1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13542:2001 The European Standard EN 13542:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 61.020; 59.040 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 13542:2001 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Policy an
2、d Strategy Committee for Materials and Chemicals, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 04 December 2001 BSI 04 December 2001 ISBN 0 580 38762 3 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13542:2001. The UK par
3、ticipation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/73, Fillings and filled articles, 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 internat
4、ional 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 Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include
5、 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 obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible 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 9 and a b
7、ack 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 EN13542 October2001 ICS59.040;61.020 Englishversion Manufacturedarticlesfilledwithfeather
8、anddownMethodfor determiningthecompressibilityindexofclothing Articlesmanufactursgarnisavecdesplumesetduvets Mthodepourdterminerlindicedecompressibilitdes vtements FertigartikelgeflltmitFedernundDaunenVerfahrenzur BestimmungderKompressibilittsindexvonKleidung ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon11
9、August2001. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCen
10、treortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbod
11、iesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,
12、36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13542:2001EEN13542:2001(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .4 4 Principle 4 5 Apparatus5 6 Samplingandconditioning. 5 7 Testproced
13、ure .5 8 Calculations5 9 Expressionofresults. 7 10 Precision .7 11 Testreport 7 AnnexA(normative) .8EN13542:2001(E) 3 Foreword ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC222“Featheranddownasfilling materialforanyarticle,aswellasfinishedarticlesfilledwithfeatheranddown“,thesecretari
14、atofwhichisheldby UNI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyApril2002,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby April2002. AnnexAisnormative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,then
15、ationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden, SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13542:2001(E) 4 1 Scope ThisEu
16、ropeanstandardspecifiesamethodtodeterminethecompressibilityindexofclothingfilledsolelywith feathersand/ordowns. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanstandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublic
17、ationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferences,thelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN1883 FeatheranddownSamplingi
18、nviewoftests EN12130 FeatheranddownTestmethodsDeterminationofthefillingpower(massicvolume) EN20139 TextilesStandardatmospheresforconditioningandtesting(ISO139:1973) EN20187 Paper,boardandpulpsStandardatmosphereforconditioningandtestingandprocedurefor monitoringtheatmosphereandconditioningofsamples(I
19、SO187:1990) 3 Termsanddefinitions Forthepurposesofthisstandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply. 3.1 residualVolume( V 1 ) volumeoftheclothinginatubewithaspecifieddiameter,underapressureof10kPa 3.2 conventionalVolume( V 2 ) conventionalvolumeofthefillingofaclothing,calculatedfromthemeasurementof
20、fillingpowerandthemassof fillingcontainedintheclothing 3.3 compressibilityindexofclothing(C I ) differencebetweentheconventionalvolumeandtheresidualvolumedividedbyconventionalvolumeand expressedasapercentage 4 Principle Astrongpressureisexertedontheclothinganditsresidualvolumeiscalculated.Theconvent
21、ionalvolumeis calculatedfromelementsofmassoffillingandfillingpowerobtainedonthefillingconditioned. Thecompressibilityindexisthencalculated. NOTE Inaccordancewiththisstandard,thematerialsandaccessoryvolumeoftheclothingisconsideredasnegligible.EN13542:2001(E) 5 5 Apparatus SeeFigureA.1.Itcomprisesthef
22、ollowingelements: 5.1Tube(forexampleinPVC)of(250 1)mmofdiameter( D)andhavingatleast500mmheight( H).Theheight ofthetubehastobeknowntothenearest1mm. 5.2Cylindermassallowingtoexertapressureof(10 0,1)kPa.Thatcylindermasscanbeputinthetubeonthe clothingwiththehelpofahoist.Theheight H 1 ofthecylinderhastob
23、eknowntothenearest1mm. 5.3Graduatedrule,allowingtomeasureheight H, H 1 , H 2 (seeFigureA.1). 5.4Balancewiththeaccuracyof0,1g 6 Samplingandconditioning 6.1SamplingiscarriedoutaccordingtoEN1883. 6.2ConditioningandtestingareundertakenaccordingtoEN20139andthetemperatureandrelativehumidityare measuredacc
24、ordingtoEN20187. 7 Testprocedure 7.1Positiontheclothing(seeAnnexA)insidethetube(5.1)ofheight Handlowerthecylinder(5.2).Attheendofa periodofatleast60s,recordthedifferenceofheightbetweenthetopofthetubeandthetopofthecylinderin millimetreswithaprecisionof1mm( H 2a )withthehelpofthegraduatedrule. 7.2Lift
25、upthecylinder,removetheclothingofthetubeandleaveittorestwithoutstrainduring1h.Repeatthe operationdescribedin7.1( H 2b ). 7.3Calculatetheaverageofresultsobtainedin7.1and7.2incentimetreswithanapproximationof1mm( H 2 )from H 2a and H 2b . 7.4Extractallthefillingoftheclothingandweighitonceconditioned( M
26、isthemassoffillingexpressedtothe nearestgram). 7.5Attheendofaperiodofatleast14hinconditionedatmosphere,undertakeameasurementoffillingpower accordingtoEN12130,byexpressingtheresultincubicdecimetreperkilogram(is M V theresult). 8 Calculations 8.1Calculatetheresidualheight 2 1 H H H H r EN13542:2001(E)
27、 6 where: H r isthecompressedresidualheightoftheclothingexpressedinmillimetreswithanapproximationof1mm. H isthetotalheightofthetube(5.1)inmillimetrestotheapproximationof1mm. H 1 istheheightofthecylinderofpressure(5.2)inmillimetrestotheapproximationof1mm. H 2 isthedifferenceofheightbetweenthetopofthe
28、tubeandthetopofthecylinderofpressureinmillimetres totheapproximationof1mm. 8.2Calculatetheresidualvolumeoftheclothingunderloadwiththeformula: where: V 1 istheresidualvolumeoftheclothingincubicdecimetres(liters) D isthediameterofthetube(5.1)inmillimetrestotheapproximationof1mm. H r istheresidualheigh
29、toftheclothinginmillimetrestotheapproximationof1mm. 8.3Calculatetheconventionalvolumeexpressedincubicdecimetresobtainedbyundertakingameasureofmassic volume(fillingpower)inaccordancewithEN12130andbyusingtheformula: where: V 2 istheconventionalvolumeincubicdecimetres(liters) M r isthemassicvolume(fill
30、ingpower)expressedincubicdecimetrespergram(liters) M isthetotalmassofthefillingexpressedingramstothenearest1gram. 6 r 2 1 10 4 1416 , 3 H D V M M V r 2EN13542:2001(E) 7 9 Expressionofresults Calculatethecompressibilityindexoftheclothingbyusingtheformula: where: C i isthecompressibilityindexexpressed
31、inpercentage V 2 istheconventionalvolumeofthefillingoftheclothing V 1 istheresidualvolumeoftheclothing 10 Precision AtthemomentofdraftingthisEuropeanstandard,dataonrepeatabilityandreproducibilityarenotavailable. 11 Testreport Thetestreportwillinclude,atleast,thefollowinginformation: a) thereferencet
32、othisstandard; b) thedateandtheplaceoftests; c) thedescriptionandidentificationoftheclothing(mark,nameoftheproducerortheretailer); d) value C i ofthecompressibilityindex; e) anydeviationfromthespecifiedprocedureandanyunusualfeaturesobservedduringthetest. 2 1 2 i 100 V V V C EN13542:2001(E) 8 AnnexA
33、(normative) Methodoffoldingthegarmentbeforecompressioninthetube(seeFigureA.1,A.2aandA.2b) A.1 Placethegarmentflatonatable,fronttotheoperator. A.2 Foldarmsalongthesideoverthegarment(caseoftheanorak)orfoldthelegsoneovertheother(caseofthe trousers)andthenagainatkneeslevel. A.3 Rollthegarmentsideways.Ma
34、keinsuchawayinthecaseoftheanorak,toleavehoodfree.Rollthegarment tightlyenoughsothatitfitsthetube. A.4 Placethegarmentinthetube,bottomfirst,hoodoverthetop. A.5 Foldthehoodsothatitcoversthegarmentbeforecompression FigureA.1TubeandcylinderEN13542:2001(E) 9 FigureA.2aFoldingprocedure(garment) FigureA.2b
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