact plate when the load is applied to the contact plate by the predetermined time.