1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 916:2003 Gymnastic equipment Vaulting boxes Requirements and test methods including safety The European Standard EN 916:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 97.220.30 BS EN 916:2003 This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and St
2、rategy Committee on 1 April 2003 BSI 1 April 2003 ISBN 0 580 41495 7 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 916:2003. It supersedes BS EN 916:1996 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee SW/14, G
3、ymnasium and sports equipment, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found i
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6、UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. 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 thi
7、s document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN916 March2003 ICS97.220.30 SupersedesEN916:1996 Englishversion GymnasticequipmentVaultingboxesRequirementsandtest methodsincludingsafety
8、MatrieldegymnastiquePlintsExigencesetmthodes dessaiycomprislascurit TurngerteSprungkstenAnforderungenund PrfverfahreneinschlilichSicherheit ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon28November2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEur
9、ope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlangua
10、gemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Mal
11、ta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCEN
12、nationalMembers. Ref.No.EN916:2003EEN916:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Requirements .4 3.1 Classification4 3.2 Dimensions.4 3.3 Performanceofpaddedboxtop. 5 4 Safetyrequirements . .5 4.1 General5 4.2 Stability .5 4.3 Strength 5 4.4 Durabilityofconstruction .5
13、5 Testmethods 5 5.1 Determinationofstability 5 5.1.1 Principle5 5.1.2 Testtemperature 5 5.1.3 Procedure .5 5.1.4 Expressionofresults . .6 5.2 Determinationofstrength. 6 5.2.1 Principle6 5.2.2 Apparatus .6 5.2.3 Testtemperature 6 5.2.4 Procedure .6 5.2.5 Expressionofresults . .7 5.3 Determinationofdu
14、rabilityofconstruction. .7 5.3.1 Principle7 5.3.2 Procedure .7 5.3.3 Expressionofresults . .7 6 Warning.7 7 Marking .7 AnnexA (informative) Examplesofvaultingboxes.8EN916:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN916:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC136,“Sports,playgroundand otherrecreationaleq
15、uipment”thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbySeptember2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelat estbySeptember2003. ThisEuropeanStandardisoneofseveralstandar
16、ds,eachofwhichdealswithaparticulartypeoraparticular groupofgymnasticequipment. ThisdocumentsupersedesEN916:1996.Themodificationsofthissecondeditionrefertotheeditorialrewordingof thescopeandtothereductionoftheforcefortestingthestabilityfrom40%oftheselfweightto20%andfroma minimumof90Nto70N. Thiswasnec
17、essaryastheformulaofEN913provednottobeapplicableforvaultingboxes. ThisEuropeanStandardshouldbereadinconjunctionwithEN913. InthisEuropeanStandardtheannexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowingcoun triesareboundtoimplementthisEuropea
18、nStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN916:2003(E) 4 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesfunctionalrequirements(seeclause3)andspe
19、cificsafetyrequirementsforfive typesofvaultingboxes(seeTable1)inadditiontothegeneralsafetyrequirementsinEN913. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublica
20、tionsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN913:1996, GymnasticequipmentGe
21、neralsafetyrequirementsandtestmethods. 3Requirements 3.1Classification Vaultingboxesshallbeclassifiedbythedesign(types)asshowninTable1. Table1Types Type Description Example 1 rectangularvaultingboxwithindividualbox sectionsandpaddedtopbox FigureA.1 2 rectangularminivaultingboxwithpadded top FigureA.
22、2 3 pyramidalvaultingboxwithindividualbox sectionsandpaddedtopbox FigureA.3 4 paddedvaultingtableswithsupportedframe FigureA.4 5 vaultingboxortablewithanyotherdesign whichfulfilsthesafetyrequirementsofthis standardanddimensionsofpaddedtop surface Table2 3.2Dimensions Topsurfacesofvaultingboxesshallc
23、omplywiththedimensionsspecifiedinTable2. Table2Dimensionsoftopsurfaces Dimensionsinmillimetres Range Length l Width b maximum 1605 705 minimum 395 395EN916:2003(E) 5 3.3 Performanceofpaddedboxtop WhentestedaccordingtoEN913:1996,annexCusingadropheightof300mm,thepeakaccelerationshallnot exceed500m/s 2
24、 (50 g). 4 Safetyrequirements 4.1General VaultingboxesshallcomplywiththerequirementsofEN913,exceptinsofarastheyaremodifiedbythisEuropean Standard. 4.2Stability Whentestedaccordingto5.1,thevaultingboxshallnotrotateaboutthebase,norshallanyofthesectionssepa rateinnormalusewhensubjectedtoahorizontalforc
25、erepresenting20%oftheselfweightofthevaultingbox. 4.3Strength Whentestedaccordingto5.2,thevaultingboxoranyverticalsidedindividualsectionshallshownosignofloose bonds,breakingorcracking. 4.4 Durabilityofconstruction Whentestedaccordingto5.3,sectionsshallnotshowanyloosejoints,breakage,crackingorchangein
26、diagonal dimensionsgreaterthan3mm. 5Test methods 5.1 Determinationofstability 5.1.1Principle Ahorizontalforceisappliedtothetopoftheequipmentandanymovementofthetopisnoted. 5.1.2 Testtemperature Conditiontheequipmentforaminimumof3hatatemperatureof(23 2) C. 5.1.3Procedure Carryoutthetestatmaximumheight
27、. Preventthevaultingboxfromsliding,seeFigure1. Applyahorizontalforcecalculatedfrom20%oftheselfweightoftheequipmentwithaminimumof70Ntothe highestpointinthecentreofthetop(seeFigure1). Notethefirstmovementofthetopofthevaultingbox.EN916:2003(E) 6 Key 1 pointofrotation F Force Figure1Determinationofstabi
28、lity 5.1.4Expression of results Expressthelevelofstabilitybynotingifrotationhasoccurred. 5.2 Determinationofstrength 5.2.1Principle Loadtheequipmentwithacalculatedverticalforceandexamineforfractureorotherdamage. 5.2.2Apparatus Arigidplateofdimensions(200mm 200mm 10mm) 1mmwitharadiusoftheloweredgesof
29、minimum 3mm. 5.2.3 Testtemperature Conditiontheequipmentforaminimumof3hatatesttemperatureof(23 2) C. 5.2.4Procedure 5.2.4.1 Wholevaultingbox Applyaverticalforceof2850Natthecentreofthetopoftheequipmentfor1min 10 0 + s. Noteanyloosebonds,breakingorcrackingoftheequipment. 5.2.4.2 Sections Applyavertica
30、lforceof1700Natthecentreofeachlongsideoftheequipmentfor1min 10 0 + s.EN916:2003(E) 7 Noteanyloosebonds,breakingorcrackingoftheequipment. 5.2.5Expression of results Expressthestrengthbywhetherloosebonds,breakingorcrackinghasoccurred. 5.3 Determinationofdurabilityofconstruction 5.3.1Principle Asection
31、isdroppedonaconcretefloorfromaspecifiedheightandexaminedfordamageandthepretestand posttestvariationofdiagonaldimensionsismeasuredandthedifferenceisdetermined. 5.3.2Procedure Beforetesting,measurethediagonaldimensionsofasection.Dropthesectionontoaconcretefloor,fromamini mumheightof120mmperpendiculart
32、othesectionsdiagonalaxis.Carryoutthetestfivetimesforeachcorner, takingdiagonallyoppositecornersinturn. 5.3.3Expression of results Noteanybreakageorlooseandeasilymoveableconnections.Recordthepretestandposttestvariationofdiago naldimensionsinmillimetres. 6Warning Themanufacturershallprovideawarningnot
33、icethattheequipmentshouldbeusedundercontrolledsupervision. 7Marking a) markingshallcomplywithEN913; b) typeaccordingtoTable1.EN916:2003(E) 8 AnnexA (informative) Examplesofvaultingboxes FigureA.1Vaultingboxtype1 FigureA.2Vaultingboxtype2 FigureA.3Vaultingboxtype3 FigureA.4Vaultingboxtype4blankBS EN
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