1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 12701:2001 Structural adhesives Storage Determination of words and phrases relating to the product life of structural adhesives and related materials The European Standard EN 12701:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 01.040.83; 83.180 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSIO
2、N EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 12701:2001 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Committee for Materials and Chemicals, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 August 2001 BSI 07-2001 ISBN 0 580 3791
3、4 0 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12701:2001. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/52, Adhesives, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtaine
4、d on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” faci
5、lity of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obliga
6、tions. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any 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
7、 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 CommentsEUROPE
8、ANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN12701 June2001 ICS01.040.83;83.180 Englishversion StructuraladhesivesStorageDeterminationofwordsand phrasesrelatingtotheproductlifeofstructuraladhesivesand relatedmaterials AdhsifsstructurauxStockageDfinitiondestermeset expressionsrelatifsladuredeviedesadhs
9、ifs structurauxetmatriauxconnexes StrukturklebstoffeLagerungBestimmungvonBegriffen zurZeitspannederVerarbeitbarkeitvonStrukturklebstoffen undverwandtenMaterialien ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon10May2001. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditio
10、nsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversi
11、oninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxe
12、mbourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationa
13、lMembers. Ref.No.EN12701:2001EPage2 EN12701:2001 Contents Page Foreword. 3 1Scope 4 2Normativereferences . 4 3Termsanddefinitions . 4 4Requirements . . 6 AnnexA (normative)Storageofstructuraladhesives:productlifewhenstoredunderstatedconditions. 8Page3 EN12701:2001 Foreword ThisEuropeanStandardhasbee
14、npreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC193“Adhesives“,thesecretariatof whichisheldbyAENOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyDecember2001,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byDecember2001
15、. AnnexAisnormative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,S
16、weden, SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.Page4 EN12701:2001 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesdefinitionsandrequirementsapplicabletostructuraladhesiveswhosestorage lifeislimitedbypossiblechangeofproperties. NOTEStructuraladhesivesandtheirrelatedmaterialsarehereinreferredtoas“adhesives“. 2 Normativere
17、ferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Sta
18、ndardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN923 Adhesives Termsanddefinitions 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thetermsanddefinitionsinaccordancewithEN923andthefollowing ap
19、ply: NOTEAllthefollowingdefinitionsofwordsandphrasesrelatingtothestorageofadhesivesareillustratedinannexA (normative). 3.1 (adhesive)manufacturer personorfirmthatconvertsrawmaterialsintoadhesives NOTEThemanufacturingprocessalmostalwaysinvolvesmixingandoftenrequiressomeformofchemicalreaction 3.2 (adh
20、esive)supplier personorfirmthatsendsadhesivesbyanappropriatemeanoftransport,toeitherapurchaseroranuser NOTEAsuppliercanbe: a)theactualmanufacturer; b)aspecificsectionofthemanufacturersorganisation; c)asubsidiary; d)anappointeddistributororagent. 3.3 purchaser personorfirmthatbuystheadhesive NOTEThep
21、urchaserisnormally,thoughnotnecessarily,theuser 3.4 adhesivehavingalimitedstoragelife adhesivewhosecharacteristicsandbondproperties,inparticularbeforeandduringuse,dependonthetimespent instorageunderspecifiedconditionsPage5 EN12701:2001 3.5 storageunderspecifiedconditions actofmaintaininganadhesiveun
22、derspecifiedconditionsofpacking,temperature,humidity,etc.inorderto preserve,foradefinedlengthoftime,thecharacteristicsessentialforitssubsequentuseandultimateperformance initsfinalstate NOTEStoragecantakeplaceinanystageofthedistributionchainfromthemanufacturertotheuser. 3.6 dateofmanufacture dateofth
23、elastmanufacturingprocesscarriedoutonaproductionbatchoftherelevantadhesive NOTE1 Forthedefinitionofaproductionbatchrefertotheappropriatemanufacturertechnicalspecification. NOTE2 Wheneveranadhesiveisdeliveredaspartofanadhesivekitthedateofmanufactureoftheadhesivekitshouldbethe dateofassemblingtheadhes
24、ivekit. NOTE3 Theadhesivekitmanufacturershouldtakeintoaccountthehistoryoftheadhesivecomponentsbeforesettingits expirydate. 3.7 dateofdispatch datebywhichthesupplierdispatchestheadhesive 3.8 dateofdelivery datebywhichtheadhesivearrivesattheplaceagreedintheorderbetweenpurchaserandsupplier 3.9 dateofex
25、piryofthemanufacturersguarantee datesincewhichtheadhesive,stillinitsoriginalpackingandstoredunderthespecifiedconditions,isnolonger coveredbythemanufacturersguaranteeofperformance 3.10 dateofexpiryofarevalidationperiod datesincewhichtheadhesive,thoughstillwithinitstechnicalshelflife,isnolongercovered
26、byanyrevalidation authorisedbyeitherthepurchaserortheuser 3.11 transportationtime periodoftimebetweenthedateofdispatchandthedateofdelivery 3.12 totalguaranteedlife periodoftimecommencingonthedateofmanufactureandduringwhichtheadhesive,initsoriginalpackingand storedunderthespecifiedconditions: a) sati
27、sfiestherequirementsoftheproductspecification; b) iscoveredbythemanufacturersguarantee. 3.13 guaranteedshelflifeafterpurchase periodoftimecommencingonthedateofdeliveryandduringwhichtheadhesive,initsoriginalpackingandstored underspecifiedconditions a) satisfiestherequirementsoftheproductspecification
28、; b) iscoveredbythemanufacturersguarantee.Page6 EN12701:2001 3.14 storagelifebeforedelivery periodoftimebetweenthedateofmanufactureandthedateofdelivery NOTE Thisperiodoftheadhesiveslifeshouldbespentunderconditionswhichdonotprejudicethemanufacturers guarantee. 3.15 additionalperiodofvalidity periodof
29、timewhichfollowsthedateofexpiryofthemanufacturersoriginalguaranteeandduringwhichthe adhesive,initsoriginalpackingandstoredunderthespecifiedconditions: a) satisfiestherequirementsoftheproductspecification; b) isauthorisedforusebyeitherthepurchaseroruser. NOTE1 Theactofauthorisinganadditionalperiodofu
30、seiscalledrevalidation(see4.2). NOTE2 Theendofthisadditionalperiodofvalidationshouldalwaysliewithinthetechnicalshelflife(3.17). 3.16 totalprolongedlife periodoftimeresultingofthesumoftheguaranteedshelflifeandanyadditionalperiodofvalidity 3.17 technicalshelflife periodoftimecommencingonthedateofmanuf
31、actureandduringwhichtheadhesive,initsoriginalpackingand storedunderthespecifiedconditions,satisfiestherequirementsoftheproductspecification NOTE1 Thisperiodisnotalwaysknownpreciselysincethecapabilityofanadhesivecannothavebeenestablished sufficiently.Thesettingofanadditionalperiodofvalidityshouldtake
32、thisuncertaintyintoaccount. NOTE2 Thisperiodisnotguaranteedbythemanufacturer. 3.18 benchorworkshoplife periodoftimeresultingofthesumofthesuccessiveperiodsduringwhichtheadhesive,whensubmittedtothe ambientconditionsofatypicalworkshop,satisfiestherequirementsofitsspecification 3.19 worklife periodoftim
33、ebetweentheinstantwhentheadhesive,havingbeenpreparedaccordingtothemanufacturers instructions,isreadyforuseandtheinstantwhenitisnolongerusable 4Requirements 4.1Storage guarantee Theproductspecificationorthetechnicaldatasheetshallincludestoragelifebeforedelivery(3.14)conditionsfor theadhesiveinitsorig
34、inal,unopenedpackaging.Theseshallinclude,ataminimum,theappropriatestorage temperature,relativehumidityandastatementthatthesameconditionsshallbemaintainedduringtheguaranteed shelflifeafterpurchase(3.13).Failuretomaintaintherequiredstorageconditionsshallinvalidatethe manufacturersguarantee. 4.2Revalid
35、ation Responsibilityforextendingthevalidityofamaterialbeyondtheexpirydate(3.9)setbythemanufactureris fundamentallyvestedonthepurchaser.Intheeventofamaterialbeingusedafteritsoriginalexpirydate responsibilityforitsuseshallbeclearlyacceptedbyeitherpurchaseroruser,whenthesearenotthesame.Page7 EN12701:20
36、01 4.3Individual packaging Thepackagingshallbeofsuchanaturethatitshallprotecttheadhesivethroughouttheguaranteedshelflifewhen storedinaccordancewiththemanufacturersrequirements.Additionally,thepackagingshallmeetlegal requirementsandbesufficientlyrobusttoallowconventionaltransportationtakingintoaccoun
37、ttheappropriate storageconditions(3.5). 4.4Marking Intheabsenceoftheproducttechnicalspecificationorunlessotherwisespecifiedinthelatter,individualand collectivepackagesshallcarryinformationconcerningthespecifiedstorageconditionsandtheguaranteedexpiry dateofthemanufacturersguaranteedshelflife. EXAMPLE
38、 Perishableproduct,tobestoredat(182)C Expirydateofguarantee19991201 Inthecaseofarevalidation,thenewdateofexpiry(3.10)shallbeproperlydocumentedandrecordedbytheparty authorisingtheextension. 4.5Transportation Transportationconditionsshallbeagreedbetweenthepurchaser(3.3)andthesupplier(3.2)andguaranteed
39、by thesupplier,hisagent,appointeddistributororsubsidiary. Whentransportationconditionsaredifferentfromthespecifiedstorageconditionsthetransittimeshallbesubject toanagreementbetweenthepurchaserandthesupplier.Page8 EN12701:2001 AnnexA (normative) Storageofstructuraladhesives:productlifewhenstoredunder
40、statedconditions Totalprolongedlife(3.16) Totalguaranteedlife(3.12) Additionalperiodofvalidity (3.15) Storagelife Guaranteedshelflife beforedelivery(3.14) afterpurchase(3.13) Transportation time(3.11) Product outof Specification Dateofendoftechnicalshelf life (3.17notes1and2) Dateofexpiry ofrevalida
41、tion period(3.10) Dateofexpiryof the manufacturers guarantee(3.9) Dateof delivery (3.8) Dateof dispatch (3.7) Dateof manufacture (3.6) Technicalshelflife(3.17)blankBS EN 12701:2001 BSI 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL BSI British Standards Institution BSI is the independent national body respons
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