1、BSI Standards PublicationWB11885_BSI_StandardCovs_2013_AW.indd 1 15/05/2013 15:06Feather and down - Test methods - Determination of the quantitative composition of feather and down (manual method)BS EN 12131:2018EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 12131 August 2018 ICS 59.040 Supers
2、edes EN 12131:1998English Version Feather and down - Test methods - Determination of the quantitative composition of feather and down (manual method) Plumes et duvets - Mthodes dessai - Dtermination de la composition quantitative des plumes et duvets (mthode manuelle) Federn und Daunen - Prfverfahre
3、n - Bestimmung der quantitativen Zusammensetzung von Federn und Daunen (manuelles Verfahren) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 7 May 2018. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status
4、 of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, Germ
5、an). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia
6、, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
7、and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels 2018 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members.
8、Ref. No. EN 12131:2018 ENational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 12131:2018. It supersedes BS EN 12131:1998, which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/66/3, Fillings and filled articles.A list of organizations rep
9、resented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2018 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2018ISBN 978 0
10、580 96265 3ICS 59.040Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2018.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate Text affectedBRITISH S
11、TANDARDBS EN 12131:2018EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 12131 August 2018 ICS 59.040 Supersedes EN 12131:1998English Version Feather and down - Test methods - Determination of the quantitative composition of feather and down (manual method) Plumes et duvets - Mthodes dessai - Dte
12、rmination de la composition quantitative des plumes et duvets (mthode manuelle) Federn und Daunen - Prfverfahren - Bestimmung der quantitativen Zusammensetzung von Federn und Daunen (manuelles Verfahren) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 7 May 2018. CEN members are bound to comply with t
13、he CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Manageme
14、nt Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status
15、 as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
16、Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
17、 2018 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 12131:2018 EBS EN 12131:2018EN 12131:2018 (E) 2 Contents Page European foreword . 3 1 Scope 4 2 Normative references 4 3 Terms and definitions . 4 4 Principle . 4 5 Apparatus .
18、4 6 Sampling, conditioning and preparation of the test specimens . 5 7 Procedure. 5 7.1 General 5 7.2 First separation 5 7.3 Second separation . 6 7.4 Milled Feathers 8 8 Calculation and expression of results 8 8.1 Calculation of the component portions . 8 8.2 Expression of results . 10 8.3 Testing
19、variance . 10 9 Test report 11 BS EN 12131:2018EN 12131:2018 (E) 3 European foreword This document (EN 12131:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 443 “Project Committee - Feather and down”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of
20、a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2019. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject
21、 of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 12131:1998. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard
22、: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia
23、, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 12131:2018EN 12131:2018 (E) 4 1 Scope This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of the composition of feather and/or down fit for or constituting filled manufactured articles in order to label and/or mark it or
24、to verify the denominations reported on the label. 2 Normative references The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the l
25、atest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1883, Feather and down - Sampling in view of tests EN 1885, Feather and down - Terms and definitions EN ISO 139, Textiles - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 139) 3 Terms and definitions For the purp
26、oses of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 1885 apply. ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses: IEC Electropedia: available at http:/www.electropedia.org/ ISO Online browsing platform: available at http:/www.iso.org/obp 4
27、Principle A known quantity of the filling material, sampled according to EN 1883, is separated by hand into its elements. The elements are collected into separate containers, which are suitably marked. The content of each container is weighed in order to determine the mass of the element concerned a
28、nd therefore to calculate the relative percentages. 5 Apparatus 5.1 Box for the manual separation (separation box), usually consisting of the following parts: black and smooth base about 450 mm in length and about 300 mm in width, having a suitable fixture or area to insert the containers into; fron
29、t part about 150 mm high open or provided with two openings wide enough to permit the operators hands to enter the box; back part about 300 mm high; two side parts fit for front and back parts; cover, to avoid air draughts during the execution of the test, made of glass or other transparent material
30、 to permit the separation of the elements; lamp to allow the illumination of the box. BS EN 12131:2018EN 12131:2018 (E) 5 5.2 Weighing containers with cover, made of aluminium or other light antistatic material fit to contain and weigh the different elements of the filling, with a capacity up to 300
31、 ml. 5.3 Tweezers, fit to pick the single elements. 5.4 Analytical balance, with an accuracy of 0, 1 mg. 5.5 Mixing container with base dimensions of 300 mm 300 mm and 150 mm high. 6 Sampling, conditioning and preparation of the test specimens 6.1 Sampling is carried out according to EN 1883. 6.2 Co
32、nditioning of the samples is carried out according to EN ISO 139. 6.3 Draw a sample of no less than 30 g from the conditioned laboratory global sample. Put the sample into the mixing container (5.5) and mix carefully by hand to make it as homogeneous as possible. From different places of this sample
33、, draw at least three test specimens, each of them having a mass of about 5 g, weighed with an accuracy of 1 mg, of about 5 g for fillings with an expected down content less than 60 % and of about 3 g for fillings with an expected down content of 60 % or more. Each specimen is placed in a separate c
34、ontainer. NOTE For setting the final result it is necessary to have validated analysis of at least two test specimens while sometimes replacement or additional specimens are to be used. Therefore, a preparation of spares over the three specimens is suggested. 7 Procedure 7.1 General The separation p
35、rocedure shall be carried out in a conditioned room in accordance with EN ISO 139. 7.2 First separation 7.2.1 Mark the weighing containers (5.2) with the indication A, B, C, D, E and Q; weigh them with their cover, with an accuracy of 0,1 mg. Put one of the weighed test specimens (6.3) into the sepa
36、ration box (5.1). With tweezers, remove initially all feathers from the plumage; brush the feathers gently between thumb and index finger of one hand to remove any down fibre or residual matter caught therein. Identify the single elements which are extracted from the test specimen and put them in th
37、e suitable weighing containers, as indicated in Table 1. BS EN 12131:2018EN 12131:2018 (E) 6 Table 1 First separation of elements and denomination of the corresponding containers Denomination of containers Elements A whole and fractured waterfowl feather B whole and fractured landfowl feather C1brok
38、en waterfowl feather C2broken landfowl feather D down, plumules, nestling down, down fibres, feather fibres E quill feathers Q residual matter Weigh the contents of the weighing containers, indicating the mass in grams with an accuracy of 0,1 mg. 7.2.2 Calculate the percentage of mass lost (mV1) dur
39、ing the first separation by the following formula: = 1111100Ew RwVEwmmmm(1) where 1Vm is the mass lost after the first separation in percent (%); 1Ewm is the mass of the test specimen analysed in the first separation (weighed portion); 1Rwm is the masses of the contents of the containers A+B+C1+C2+D
40、+E+Q after being weighed again subsequent to the analysis (control scale). If the calculation gives a loss of mass of more than 2% or a mass gain of more than 0,5 % another test specimen shall be analyzed. To validate the first separation and to continue the process, at least two test specimens shal
41、l meet the criteria of mass loss and mass gain above. For the calculation of the results, see Clause 8. 7.3 Second separation 7.3.1 Place the contents of weighing container D in a clean mixing container (5.5); mix the contents by hand carefully to make it as homogeneous as possible. Take three test
42、specimens, each one is at least 0,1 g. 7.3.2 Mark the weighing containers (5.2) with the indication F, G, H, I,K and L; weigh them with their cover, accuracy 0,1 mg . During the second separation of the sub-test specimen, down, plumules and nestling down are separated from the non-entwined down fibr
43、es and the entwined feather fibres. First, remove a down, plumule or nestling down with tweezers, and slightly shake it five times from an up position to a down position and up again with a short and fast shaking movements of the wrist. BS EN 12131:2018EN 12131:2018 (E) 7 Figure 1 Shaking of down, p
44、lumule or nestling down five times With the tweezers, carefully take off the entwined feather fibres from the down, plumule or nestling down. If a down fibre is pulled while removing the feather fibre, the down fibre shall be placed into the container F, which contains down and plumules. The other e
45、lements are placed, after being identified as reported in Table 2, in the suitable weighing containers. If whole and fractured waterfowl feathers are found in the second separation place them in container L. Table 2 Second separation of elements and denomination of the corresponding containers Denom
46、ination of containers Elements F down plumules, nestling down G down fibres H waterfowl feather fibres I land fowl feather fibres K residual matter L feathers Weigh the contents of the weighing containers reporting the mass in grams with the accuracy of 0,1 mg. 7.3.3 Calculate the percentage of mass
47、 lost during the second separation using the following formula: = 2222100Ew RwVEwmmmm(2) BS EN 12131:2018EN 12131:2018 (E) 8 where 2Vm is the mass lost after the second separation in percent (%); 2Ewm is the mass of the test specimen analysed in the second separation (weighed portion); 2Rwm is the m
48、asses of the contents of the containers F+G+H+I+K after being weighed again subsequent to the analysis (control scale). If the calculation gives a loss of mass of more than 2% or a mass gain of more than 0,5 % another test specimen shall be analyzed. To validate the first separation and to continue
49、the process, at least two test specimens shall meet the criteria of mass loss and mass gain above. 7.4 Milled Feathers Milled feathers consist of chopped and/or curled feathers (see EN 1885). Curled or chopped feathers have multiple fractures along the length of the quill. Milled feathers can be identified from visual examination of the feathers, the broken and the damaged waterfowl and landfowl feathers. 8 Calculation and expression of results 8.1 Calculation of the component portions Calculate the total percentage for each component
