1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13515:2002 Footwear Test methods for uppers and lining Water vapour permeability and absorption The European Standard EN 13515:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 61.060 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 13515:2002 This Briti
2、sh Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Materials and Chemicals Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 5 March 2002 BSI 5 March 2002 ISBN 0 580 39210 4 National foreword This British Standard is t
3、he official English language version of EN 13515:2001. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/69, Footwear and leather, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-
4、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” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic
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6、e text; present to the responsible 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 pages This document comprises a front cover, an in
7、side front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 11 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 CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13515 December2001 ICS61.060
8、Englishversion FootwearTestmethodsforuppersandliningWatervapour permeabilityandabsorption ChaussuresMthodesdessaidestigesetdesdoublures Permabilitlavapeurdeauetabsorptiondelavapeur deau SchuhePrfverfahrenfrObermaterialienundFutter WasserdampfdurchlssigkeitundWasserdampfaufnahme ThisEuropeanStandardw
9、asapprovedbyCENon22November2001. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicat
10、iontotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersareth
11、enationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG Management
12、Centre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13515:2001EEN13515:2001(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .4 4 Apparatusandmaterial .4 4.1 Watervapourpermea
13、bilitytestmethod . .4 4.2 Watervapourabsorptiontestmethod (seeFigure2) .6 5 Samplingandconditioning. 7 5.1 Watervapourpermeabilitytestmethod . .7 5.2 Watervapourabsorptiontestmethod. 8 6 Testmethod. .8 6.1 Watervapourpermeabilitytestmethod . .8 6.1.1 Principle8 6.1.2 Procedure .8 6.2 Watervapourabso
14、rptiontestmethod. 9 6.2.1 Principle9 6.2.2 Procedure .9 7 Expressionofresults . .10 7.1 Watervapourpermeabilitytestmethod . .10 7.2 Watervapourabsorptiontestmethod. 10 8 Testreport . .11 8.1 Watervapourpermeabilitytestmethod . .11 8.2 Watervapourabsorptiontestmethod. 11EN13515:2001(E) 3 Foreword Thi
15、sEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC309“Footwear“,thesecretariatof whichisheldbyAENOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2002,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelat
16、estby June2002. ThisEuropeanStandardisbasedontheIUP15methodandtheEuropeanStandardEN3441“Requirementsand testmethodsforsafety,protectiveandoccupationalfootwearforprofessionaluse. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementt
17、hisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden, SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13515:2001(E) 4 1Scope Thisstandardspecifiestwotestmethodsforassessing,respectively,thewatervapourperme
18、abilityandthewater vapourabsorptionofuppersorcompleteupperassemblyirrespectiveofthematerial,inordertoassessthe suitabilityfortheenduse. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriatepla
19、cesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN1222
20、2,FootwearStandardatmospheresforconditioningandtestingoffootwearandcomponentsfor footwear. ENISO3696, WaterforanalyticallaboratoryuseSpecificationandtestmethods(ISO3696:1987). EN13512, FootwearTestmethodsforuppersandliningFlexresistance. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,the
21、followingtermsanddefinitionsapply. 3.1 watervapourpermeability amountofwatervapouramaterialwilltransmitthroughitsstructureexpressedasmassofwatertransmittedper areaofmaterialperhour 3.2 watervapourabsorption amountofwatervapouramaterialwillabsorbinaspecifiedtimeexpressedasmassofwaterperareaofmaterial
22、 3.3 upper materialformingtheouterfaceofthefootwearwhichisattachedtothesoleassemblyandcoverstheupperdorsal surfaceofthefoot.Incaseofboots,thisalsoincludestheouterfaceofthematerialcoveringtheleg.Onlythe materialsthatarevisibleareincluded,noaccountshouldbetakenofunderlyingmaterials 3.4 completeupperas
23、sembly finishedupper,fullyseamed,joinedorlaminatedasappropiate,comprisingthecentrematerialandanylining(s) togetherwithallcomponentssuchasinterlinings,adhesives,membranes,foamsorreinforcements,butexcluding toepuffsandstiffners NOTE Thecompleteupperassemblymaybeflat,2dimensionalorcompriselastedupperin
24、thefinalfootwear. 4 Apparatusandmaterial Thefollowingapparatusandmaterialshallbeused: 4.1Watervapourpermeabilitytestmethod 4.1.1 Cylindricaltestpots eachwithaninternalheightof80mm10mmandinternalvolumeof100cm 3 20 cm 3 ,andincludingthefollowing:EN13515:2001(E) 5 4.1.1.1 Onecircularopenend withaninter
25、naldiameterof D=30mm1mmandisknowntothenearest 0,1mm. 4.1.1.2 Aclampingring withaninternaldiameter D. 4.1.1.3 Meansoftightlyclampingatestspecimen betweentheclampingringandtheopenendsothatthe potissealedbythetestspecimen. 4.1.2 Testmachine (seeFigure1)includingthefollowing: 4.1.2.1 Verticallymountedtu
26、rntable which: a)hasatleastthreeteststations,eachofwhichiscapableofholdingatestpotsothatitsaxisisparallelto,and 67mm2mmfromtheaxisofrotationoftheturntable; b)isrotatedat7,8rad/s0,5rad/s 1) 4.1.2.2 Paddletypefan which: a)hasthreeflatbladesinclinedat120tooneanother.Thebladesshallbeflatwithapproximated
27、imensions 90mmx75mm; b)ismountedsothatitsaxleiscoaxiallyalignedwiththeaxisoftheturntable(see4.1.2.1)andthebladespass withinadistanceof10mm5mmoftheopenendsoftestpots(see4.1.1)mountedontheturntable; c)isrotatedat146rad/s10rad/s 1) inadirectionoppositetothedirectionofrotationoftheturntable. Dimensionsi
28、nmillimetres Figure1Schematicdiagramofapparatustobeusedinthewatervapourpermeabilitytest 4.1.3 Analyticalbalance capableofmeasuringmassupto200gtothenearest1mg. 4.1.4 Silicagel withaparticlesizegreaterthan2mmandwhichispreferablyselfindicating. Freshlydrythesilicagelinaventilatedovenat125C5 Cforatleast
29、16handcoolinasealedcontainerforat least6h.Oncedriedthesilicagelwillremaindryformanydaysifkeptinairtightcontainers.Typicallythecolourof selfindicatingsilicagelwillturnfrombluewhendrytopinkorcolourlesswhensaturated. 1) 1rad 0,16rev.EN13515:2001(E) 6 4.1.5 Pressknife,orsimilarcuttingdevice,capableofcut
30、tingtestspecimenswithadiameterwhichis sufficientlylargerthan Dtoenableagoodsealtobemadearoundtheopenend(see4.1.1.1)ofthepot. 4.2Watervapourabsorptiontestmethod (seeFigure2) 4.2.1 Tworoundtestpots eachwithavolumeof100cm 3 20cm 3 ,andincludingthefollowing: 4.2.1.1 Oneopenend withaflatannularsurfaceofi
31、nternaldiameterof35,0mm 0,5mmandexternal diameterofatleast20mmlarger.Theexternaldiametercanbeprovidedbyaflangeofminimumwidth10mmor byacylinderofminimumwallthickness10mm. 4.2.1.2 Ametaldisk ofdiametergreaterthan55mm. 4.2.1.3 Meansoftightlyclampingatestspecimenandapieceofimpermeablematerial(see4.2.5)b
32、etween theopenendandthedisksothatthepotissealedbythetestspecimen. 4.2.2 Analyticalbalance capableofmeasuringmassupto100gtothenearest1mg. 4.2.3 Devicecapableofmeasuringtimeupto8htothenearest0,1h,e.g.,astopwatch. 4.2.4 Distilledordeionisedwate rcomplyingwithENISO3696. 4.2.5 Twocircularpieces ofimperme
33、ablematerialofminimumdiameter55mm. 4.2.6 Cuttingdevice suchasapressknife,capableofcuttingtestspecimensofdiameter45mm5mm.EN13515:2001(E) 7 Dimensionsinmillimetres Key 1Top 2Bottom 3Top 4Seal 5Specimen 6Bottom Figure2Apparatusfordeterminationofwatervapourabsorption 5Sampling and conditioning 5.1Waterv
34、apourpermeabilitytestmethod 5.1.1 Unlessotherwisespecified,cutthreesamplesofdimensions70mmx45mm. 5.1.2 Forsheetmaterialscuttestspecimensfromarangeofpositionsacrossthefullusablewidthandlengthof thesheetmaterial.Foramaterialwithawovenstructurethisshouldpreventanytwospecimenscontainingthe samewarporwef
35、tthreads.Preparetestpiecesfromcompleteupperassemblieswhentheliningmaterialis permanentlyattachedtotheuppermaterial. 5.1.3 Fortestspecimenscutfromfootwearuppersavoidanyareascontainingseamsorperforationsandany otherdesignfeatureswhichmeanthatthetestspecimenwillnotbeofuniformthicknessacrossitsentiresur
36、face area. NOTE Itmaynotbepossibletocutatestspecimenofsufficientsizefromcertaintypesoffootwear,especiallychildrens, andthetestspecimensizeshouldnotbereduced.Ifitisnotpossibletocutthecorrectsizetestspecimenfromashoeupper thematerialsthemselvesmustbetested.EN13515:2001(E) 8 5.1.4 Markeachtestspecimenw
37、ithauniquereferencecode. 5.1.5 StorethecuttestspecimensinastandardcontrolledenvironmentspecifiedinEN12222foratleast24h priortotestingandcarryoutthetestinthisatmosphere. 5.1.6 Carryout20000cyclesaccordingtoEN13512. 5.2Watervapourabsorptiontestmethod 5.2.1 Ifthetestisbeingcarriedouttoassessasinglemate
38、rial,thencuttwocirculartestspecimenswitha diameterof45mm5mm. Forsheetmaterials,cuttestspecimensfromarangeofpositionsacrossthefullusablewidthandlengthofthe sheetmaterial.Foramaterialwithawovenstructurethisshouldpreventanytwospecimenscontainingthesame warporweftthreads. 5.2.2 Ifthetestisbeingcarriedou
39、ttoassessacompositeassemblyofmaterialsusedinacompleteproduct, suchasalinedshoe,thencuttwocirculartestspecimens,withadiameterasspecifiedin5.2.1,fromeachofthe materialsusedinthisassembly. 5.2.3 Fortestspecimenscutfromfootwearuppersavoidanyareascontainingseamsorperforationsandany otherdesignfeatureswhi
40、chmeanthatthetestspecimenwillnotbeofuniformthicknessacrossitsentiresurface area. NOTE Itmaynotbepossibletocutatestspecimenofsufficientsizefromcertaintypesoffootwear,especiallychildrens andthetestspecimensizeshouldnotbereduced.Ifitisnotpossibletocutthecorrectsizetestspecimenfromashoeupper thematerial
41、sthemselvesmustbetested. 5.2.4 Markeachtestspecimenwithareferencenumber. 5.2.5 StorethetestspecimensinastandardconditionedenvironmentasspecifiedinEN12222foratleast24h beforestartingthetest. 5.2.6 Carryout20000cyclesaccordingtoEN13512. 6 Testmethod 6.1Watervapourpermeabilitytestmethod 6.1.1Principle
42、Acirculartestspecimenisclampedacrosstheopenendofatestpotcontainingamoistureabsorbingdesiccant. Airofspecifiedhumidityandtemperatureisblownoverthetestspecimenatasetvelocity.Theairwithinthepotis circulatedbymovingthepotwhichagitatesthedesiccant.Afterameasuredtimethemassofwatervapour transmittedthrough
43、thetestspecimenisdeterminedandthewatervapourpermeabilityofthematerialcalculated. 6.1.2Procedure 6.1.2.1 Pourfreshlydriedsilicagel(see4.1.4)intooneofthepots(see4.1.1)untilitishalffull. 6.1.2.2 Placeatestspecimencentrallyovertheopenendofthepotpreparedin6.1.2.1sothatthesurface whichwouldbeclosertothesourceofwatervapourinthefinalproductisuppermost.Forexampleifassessingthe perspirationtransmissionpropertiesofafootwear
