1、DEUTSCHE NORM June 1998 Feather and down Test methods - Determination of the quantitative composition of feather and down (manual method) English version of DIN EN 12131 DIN EN 12131 - ICs 59.040 Descriptors: Feather, down, composition, testing. Federn und Daunen - Prfverfahren - Bestimmung der quan
2、titativen Zusammensetzung von Federn und Daunen (manuelles Verfahren) European Standard EN 12131 : 1998 has the status of a DIN Standard. A comma is used as the decimal marker. National foreword This standard has been prepared by CEN/TC 222. The responsible German body involved in its preparation wa
3、s the Normenausschu Textil und Textil- maschinen (Textiles and Textile Machinery Standards Committee), Technical Committee Federn und Daunen. EN comprises 7 pages. No pari of this standard may be reproduced without the prior permission of Ref. No. DIN EN 12131 : 1998-0 Y Deutsches Institut fr Normun
4、g e. V., Berlin. wth Verlag GmbH, D-10772 Berlin, has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen). English price group 06 Sales No . . 1106 12.98 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 12131 April 1998 ICs 59.040 Descriptors: Feather, down, composition, testing. Engli
5、sh version Feather and down Test methods - Determination of the quantitative composition of feather and down (manual method) Plumes et duvets - Mthodes dessais - Dtermination de la composition quantitative de plumes et duvets (mthode manuelle) Federn und Daunen - Prfverfahren - Bestimmung der quanti
6、tativen Zusammensetzung von Federn und Daunen (manuelles Verfahren) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1998-03-23. CEN members are bound to comply with the CENKENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard wi
7、thout any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand- ards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other languag
8、e made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
9、 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. CEN European Committee for Standardization Comit Europen de Normalisation Europisches Komitee fr Normung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels O 1998. CEN -
10、 All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national members. Ref. No. EN 12131 : 1998 E Page 2 EN 12131 : 1998 Foreword This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 222 “Feather and down as filling material for any article, as well a
11、s finished articles filled with feather and down“, the secretariat of which is held by UNI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 1998, and conflicting national standards shall b
12、e withdrawn at the latest by October 1998. According to the CENKENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, I
13、taly, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Page 3 EN 12131 : 1998 1 Scope This European Standard specifies a method for determining the composition of feather and/or down fit for or constituting filled manufactured articles in order to label i
14、t or to verify the denominations reported on the label. 2 Normative references This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter.
15、For dated references, subsequent amendments or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to applies. prEN 1885 Feather and down - Terms and defini
16、tions prEN 1883 Feather and down - Sampling in view of tests EN 201 39 Textiles - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (IS0 139:1973) EN 20187 Paper, board and pulps - Standard atmosphere for conditioning and testing and procedure for monitoring the atmosphere and conditioning of sample
17、s (IS0 187:1990) 3 Definitions For the purposes of this standard, the definitions in prEN 1885 apply. 4 Principle A known quantity of the filling material, sampled according to prEN 1883 is separated by hand into its e1ements:the elements are collected into separate containers which are suitably mar
18、ked. The content of each container is weighed in order to determine the mass of the element concerned and therefore to calculate the relative percentages. 5 Apparatus 5.1 Box for the manual separation constituted normally of: - black and smooth base about 450 mm in length and about 300 mm in width,
19、having a perforated frame to suitably insert the containers; - front part about 150 mm high open or provided with two openings wide enough to permit the operators hands to enter the box; - back part about 300 mm high; - two side parts fit for front and back parts; - cover, to avoid air draughts duri
20、ng the execution of test, made of glass or other transparent material to permit the separation of the elements; - lamp allowing to illuminate the box. Page 4 EN 12131 : 1998 5.2 Weighing containers with cover, made of aluminium or other light antistatic material fit to contain and weigh the differen
21、t elements of the filling, capacity up to 300 ml. 5.3 Tweezers, fit to pick the single elements. 5.4 Analytical balance,with an accuracy of 0,l mg 5.5 Mixing container whose base dimensions are 300 mm x 300 mm and 150 mm high. 6 Sampling, conditioning and preparation of the test specimens 6.1 Sampli
22、ng is carried out according to prEN 1883 6.2 Conditioning is carried out according to EN 20139 and the temperature and relative humidity are measured according to EN 201 87 6.3 Draw from the conditioned laboratory global sample, a sample of not less than 30 g, put it into the mixing container and mi
23、x by hand to make it as homogeneous as possible. From different places of this sample, draw three test specimens, each of them having a mass, weighed with an accuracy of 1 mg, of about 6 g for fillings with a expected down content equal to or less than 30% and of about 4 g for fillings with an expec
24、ted down content more than Each specimen is placed in a separate container. It is necessary to analyse at least two test specimens. If the means of the analysis of the components differ by more than 10% relative, a third sample shall be analysed; The determinations shall be carried out by skilled op
25、erators. 30%. 7 Procedure 7.1 The separation procedure shall be carried out in a conditioned room in accordance with EN 201 39 and the temperature and relative humidity are measured according to EN 201 87 7.2 First separation 7.2.1 Mark the weighing containers (5.2) with the indication A, B, C, D, E
26、 and Q; weigh them with their cover, accuracy 1 mg. Put one of the weighed test specimen (6.3) into the separation box (5.1). With tweezers,remove initially all feathers from the plumage; brush the feathers between thumb and index finger of one hand to remove any down fibre or residual matter caught
27、 therein. Page 5 EN 12131 : 1998 Identify the single elements which are extracted from the test specimen and put them in the suitable weighing containers, as indicated in Table 1. Table 1: First separation of elements and denomination of the corresponding containers Denomination of containers Elemen
28、ts A B Cl c2 D E Q whole waterfowl feather whole landfowl feather broken and damaged waterfowl feather broken and damaged landfowl feather down, plumules, down fibres,feather fibres quill feathers residual matter Weigh the contents of the weighing containers, indicating the mass in grams with an acc
29、uracy of 0,l mg. 7.2.2 Calculate the percentage of mass lost during the first separation by the following formula: M,-(A+B+ C, +CP+D+E+Q) 1 O0 Ml .( 1) where: Ml is the mass of the test specimen analysed in the first separation and A, B, Cl, C2, D, E, Q represent the mass of the contents of the cont
30、ainers. Should the calculation give a loSS more than 2% of MI, another test specimen should be analysed. 7.3 Second separation 7.3.1 Place the contents of weighing container D in the mixing container (5.5); mix the contents by hand to make it as homogeneous as possible. Take three test specimens fro
31、m different sections of the mixing container (sub-test specimens): the mass of the sub-test specimens should be at least 0,2 g; weigh it with accuracy 0,l mg . 7.3.2 Mark the weighing containers (5.2) with the indication F, G, H, I and K; weigh them with their cover, accuracy 0,l mg . Page 6 EN 1213
32、1 : 1998 Denomination of containers F G H I K Start the second separation from the sub-test specimen with the extraction of the down clusters and plumules using twezeers. Remove from the cluster or from the plumule the non entwined down fibres and the entwined feather fibres. Shake each single clust
33、er or plumule five times from an up position to a down position and up again; afterwards slightly flick the elements as you go down and up again. With the tweezers carefully remove the entwined feather fibres taking care not to remove entwined down fibres. If a down fibre is pulled while removing th
34、e feather fibre, the down fibre shall be placed into the container F, which contains down or plumules. When this operation is completed, place the elements down and plumule in the weighing container F and the other elements, after being identified in the suitable weighing containers, as reported in
35、Table 2. Elements down and plumules down fibres waterfowl feather fibres landfowl feather fibres residual matter Table 2: Second separation of elements and denomination of the corresponding containers Weigh the contents of the weighing containers reporting the mass in grams with the accuracy of 0,l
36、mg. 7.3.3 Calculate the percentage of mass lost during the second separation by the following formula: M2 -(F+G+H+/+K) 1 O0 M2 .( 2) where: M2 is the mass of the sub-test specimen analysed in the second separation and F, G, H, I and K represent the masses of the contents of the containers. If the re
37、sult of the calculation leads to a loss of more than 2% of M2, another test specimen should be analysed. Page 7 EN 12131 : 1998 8 Calculation and expression of results 8.1 Calculate the total percentage for each component, after both separations in relation to the total quantity analysed, as follows
38、: .( 3) A 8.1.1 Whole waterfowl feather 100- M1 .( 4) B 8.1.2 Whole landfowl feather 100- M, 8.1.3 Broken and damaged waterfowl feather looc, *(5) Ml 8.1.4 Broken and damaged landfowl feather 1005 .( 6) Ml .( 7) E 8.1.5 Quill feathers 100- Ml .( 8) DF loo-. - 8.1.6 Down clusters and plumules Ml M2 8
39、.1.7 Down fibers DG 100- - Ml M2 .( 9) .( 10) DH loo-. - 8.1.8 Waterfowl feather fibers Ml M2 , DI 8.1.9 Landfowl feather fibers loo-.- Ml Mz 8.1.10 Residual matter Q DK 100- + 100- .- Ml Mi M2 .( 12) 8.2 The result is expressed as the average of the two determinations of the two test specimens, e.g
40、. sub-test specimen, rounded to the nearest integer. 9. Test report lhe test report shall include at least the following information: - the reference to this standard; - symbols, marks and other indications used to identiy the tested material; - the average of the results for each component, expressed as percentages; - any deviation from the standard procedure and any other circumstances that may have affected the result.
