1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationBS EN 13772:2011T e x t i l e s a n d t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s Burning behaviour Curtains and drapes Measurement of flame spread of vertically oriented specimens with large
2、ignition sourceCopyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13772:2011 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13772:2011.
3、It supersedes BS EN 13772:2003, which is withdrawn.BSI, as a member of CEN, is obliged to publish EN 13772:2011 as a British Standard. However, attention is drawn to the fact that during the development of this European Standard, the UK committee voted against its approval as a European Standard.Dur
4、ing the revision process, the UK committee maintained its objection to several technical aspects of this standard. The UK committee is concerned that the application of EN 13772:2011 in its current form could produce test results that might be subject to dispute or litigation.The key concerns are: 1
5、. The behaviour of some fabrics under test is such that they cannot be said to conform to the requirement in EN 13772:2011, 10.8 (“the specimen shall still be under radiation and remain so during the whole test”). Under radiation, thermoplastic materials melt away from the heat source and so can no
6、longer be deemed to “still be under radiation and remain so during the whole test“.2. The cleansing procedure given in EN 13772:2011 is not intended to demonstrate durability of the fire retardancy of the fabric. This leaves it uncertain whether fabrics would be “fit for purpose” for some applicatio
7、ns.3. Whilst the first marker thread is used in this standard it should not be used to assess the flammability performance of the sample as the marker may be severed by the ignition of combustible gasses liberated from the sample during the initial radiation phase of the test. The severance of the f
8、irst thread by this mechanism is very sensitive to ambient conditions and is not reproducible under the stated test conditions.Users of this standard are advised to treat test results with caution. The UK committee advises that BS 5867-2:2008 offers a more reliable method for assessment of textiles
9、used in the manufacture of curtains, including the assessment of durability of the tested performance.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to T e c h n i c a l C o m m i t t e e T C I / 6 6 / - / 8 , B u r n i n g b e h a v i o u r .A list of organizations represented on this commit
10、tee can be obtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2012ISBN 978 0 580 60817 9ICS 13.220.40; 59.080.30; 97.160Compliance with a Br
11、itish Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 January 2012.Amendments issued since publicationDate T e x t a f f e c t e dCopyright European Committee for Standardization Provi
12、ded by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13772:2011EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 13772 January 2011 ICS 13.220.40; 59.080.30; 97.160 Supersedes EN 13772:2003English Version Textiles and textile pr
13、oducts - Burning behaviour - Curtains and drapes - Measurement of flame spread of vertically oriented specimens with large ignition source Textiles et produits textiles - Comportement au feu - Rideaux et tentures - Mesurage de la propagation de flamme dprouvettes orientes verticalement, avec une sou
14、rce dallumage importante Textilien und textile Erzeugnisse - Brennverhalten - Vorhnge und Gardinen - Messung der Flammenausbreitungseigenschaften von vertikal angeordneten Messproben mit groer Zndquelle This European Standard was approved by CEN on 3 December 2010. CEN members are bound to comply wi
15、th the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Mana
16、gement Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same st
17、atus as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portug
18、al, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2011 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means r
19、eserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 13772:2011: ECopyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13772:2011EN 13772:2011 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3I
20、ntroduction .41 Scope 52 Normative references 53 Term and definition54 Principle 55 Health and safety of test operator 66 Apparatus and materials .67 Calibration . 107.1 General . 107.2 Procedure 108 Sample and test specimens . 108.1 Sample . 108.2 Cleansing . 108.3 Test specimens . 118.3.1 General
21、. 118.3.2 Size of specimens . 118.3.3 Number of specimens (both before and after cleansing) . 118.3.4 Insertion of cotton cloth . 119 Conditioning 1110 Procedure 1111 Test report . 12Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction
22、or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13772:2011EN 13772:2011 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 13772:2011) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 248 “Textiles and textile products”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI. This European Standard shall be given the stat
23、us of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2011, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2011. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject o
24、f patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 13772:2003. The main differences between this standard and the previous version are: all three marker threads shall be used; tolerances for the position of the
25、 electric radiator and for the tension of the marker threads have been introduced; the metal grid below the specimen has been defined more precisely; major adjustments to the cleansing procedure. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
26、 countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
27、 Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13772:2011EN 13772:2011 (E) 4 Introduction In order to assess
28、the burning behaviour of curtains and drapes two test methods were established, i.e. EN 1101 for the measurement of ignitability (based on EN ISO 6940) and EN 1102 for the measurement of flame spread (based on EN ISO 6941). EN ISO 6941 measures the flame spread of vertically oriented specimens expos
29、ed to a defined small flame. This allows the flame spread properties of ignitable products to be determined. Nevertheless this test method is not suitable to assess products that do not ignite. The measurement of the length or area destroyed by the small flame is questionable as shown by round robin
30、 testing. There is a risk that products which pass the small flame test, can still be ignited with a larger ignition source. The equipment used in EN ISO 6941 has therefore been modified by adding a radiator, which radiates on the lower part of the specimen in order to boost locally and temporarily
31、the ignition of the specimen. The combination of this radiation and the small flame application simulates the action from a larger flaming source. With this combined ignition source some materials, not ignitable with the small flame, may ignite. Some of these will self extinguish, when the action fr
32、om the ignition source has ceased, while others will self-propagate. For this purpose, a European research project (CT 96-2057) was set up to establish a small scale test method for assessing the burning behaviour of curtains and drapes using a large ignition source. Reaction to fire parameters like
33、 smoke development, heat release and toxic components were not taken into account. The project involved eleven laboratories from nine European countries. In order to select the relevant characteristics of burning behaviour in terms of classification and to assess the repeatability and reproducibilit
34、y, 15 samples of commercially available fabrics representative for the main product groups on the market were tested with the large ignition source test method. Most of them had a flame retardant treatment or coating. The material selection included standard and fire retardant polyester, cotton, mod
35、acryl, wool, chlorofibre and glass fibre and represented different structures and fibre blends. The occurrence of flaming debris, the severance of marker threads and the time to sever marker threads (first and third threads) were selected as representative parameter to assess the burning behaviour o
36、f the samples. Other burning behaviour characteristics such as after-flame and after-glow times did not bring any extra relevant information and were discarded. An inter-laboratory test was conducted in 1997 with ten laboratories, each testing 15 materials. Repeatability and reproducibility were ass
37、essed through statistical analysis. Consequently, some improvements were introduced in the method. Good agreement was also found with national test methods in use in various European countries or regions (France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom). Copyrigh
38、t European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13772:2011EN 13772:2011 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies a method for the measurement of flame spread of vertically or
39、iented textile fabrics intended for curtains and drapes in the form of single or multi-component (coated, quilted, multilayered, sandwich construction and similar combinations) fabrics using a large ignition source. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the
40、application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 367:1992, Protective clothing Protection against heat and fire Method of determining heat transmission on e
41、xposure to flame EN 13773:2003, Textiles and textile products Burning behaviour Curtains and drapes Classification scheme EN ISO 139:2005, Textiles Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 139:2005) EN ISO 3175-2, Textiles Professional care, drycleaning and wetcleaning of fabrics and g
42、arments Part 2: Procedure for testing performance when cleaning and finishing using tetrachloroethene (ISO 3175-2:2010) EN ISO 3175-3, Textiles Professional care, drycleaning and wetcleaning of fabrics and garments Part 3: Procedure for testing performance when cleaning and finishing using hydrocarb
43、on solvent (ISO 3175-3:2003) EN ISO 3175-4, Textiles Professional care, drycleaning and wetcleaning of fabrics and garments Part 4: Procedure for testing performance when cleaning and finishing using simulated wetcleaning (ISO 3175-4:2003) EN ISO 6330:2000, Textiles Domestic washing and drying proce
44、dures for textile testing (ISO 6330:2000) EN ISO 6941, Textile fabrics Burning behaviour Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens (ISO 6941:2003) EN ISO 10528, Textiles Commercial laundering procedure for textile fabrics prior to flammability testing (ISO 10528:1995) 3
45、 Term and definition For the purposes of this document, the following term and definition applies: 3.1 flaming debris material separating from the specimen during the test procedure, falling below the initial edge of the specimen and igniting a filter paper 4 Principle A heat flux of a defined energ
46、y is applied to a specified area of the lower part of the backside of the vertical specimen. After a period of exposure (30 s), the small flame defined in EN ISO 6941 is applied for 10 s to a small piece of cotton fabric fixed around the bottom edge of the specimen. Copyright European Committee for
47、Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13772:2011EN 13772:2011 (E) 6 The possible flame spread is measured through the severance of marker threads. 5 Health and safety of test operator Burning mat
48、erials may produce smoke and toxic and corrosive gases which can affect the health of operators. Between tests the atmosphere of the testing location, which should be of adequate dimensions to avoid endangering the health of operators, should be cleared of smoke and fumes by an extractor fan or other means of ventilation. 6 Apparatus and materials This standard uses the equipment according to EN ISO 6941 modified as below. 6.1 Specimen holder: The specimen holder according to EN ISO 6941 has to be modified. To prevent the cotton clot
