1、January 2009DEUTSCHE NORM English price group 11No part of this standard may be reproduced without prior permission ofDIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung e. V., Berlin. Beuth Verlag GmbH, 10772 Berlin, Germany,has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen).ICS 97.220.30!$ULH“1504137
2、www.din.deDDIN EN 913Gymnastic equipment General safety requirements and test methodsEnglish version of DIN EN 913:2009-01Turngerte Allgemeine sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und PrfverfahrenEnglische Fassung DIN EN 913:2009-01SupersedesDIN EN 913:1996-05www.beuth.deDocument comprises 21 pagesDI
3、N EN 913:2009-01 2 Start of validity This standard takes effect on 1 January 2009. National foreword This standard includes safety requirements within the meaning of the Gerte- und Produktsicherheitsgesetz (German Equipment and Product Safety Act). This standard has been prepared by Technical Commit
4、tee CEN/TC 136 “Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment” (Secretariat: DIN, Germany). The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Sport- und Freizeitgert (Sports Equipment Standards Committee), Technical Committee NA 112-01-02 AA Turnger
5、te, Matten und Spielfeldgerte. Once this standard has been identified by the Committee for Technical Work Equipment and Consumer Prod-ucts and published in the Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette), gymnastic equipment manufactured according to this standard may be presumed to satisfy the relevant
6、 health and safety requirements. Once compliance with the requirements specified in 7 of the GPSG has been verified by an accredited test house, gymnastic equipment may be marked with the German GS mark (= geprfte Sicherheit, safety tested). Amendments This standard differs from DIN EN 913:1996-05 a
7、s follows: a) Requirements on stability and strength have been amended by means of a formula with regard to the differentiation of rigid and sectional gymnastic equipment. b) Figure 1 has been extended with examples of permissible parts. c) Requirements regarding entrapment have been expanded. Previ
8、ous editions DIN EN 913: 1996-05 EUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 913November 2008ICS 97.220.30 Supersedes EN 913:1996 English VersionGymnastic equipment - General safety requirements and testmethodsMatriel de gymnastique - Exigences gnrales de scuritet mthodes dessaiTurngerte - All
9、gemeine sicherheitstechnischeAnforderungen und PrfverfahrenThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 September 2008.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard witho
10、ut any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language ma
11、de by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as theofficial versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France,
12、 Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUN
13、GManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2008 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. EN 913:2008: EEN 913:2008 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normative references 4 3 Terms and definitions .4 4 Hazard
14、assessment .5 5 General safety requirements 5 6 Marking .8 DIN EN 913:2009-01 Annex A (normative) Determination of entrapment .9 Annex B (normative) Mechanical loading for determination of stability and strength .13 Annex C (normative) Determination of shock absorption of padding .18 EN 913:2008 (E)
15、 3 Foreword This document (EN 913:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of
16、 an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2009. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held
17、 responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 913:1996. This European Standard is one of several standards, each of which deals with a particular type or a particular group of gymnastic equipment. Gymnastic equipment of any type not covered by a relevant Eur
18、opean Stan-dard is covered by this general standard. The principal changes from the previous edition of EN 913 are as follows: a) Requirements on stability and strength were amended by means of a formula with regard to the differen-tiation of rigid and sectional gymnastic equipment; b) Figure 1 was
19、extended with examples of permissible parts; c) requirements regarding entrapment were expanded. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
20、 Repub-lic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. DIN EN 913:2009-01 EN 913:2008 (E) 4 1 Scope
21、This European Standard specifies general safety requirements and test methods for all pieces of gymnastic equipment intended for use supervised by a competent person and not specified in other, individual standards. This European Standard is not applicable to other sport equipment, playground equipm
22、ent, stationary training equipment or educational training equipment. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated refer-ences, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
23、document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1991-1-1, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures Part 1-1: General actions Densities, self-weight, imposed loads for buildings EN 1991-1-3, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures Part 1-3: General actions Snow loads EN 1991-1-4, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures
24、 Part 1-4: General actions Wind actions EN 1991-1-5, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures Part 1-5: General actions Thermal actions EN ISO 12100-1, Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 1: Basic termi-nology, methodology (ISO 12100-1:2003) ISO 6487, Road vehicles Measur
25、ement techniques in impact tests Instrumentation 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 hazard source of possible injury or damage to health 3.2 body mass mass of the person(s) using the equipment 3.3 static load load acting on the e
26、quipment due to its structure, added weights and prestressed components 3.4 dynamic factor factor to take account of the increase in effective body mass during a dynamic movement 3.5 safety factor factor intended to cover uncertainties in the body loading and dynamic factor used, and which does not
27、cover allowance for variations in materials and manufacturing processes DIN EN 913:2009-01 EN 913:2008 (E) 5 3.6 variable load loads due to factors other than the static and body loads 4 Hazard assessment The assessment of hazards has been based on EN ISO 12100-1. Twelve categories of hazard or sour
28、ces of hazard have been considered relevant to gymnastic equipment. These are as follows: a) crushing; b) shearing; c) cutting and severing; d) entanglement and trapping; e) impact; f) stabbing or puncture; g) friction and abrasion; h) insufficient mechanical strength; i) use of unsuitable material;
29、 j) unintended movement, including sliding; k) unsuitable ergonomic design; l) fire; m) wrong or missing information. 5 General safety requirements 5.1 Surface finish There shall be no protruding nails, projecting wire rope terminations or pointed or sharp-edged components. Rough surfaces should not
30、 present any risk of injury. All welds shall be smooth. Protruding bolt threads within any accessible part of the equipment shall be permanently covered, e.g. dome headed nuts. Nuts and bolt heads that project less than 8 mm are permitted in non accessible parts, provided they are free from burrs. C
31、orners, edges and projecting parts within the space occupied by the user that protrude more than 8 mm, and which are not shielded by adjacent areas that are not more than 25 mm from the end of the projecting part, shall be rounded off. The minimum radius of the curve shall be 3 mm. Figure 1 shows ex
32、amples of protection for nuts and bolts and permissible protruding parts. Figure 2 shows examples of non-permissible protruding parts. NOTE This requirement is intended only to prevent injuries caused by unintended contact with components. DIN EN 913:2009-01 EN 913:2008 (E) 6 Dimensions in millimetr
33、es a) Examples of protection for nuts and bolts b) Examples of permissible protruding parts Figure 1 Examples of permissible parts Dimensions in millimetres a) Uncovered protruding exterior screw thread b) Unprotected, overhanging sharp-edged (hard) equipment part Figure 2 Examples of non-permissibl
34、e protruding parts DIN EN 913:2009-01 EN 913:2008 (E) 7 5.2 Entrapment 5.2.1 Gaps and shearing/crushing points When in use there shall be no openings, gaps and/or shearing/crushing points that can create a danger of head and neck or finger entrapment and where components of equipment are able to mov
35、e relative to each other or to the floor, either by design or through deflection or bending under load, no entrapment point shall be created by such movement. These requirements shall be assessed by carrying out a visual inspection and measurement using the meth-ods specified in Annex A. No danger o
36、f head and neck entrapment is considered to exist where the lowest part of the circumference of an opening is less than 600 mm above floor level. Where an item of equipment may be used at different heights or in different orientations, all possible heights and orientations must be considered. These
37、requirements also apply to all parts used during adjustment and transportation of equipment. 5.2.2 Unintentional dropping Where a transport system is used, it shall not be possible for the equipment to drop when loaded at one end with a minimum weight of 750 N. When a transport system encounters a t
38、hreshold the mechanism shall not be able to disengage or drop unin-tentionally. 5.3 Stability and strength 5.3.1 General Unless specified elsewhere in individual equipment standards, verification of the stability and strength of equipment shall be achieved by engineering calculation or by testing in
39、 accordance with the procedures speci-fied in Annex B. 5.3.2 Stability For stability testing where the normal action produces a destabilising force in a horizontal direction, e.g. vault-ing, the theoretical horizontal test force shall be calculated using the formula given in B.1.7. The calculation s
40、hall give a result which is 35 % of the self weight of the equipment or 50 N, whichever is the greater. Unless specified elsewhere in individual equipment standards, for equipment with unfixed body sections an actual test shall be carried out with a theoretical horizontal test force of 65 % of the t
41、heoretical test force calcu-lated according to the formula given in B.1.7, or 50 N, whichever is the greater. Unfixed body sections shall not become separated. 5.3.3 Strength When tested in accordance with Annex B, equipment shall not collapse or fracture, or show any permanent deformation that woul
42、d result in an additional safety hazard as described in the standard. 5.4 Adjustment devices Any adjustment devices shall prevent accidental changes during use of the device or the equipment. DIN EN 913:2009-01 EN 913:2008 (E) 8 None of the operating levers shall protrude into the users free space.
43、This shall be assessed by carrying out a visual inspection and operation of the adjustment device. 5.5 Shock absorption of top padding When tested in accordance with the method specified in Annex C, the peak acceleration shall not exceed 500 m/s, if not specified in other, individual equipment stand
44、ards. 6 Marking All gymnastic equipment shall bear the following marking: a) number of the relevant European Standard; b) name, trademark or other means of identification of the manufacturer, retailer or importer; c) year of manufacture; d) number of users for which the equipment is intended. DIN EN
45、 913:2009-01 EN 913:2008 (E) 9 Annex A (normative) Determination of entrapment A.1 Principle Test probes of specified dimensions are offered to potential entrapment points and a note is made of whether or not they can be inserted. In situations of doubt when using the probes relating to the toleranc
46、e an accurate measurement should be made to ensure the opening is in accordance with the nominal dimension. All tests shall be performed in the most onerous way. A.2 Apparatus Test probes of dimensions as described in Figures A.1 and A.2. A.3 Conditioning and test temperature Condition the equipment
47、 and test probes for a minimum of 3 h at the test temperature of (23 2) C. A.4 Procedure A.4.1 Head and neck entrapment A.4.1.1 General The probe shall be applied with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the plane of the opening. No rotation of the probe about any axis other than the longitudinal
48、 axis is permitted. Translations perpendicular to the longi-tudinal axis of the probe are allowed. The longitudinal axis of the probe is considered to coincide with the longest axis of the probes handle. A.4.1.2 Procedure A.4.1.2.1 General Try to insert the cone shaped probe (see Figure A.1) into th
49、e opening. If the probe can enter the opening (opening 110 mm) it shall also pass the opening with its largest dimension (230 mm). A.4.1.2.2 Partially bound openings Try to insert the cone shaped probe (see Figure A.1) into the opening. The probe shall not become stuck. If the probe can enter the opening it shall touch the bottom of the opening (see Figures A.3 and A.4). DIN EN 913:2009-01 EN 913:2008 (E) 10 A.4.1.2.3 V-shaped openings Try to insert the cone shaped probe (see Figure A.1) into the opening along the d
