1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 318:2002 Wood based panels Determination of dimensional changes associated with changes in relative humidity The European Standard EN 318:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 79.060.01 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 318:200
2、2 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Building and Civil Engineering Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 11 April 2002 BSI 11 April 2002 ISBN 0 580 39492 1 National foreword This
3、British Standard is the official English language version of EN 318:2002. It supersedes BS EN 318:1993 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/541, Wood based panels, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on th
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7、K. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date C
8、ommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN318 March2002 ICS79.060.01 SupersedesEN318:1993 Englishversion WoodbasedpanelsDeterminationofdimensionalchanges associatedwithchangesinrelativehumidity PanneauxbasedeboisDterminationdesvariations dimensionnellessouslinfluencedevariationsdelhumi
9、dit relative HolzwerkstoffeBestimmungvonManderungenin VerbindungmitnderungenderrelativenLuftfeuchte ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon24February2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstand
10、ardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibil
11、ityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Swit
12、zerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN318:2002EEN318:2002(E) 2 Contents
13、 page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Principle4 4 Apparatus .4 4.1 Balance .4 4.2 Measuringinstrumentsforlengthandthickness .4 4.3 Calibrationbar. .4 4.4 Climatechamber . .4 4.5 Dryingcabinet 5 4.6 Hygrometer.5 4.7 Thermometer 5 5 Testpieces. .5 6 Procedure .5 6.1 Testpiecepreparation
14、 .5 6.1.1 General5 6.1.2 Thicknessmeasuringpoints 5 6.1.3 Lengthmeasuringpoints. .5 6.2 Conditioning.6 6.3 Measurements6 6.4 Drying7 7 Expressionofresults . .7 7.1 Moisturecontent 7 7.2 Changeinlength 7 7.3 Changeinthickness . .7 7.4 Panelresults. 8 8 Testreport . .8EN318:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocu
15、ment(EN318:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC112“Woodbasedpanels“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbySeptember2002,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdraw
16、natthelat estbySeptember2002. ThisdocumentsupersedesEN318:1993. ComparedtotheversionEN318:1993thefollowingmodificationshavebeenmade: a) Thescopehasbeenextendedfromfibreboardstowoodbasedpanels b) Theconditioningprocedurehasbeenmodified AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandards
17、organizationsofthefollowingcoun triesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Swe den,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN318:2002(E) 4 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandar
18、dspecifiesamethodforthedeterminationofdimensionalchangesinwoodbasedpanels, duetochangesintherelativehumidityoftheair. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andth
19、epublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN322, WoodbasedpanelsDe
20、terminationofmoisturecontent. EN3261, WoodbasedpanelsSampling,cuttingandinspectionPart1:Samplingandcuttingoftestpieces andexpressionoftestresults. 3Principle Becausevariationsinrelativehumidityaffectthemoisturecontentofapanelandresultinchangestoitsdimen sions,testpiecesaremeasuredafterconditioningto
21、differentlevelsofrelativehumidity. Theequilibriummoisturecontentofpanelproductsisdependentonthehistoryofmoisturechange.Higherequilibrium moisturecontentsforanyonerelativehumidityareachievedindesorptioncomparedwithadsorption;thisgivesriseto ahysteresiseffect. Inordertoobtainthetruedimensionalchange,t
22、hisismeasuredbetween65%relativehumidityand85%relative humidityinadsorptionand65%relativehumidityand30%relativehumidityindesorption. 4Apparatus 4.1Balance BalanceasdescribedinEN322. 4.2 Measuringinstrumentsforlengthandthickness Instrumentsformeasuringlengthandthicknesswithanaccuracyof0,01mm.Anexample
23、ofalengthmeasuring equipmentisshowninFigure1. 4.3 Calibrationbar Corrosionresistantmetalbarofsufficientlengthandshapetocalibratethelengthmeasuringequipment.Thelength ofthecalibrationbarshallbeknowntowithin0,01mm. 4.4 Climatechamber Climatechamber(s)capableofmaintainingtherequiredtemperatureto1Candre
24、lativehumidityto3%.EN318:2002(E) 5 Figure1Exampleoflengthmeasuringequipment 4.5 Dryingcabinet Ventilateddryingoven,capableofbeingcontrolledat(1032)C. 4.6Hygrometer Hygrometerwithanaccuracyof1%relativehumiditytomeasureandrecordtherelativeairhumidityintheclimate chamber. 4.7Thermometer Thermometerwith
25、anaccuracyof0,5Ctomeasureandrecordtemperatureintheclimatechamber. 5 Testpieces Thenormaldimensionsoftestpiecesare(3002)mm (502)mm t(panelthickness)butlongertestpiecesmay beused.Fromeachpanel,twosetsoffourtestpiecesshallbecutineachpaneldirectiontogive16testpiecesper panelintotal.Thegeneralconditionsf
26、orsamplingofthetestpiecesshallbeinaccordancewithEN3261. 6Procedure 6.1 Testpiecepreparation 6.1.1General Thetestpiecesshallbepreparedwithsuitablemarkingstoensurethatthemeasurementwillbecarriedoutatthe samepositioneachtime. 6.1.2 Thicknessmeasuringpoints Themarksareplacedonthecentrelineofthetestpiece
27、50mmfromtheendsandatthemidpoint,asshowninFig ure2.Inkmarksonthesurfaceofthetestpieceareconsideredtobeadequate.Othertypesofmarkingsmaybeused ifproventogivecorrectresults. 6.1.3 Lengthmeasuringpoints Asuitablereferencesystemcomprisesglassplateswithathicknessofatleast1mmgluedtotheendsofthetest piece.An
28、alternativereferencesystemismetalknobs,placedatadistanceof250mmapart,approximately25mm fromeachend.Theknobscanbemechanicallyfastenedorgluedontothesurfaceofthetestpiece.Theadhesive shallnotbewaterbasedorhygroscopic.Othertypesofreferencesystemsmaybeusedifproventogivecorrectre sults.EN318:2002(E) 6 Dim
29、ensionsinmillimetres Key 1I n k m a r k 2 Glassplate Figure2Exampleofasuitable300mmlongtestpiecewithglassplates 6.2Conditioning Thetwosetsoftestpieceswillbetreatedseparatelyandeachconditionedinthreesteps.Conditionthetestpiecesto constantmassineachofthestepsgiveninTable1.Measurelength,thicknessandmas
30、saccordingto6.3aftersteps 2and3. Table1Conditioningclimatesforthetwosetsoftestpieces Step(No.) SetNo.1 SetNo.2 1 20C,30%relativehumidity 20C,85%relativehumidity 2 20C,65%relativehumidity 20C,65%relativehumidity 3 20C,85%relativehumidity 20C,30%relativehumidity Constantmassisconsideredtobereachedwhen
31、theresultsoftwosuccessiveweighingoperations,carriedoutatan intervalof24h,donotdifferbymorethan0,1%ofthemassofthetestpiece. Theclimateshallbemeasuredandrecordedatanintervalofnotlessthanonceanhourduringtheconditioningofthe testpieces. 6.3Measurements Aftersteps2and3oftheconditioningperiodsthefollowing
32、parametersshallbemeasuredonthetestpieces: thedistancebetweenthelengthmarkings.Beforemeasuringthelength,theequipmentshallbecalibratedby usingthecalibrationbardescribedin4.3.Warpedorbenttestpiecesshallbestraightenedduringthemeas urement; thethicknessofthetestpieces.Themeasurementsshallbecarriedoutatth
33、reepoints,seeFigure2; themassofthetestpieces.EN318:2002(E) 7 Allthemeasurementshavetobeperformedintheconditioningatmosphereorwithin5minutesafterthetestpieces havebeentakenoutfromtheclimatechamber. 6.4Drying Afterthetest,thetestpiecesshallbedriedaccordingtoEN322andthenbeweighed. 7 Expressionofresults
34、 7.1 Moisturecontent Foreachtestpiececalculatethemoisturecontentforthethreeclimatesinsteps2and3inaccordancewithEN322 byusingtheresultsfrom6.3and6.4.Whennecessary,therecordedmassesshallbecorrectedtotakeaccountofthe massofthemarkingsused. NOTE Forcementbondedparticleboardsdeterminationofmoistureconten
35、taccordingtoEN322isnotrelevantandcould givemisleadingresults. 7.2 Changeinlength Foreachtestpiecetherelativechangeinlengthiscalculatedaccordingtoequations(1)and(2),androundedoffto thenearest0,1mm/m. 000 1 65 65 85 85 , 65 l l l l (usingset1results) (1) 000 1 65 65 30 30 , 65 l l l l (usingset2result
36、s) (2) where l 85 isthelengthbetweenmeasurementpointsat20C,85%relativehumidity,correctedwhennecessary fortheeffectofthemarkingsused,inmillimetres; l 65 isthelengthbetweenmeasurementpointsat20C,65%relativehumidity,correctedwhennecessary fortheeffectofthemarkingsused,inmillimetres; l 30 isthelengthbet
37、weenmeasurementpointsat20C,30%relativehumidity,correctedwhennecessary formarkingsused,inmillimetres; l 65,85 istherelativechangeoflengthforachangeoftherelativehumidityfrom65%to85%,inmillimetres permetre; l 65,30 istherelativechangeoflengthforachangeoftherelativehumidityfrom65%to30%,inmillimetres per
38、metre. 7.3 Changeinthickness Foreachtestpiececalculatethechangeinthicknessforeachofthethreepointsaccordingtoequations(3)and(4). Thefinalresultforthetestpieceisthemeanvalueforallthreemeasuredpointsroundedofftothenearest0,1%. 00 1 65 65 85 85 , 65 t t t t (usingset1results) (3) 00 1 65 65 30 30 , 65 t
39、 t t t (usingset2results) (4)EN318:2002(E) 8 where t 85 isthethicknessat20C,85%relativehumidity,correctedwhennecessaryfortheeffectofthe markingsused,inmillimetres; t 65 isthethicknessat20C,65%relativehumidity,correctedwhennecessaryfortheeffectofthe markingsused,inmillimetres; t 30 isthethicknessat20
40、C,30%relativehumidity,correctedwhennecessaryfortheeffectofthe markingsused,inmillimetres; t 65,85 istherelativechangeofthethicknessforachangeoftherelativehumidityfrom65%to85%,in percent; t 65,30 istherelativechangeofthethicknessforachangeoftherelativehumidityfrom65%to30%,in percent. 7.4 Panelresults
41、 Foreachpanelandpaneldirection,calculatethemeanvalueandtherangeformoisturecontentandchangesof lengthandthickness. 8 Testreport AccordingtoEN3261.blankBS EN 318:2002 BSI 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL BSI British Standards Institution BSI is the independent national body responsible for prepari
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