1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13855-1:2003 Manufactured articles solely filled with feathers and down Measurement of thickness and compressibility of cushions Part 1: Test method by rotation The European Standard EN 13855-1:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 59.040; 97.140 BS EN 13855-1:2003 Thi
2、s British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 May 2003 BSI 30 May 2003 ISBN 0 580 41951 7 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13855-1:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was entru
3、sted 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 international or European publications referred
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5、s 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 enquiries on the interpretation, or
6、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 7 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date dis
7、played in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN138551 May2003 ICS59.040;97.140 Englishversion Manufacturedarticlessolelyfilledwithfeathersanddown Measurementofthicknessand
8、compressibilityofcushionsPart 1:Testmethodbyrotation FertigartikelgeflltmitFedernundDaunenMessungder DickeundKompressibilittvonKissenTeil1: Rotationsprfverfahren ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon14March2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditi
9、onsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Avers
10、ioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,I
11、taly,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreser
12、ved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN138551:2003EEN138551:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .4 4 Principle5 5 Apparatus .5 6 Samplingandconditioning. 5 7 Tolerances 5 8 Procedure .5 9 Expressionorresults . .7 10 Precision.7 11 Testrepo
13、rt 7EN138551:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN138551:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC222,“Featheranddown asfillingmaterialforanyarticle,aswellasfinishedarticlesfilledwithfeatheranddown“thesecretariatofwhichis heldbyUNI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eith
14、erbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byNovember2003. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,
15、Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN138551:2003(E) 4 1Scope Thispart1specifiesatestmethodbyrotationtoevaluatethedurabilityofcushionssolelyfilled
16、withfeathersand/or down. Thisstandardappliesto: back cushions; seating cushions; armrestcushions. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelist
17、edhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN1883 FeatheranddownSamplinginviewoftests E
18、N20139 TextilesStandardatmospheresforconditioningandtesting(ISO139:1973) . EN20187 Paper,boardandpulpsStandardatmosphereforconditioningandtestingandprocedurefor monitoringtheatmosphereandconditioningofsamples(ISO187:1990). 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsa
19、nddefinitionsapply: 3.1 cushion manufacturedarticleofallshapesandsizesincludedin60cmx60cm,usedtositonortoleanagainstorusedas adecorativeelement,consistingofafeatherand/ordownfillingwithheldinaprimarytick NOTE Acushionhasnottobeconfusedwithapillow,usedasaheadrestinabed. 3.2 testspecimen singlecushion
20、takenfromthesampleaspresented 3.3 compressibility differencebetweentheinitialandfinalthicknessofthecushion 3.4 durabilitytest seriesofloadsappliedtoatestspecimensimulatingthestressduetouse 3.5 shakingup manual,lateralcompressionandlevellingofthetestspecimensoastorestoreittoitsoriginalshapeEN138551:2
21、003(E) 5 4Principle Theinitialthicknessofacushionismeasured.Afteraseriesofcompressioncycleswithaportionofsphereableto rotatewithaneccentricsystem,thecushionismeasuredagainforlossthickness. 5Apparatus 5.1 Testequipmentworkingincompressioncycle,withconstantspeed,fittedwithaportionofsphereof diameter(3
22、005)mmand(501)mmofheight.Asupportreceivesthetestproduct. Thesupportofthetestproductisabletorotateunderloadduringthetest,withaneccentricsystem(off centring=15,0mm0,5mm).Frequencyofcycles:(181)min 1 androtationofthesupportduringthetest atarateof15min 1. Thistestequipmentisabletomakeadeterminednumberof
23、cyclesunderdefinedloads. 750Nforaseatcushion; 350Nforabackcushion; 150Nforanarmrestcushion; Itisalsofittedwitharecordingequipmentfortheloadsmeasuredduringthetest. 5.2 Board:boarddimensions(800x2505)mmandmassof(6005)g 6Sampling and conditioning 6.1 Takesample(s)inaccordancewithEN1883. 6.2 Conditionth
24、esample(s)inaccordancewithEN20139.Temperatureandhumidityaretobemeasuredin accordancewithEN20187. 7Tolerances Ifnotgiven,thefollowingtolerancesapply: dimensions:2mm; loads:5N. 8Procedure 8.1 Thetestsarecarriedoutonthreefinishedproductsfromthesamelot. 8.2 Thecushionisputonthesupport,sothatitscentreisu
25、ndertheverticalaxisofthepartofsphere. 8.3 Beforestartingthetestofaseriesofcompressioncycles,theinitialthicknessofthecushionismeasured, after5cycles,byputtingonaboard(5.2).Themeasurementismadeatthefourcornersandtheretainedvalueof thethicknessofthecushionisthemeanvalueofthefourmeasurements.EN138551:20
26、03(E) 6 8.4 Carryouttheseriesofthefollowingcycles: 500020000andeach20000cyclesupto100000atthefollowingloads 750Nforaseatcushion; 350Nforabackcushion; 150Nforanarmrestcushion; 8.5 Aftereachseriesofcycles,measurethethicknessofthecushionwhenthefollowingloadsareapplied: seatcushionsat: 100(2)N; 250 N; 5
27、00 N; 700 N. backcushionsat: (1002)N; 250 N; 300 N. armrestcushionsat: (101)N; (502)N; (1002)N; (1252)N. Aftereachmeasurement,ashakingupisdonetoavoidlumpiness.EN138551:2003(E) 7 9 Expressionorresults Lossofthickness Foreachmeasurementthelossofthicknessisgivenbytheformula: 1 2 1 h h h x 100 L (1) whe
28、re L isthelossofthicknessinpercent h 1 istheinitialthickness(inmm)(see8.3); h 2 isthethicknessmeasured(inmm)foranumberofcycles(5000,20000)underarequiredload. 10Precision AtthemomentofdraftingthisEuropeanStandarddataonrepeatabilityandreproducibilitywerenotavailable. 11 Testreport Thetestreportshallin
29、clude,atleastthefollowinginformation: a) referencetothisstandard; b) dateandplaceoftest; c) identificationmarkofthesampletested; d) compositionandconstructionofthecushion; e) sizesandmassofthecushion; f) testcharacteristics; g) resultsofmeasurementunderdifferentloadsandcycles; h) lossofthicknessinpe
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