1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 12046-1:2003 Operating forces Test method Part 1: Windows The European Standard EN 12046-1:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 91.060.50; 91.190 BS EN 12046-1:2003 This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee
2、 on 26 November 2003 BSI 26 November 2003 ISBN 0 580 42992 X National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12046-1:2003. It partially supersedes BS 6375-2:1987 which is to be amended. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committe
3、e B/538, Doors, windows, shutters, hardware and curtain walling, to Subcommittee B/538/1, Windows, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement internation
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5、 include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any
6、enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the 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 11 and a b
7、ack cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN120461 November2003 ICS91.060.50;91.190 Englishversion OperatingforcesTestmethodPart1
8、:Windows ForcesdemanoeuvreMthodedessaiPartie1: Fentres BedienungskrftePrfverfahrenTeil1:Fenster ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1September2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardw
9、ithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityo
10、faCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spai
11、n,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN120461:2003EEN1204
12、61:2003(E) 2 Contents Page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .4 4 Principleoftest . .4 5 Apparatus .5 5.1 Testrig 5 5.2 Linearmotion . 8 5.3 Rotarymotion. 8 6 Testspecimen . .8 7 Conditioningandpreparationofthetestspecimen. 9 7.1 Conditioning.9 7.2 Preparation .9 8 P
13、rocedure .9 8.1 Testsequence . .9 8.2 Rateofloading . 10 8.3 Disengagementofhardware. 10 8.4 Measurementoftheforcetostartmotionofthecasementorsash 10 8.5 Fullengagementofclosingandlockinghardware . .10 9 Expressionofresults . .10 10 Testreport 10EN120461:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN120461:2003
14、)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC33“Doors,windows, shutters,buildinghardwareandcurtainwalling”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyMay2004,andconflictingnationalsta
15、ndardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby May2004. ThisEuropeanStandardisoneofaseriesofstandardsforwindows. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Ge
16、rmany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN120461:2003(E) 4 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesthetestmethodfordeterminingtheforcerequiredwhenengagingorreleasingthe hardwareofawindowandwhencommencin
17、gthemovementofacasementorsash,inbothopeningandclosing directions. Itisapplicabletomanuallyoperatedwindows. ThisEuropeanStandardisapplicabletoproductsofanymaterials. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferenc
18、esarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(
19、includingamendments). prEN12519:2003, WindowsandpedestriandoorsTerminology . 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thetermsanddefinitionsgiveninprEN12519:2003apply,together withthefollowing. 3.1 linearmotion movementofcasement,sashorhardwareinastraightlinewhenacteduponbyanoperat
20、ingforce;alsomovement throughanarcofwhichtheradiusislargeinproportiontothelengthofthearc 3.2 rotarymotion movement,usuallyofhardwarebutalsoapplicabletoacasementorsash;inacircularpathwhenacteduponby anoperatingtorque,e.g.theturningactionofthebowofakey 4 Principleoftest Theprincipleconsistsofmeasuring
21、theminimumstaticforceortorquerequired toreleaseorlockthehardware(locksorhandles); tocommenceopeningand tocompleteclosingofthecasementorsash.EN120461:2003(E) 5 5Apparatus 5.1 Testrig Asurroundingsubstantialsteelframewithmovablesteelsupports 1 ) intowhichthesubframescontainingtest specimensofvariousdi
22、mensionscanbemounted. Meansfortheapplicationofforcesand/ortorqueswithanaccuracyof5%uniformlyandwithoutshock. Theapparatusshallconsistofeither weightsandpulleys(seeFigures1and2)or anapparatusotherthanaspringmechanism,withwhichtherequiredforceortorquecanbesmoothlyapplied, coupledwithananalogueordigita
23、lmeasuringinstrumentfordeterminingmeasurementswithanaccuracyof 0,1mm,andrecordingequipment(seeFigures3and4). Inneithercaseshalltheapparatusinfluencethetestresults. 1) Asuitableframewould,e.g.,beofsuchstiffnessthatthemidspandeflectionofanymemberoftheframedoesnot exceed1/500ofitsunsupportedlengthunder
24、theactionofaforceof1kNappliedatanypointordirection perpendiculartothelengthofthatmember.EN120461:2003(E) 6 Key 1Weight 2Radiusr 3Stileofsash 4Pulley 5Bowofkey 6Slottosuitbowofkey Figure1Weightandpulleymechanismasappliedtoakey Key 1Weight 2Pulley 3Lock 4Partofwindow Figure2Weightandpulleymechanismasa
25、ppliedtoalockEN120461:2003(E) 7 Key 1Torquemeterappliedtohandle 2Torquemeter 3Torque 4Loadcell 5Windowsash 6Handle 7Recordingequipment Figure3TorquemechanismasappliedtoahandleEN120461:2003(E) 8 Key 1Partofwindow 2Lock 3Loadcell 4Ram 5Recordingequipment Figure4Actuatormechanismasappliedtoalock 5.2 Li
26、nearmotion Alinearactuator(hydrauliccylinderorothersuitabledevice)coupledwithanelectronicloadcellandmeasuring andrecordingequipment,capableofsmoothlyreachingtherequiredmaximumforce.Alternativelyaweightand pulleymechanismshallbeused.Theapparatusshallbemountedsothatitisinlinewiththecasementsorsashs no
27、minaldirectionoftravelandnotdeviatingfromitbymorethan 5 . 5.3 Rotarymotion Atorquemetercapableofmeasuringthetorquesrequiredtooperatethemechanism.Theequipmentshallhavean attachmentforconnectiontothehardware(handle/key)whichwillenablecorrectalignmentoftheforcesduring test.Alternativelyaweightandpulley
28、mechanismcanbeused. Thisapparatusshallalsoincludeanymeasuringandrecordingequipment. Theconnectionbetweenthemeasuringdeviceandthetestspecimenshallbesuchastoavoidlocaldamagetothe testspecimenandshallinnowayaffectitsperformance. 6 Testspecimen Thetestspecimenshallbesuppliedinafullyoperablecondition.Its
29、hallbesuitableforfixingintothesurrounding frameinaccordancewiththemanufacturerspublishedrecommendationsorstandardisedinstructions.EN120461:2003(E) 9 7 Conditioningandpreparationofthetestspecimen 7.1Conditioning Storageandtestingshallbecarriedoutinanondestructiveenvironmentwithintherangesof10Cto30Can
30、d 25%to75%relativehumidity. 7.2Preparation Removealltransportblocks,bracings,packagingandprotectivewrappingsfromthetestspecimen. Thetestspecimenshallbemountedlevel,squareandwithoutvisibletwistresultingfromtheuseoffixingdevices. 8Procedure 8.1 Testsequence Testingshallstartwiththecasementsorsashesoft
31、hetestspecimenclosedandwithallrelevanthardwareinthe fullyengagedposition(seeFigure5). Figure5Testsequence Thepresenceofanysafetydeviceshallnotinfluencethetestresult. Testsshallbeperformedonthetestspecimenasreceivedandshallbeimmediatelyprecededbymanualoperation ofallmovingpartsfivetimes. Theapplicati
32、onofforcesortorquesshallbearrangedtoavoidlocaldamagetothetestspecimen. Testsshallbecarriedoutinaccordancewiththefollowingpredeterminedsequencefortheapplicationand measurementoftheoperationalforcesandtorques:EN120461:2003(E) 10 a) disengagetheclosingandlockinghardware; b) commenceopening(uptothefirst
33、100mm); c) commenceclosinguptothebeginningoftheengagementoftheclosingandlockinghardware; d) fullyengagetheclosingandlockinghardware; Repeatthesequencesa)tod)twiceandaveragetheresults. Betweeneachrepetitionofthistestthecasementorsashshallremainopenforapproximately1mintoallowthe weatherstrippingtorela
34、x. 8.2 Rateofloading Themaximumloadshallbereachedinatimebetween2sand4s. 8.3 Disengagementofhardware Applyaforceortorqueinthedirectiontounlockthehardwareandrecordtheresult. 8.4 Measurementoftheforcetostartmotionofthecasementorsash Determinetheminimumforcerequiredinboththeopeningandclosingdirectionsof
35、travel,foradistanceof100 mmandrecordtheresult. 8.5 Fullengagementofclosingandlockinghardware Accordingtothetypeofhardwareprovidedwiththetestspecimen,applyaforceortorqueusingtheapparatusas describedinclause5andasfollows: installthelinear/rotarymechanismsoastoactinthedirectionoflocking; applyaminimumf
36、orcetopositionthecasementorsashsothattheclosingandlockinghardwarecanstartto befullyengaged.Thisforceshallbeheldthroughoutthefullengagementoperation; applyandmeasureaforceortorquesufficienttooperatethehardwareandrecordtheresult. 9 Expressionofresults Forcesshallbeexpressedtothreesignificantfigures,to
37、rquestotwosignificantfigures. Thefinalindividualvalueandtheaveragevalueoftheforcesfromthelinearactuatororfromtheuseofweights shallberecordedinNewtons(N). Fortheretentionofthecasementorsashintheclosedposition,theforceshallberecordedinNewtons(N). Linearforces(individualvalueandaveragevalue)onthehardwa
38、reshallberecordedinNewtons(N)andthe torques(individualvalueandaveragevalue)inNewtonmetres(Nm). 10 Testreport Thetestreportshallcontainatleastthefollowinginformation: a) referencetothisEuropeanStandard;EN120461:2003(E) 11 b) nameofthetestlaboratory; c) nameofthemanufacturerandapplicant; d) dateoftest
39、andtestreport; e) allrelevantdetailsforidentifyingthetestspecimenandapparatus: type; profile references; materials; descriptionofhardware; f) testresults; g) observationsastotheconditionofthetestspecimensbeforeandafterthetest.BS EN 12046-1:2003 BSI 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL BSI British St
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