1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationBS EN 13537:2012Requirements for sleeping bagsCopyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking p
2、ermitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13537:2012 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13537:2012.It supersedes BS EN 13537:2002, which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee SW/136/11, Sleeping
3、bags and tents.A list of organizations represented on this committee 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 2012Published
4、 by BSI Standards Limited 2012ISBN 978 0 580 72229 5 ICS 97.200.30 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 June 2012.Amendments issued since publicati
5、onDate T e x t a f f e c t e dCopyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13537:2012EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 13537 May 2012 ICS 97.200.30 Su
6、persedes EN 13537:2002English Version Requirements for sleeping bags Exigences pour les sacs de couchage Anforderungen an Schlafscke This European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 April 2012. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions f
7、or 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 Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in thr
8、ee 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 status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bo
9、dies 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, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
10、United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2012 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 13537:20
11、12: ECopyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13537:2012EN 13537:2012 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3Introduction .41 Scope 52 Normative references 53 Terms and defin
12、itions .64 Requirements and test methods 74.1 General 74.2 Fabrics 74.2.1 Down proofness .74.2.2 Synthetic fibre proofness .74.2.3 Mechanical properties .74.3 Filling material 84.3.1 Feather and/or down .84.3.2 Filling material other than feather and/or down .84.4 Finished articles.84.4.1 Water vapo
13、ur permeability index .84.4.2 Inside dimensions84.4.3 Total mass 94.4.4 Volume under load.94.4.5 Thermal properties 95 Test report . 146 Labelling 146.1 Graph for the range of utility . 146.2 Marking 156.3 Information supplied to the consumer . 156.3.1 Mandatory information . 156.3.2 Optional inform
14、ation. 17Annex A (normative) Reference values of thermal resistance for calibration . 18Annex B (informative) Precision of test results 20Annex C (informative) Physiological model for calculation of range of utility 21Annex D (informative) Warning of misuse of temperature rating . 26Annex E (informa
15、tive) Rationale . 27Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13537:2012EN 13537:2012 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 13537:2012) has been prepared by Technical Comm
16、ittee 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 an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2012, and c
17、onflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2012. 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 responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This
18、document supersedes EN 13537:2002. In comparison with EN 13537:2002, the following changes have been made: a) the calibration of thermal manikins for the measurement of thermal insulation of a sleeping bag has been introduced following the results of an extensive round robin test between 6 laborator
19、ies using a reference set of sleeping bags. This has improved the precision and reproducibility of the test results; b) the test procedure of the thermal resistance measurement of the sleeping bag with the thermal manikin has been specified in more detail, improving the reproducibility of the test r
20、esults; c) a pre-treatment has been introduced for the thermal property tests for the sleeping bag; d) measurement of the inside dimensions of sleeping bags has been included. It was formally specified in EN 13538-1 which has been withdrawn; e) the thickness and elastic recovery of the sleeping bag,
21、 as determined by EN 13538-2, has been deleted from the requirements; f) the easiness of packaging of the sleeping bag, as determined by EN 13538-3, has been deleted from the requirements; g) based on new research, the extreme temperature limits in Table 1 have been recalculated and amended. Accordi
22、ng to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
23、Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networki
24、ng permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13537:2012EN 13537:2012 (E) 4 Introduction This European Standard has been substantially revised. The objectives of the revision were to simplify the standard by deleting requirements and test methods which had not been proven to be sufficiently reprod
25、ucible or which did not contribute to the safety and quality performance of sleeping bags. The revision was also conducted in order to improve the inter-laboratory variability and repeatability of the test method for determination of the thermal properties of a sleeping bag. Since the last edition o
26、f this European Standard, products in the market have evolved to reflect the changing needs of the user. It was the intention of the committee during this revision that the standard would reflect these continuous and changing needs and not become restrictive in respect of future technology and advan
27、ces in the manufacturing industry. In buying a sleeping bag, the consumer expects (along with other aspects such as functional design, good fit, low weight and volume and durability), information regarding which temperature range the sleeping bag can be used. This temperature range serves to prevent
28、 the person in the bag feeling too cold on the one hand or too hot, combined with unpleasant sweating, on the other. The primary aim of this European Standard is to provide this information to the consumer by specifying a test procedure and an evaluation model to quantify the thermophysiological fun
29、ction of sleeping bags (see also Annex E). An inter-laboratory test, involving six different laboratories, was organised within the present CEN working group on a set of six sleeping bags filled with feathers and downs and synthetics. Six human shaped thermal manikins were used, consisting of 6 to 3
30、5 independent segments and corresponding to the requirements for testing protective clothing against cold. The test showed the following conclusions: even with multi-sectional manikins, the design and especially the number of independent sections can influence the value of thermal resistance by up t
31、o 20 %; yet the test results of thermal resistance with all manikins showed a maximum difference of 10 % (leading e.g. to a difference in Tlimof 3,0 C for a sleeping bag with Tlim= 0 C); the weight of the manikin did not significantly effect the test results. Copyright European Committee for Standar
32、dization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13537:2012EN 13537:2012 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies the requirements and test methods as well as provisions for labelling of adult sized sleeping
33、 bags for use in sports and leisure time activities. This European Standard does not apply to sleeping bags intended for specific purpose such as military use and extreme climate zone expedition. It does not apply to sleeping bags for children or babies: no prediction model exists for the determinat
34、ion of the limiting temperatures based on the thermal resistance of the sleeping bag for these demographics. Moreover, such a model for testing cannot be developed because the necessary controlled sleep trials with children or babies in climatic chambers are, out of ethical reasons, not permitted. T
35、his European Standard describes the method for the assessment of the performance in steady state conditions of a sleeping bag with regard to the protection against cold. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispens
36、able for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 12130, Feather and down Test methods Determination of the filling power (massic volume) EN 12132-1, Feather and
37、 down Methods of testing the down proof properties of fabrics Part 1: Rubbing test EN 12934, Feather and down Composition labelling of processed feathers and down for use as sole filling material EN 12935, Feather and down Hygiene and cleanliness requirements EN 13088, Manufactured articles filled w
38、ith feather and down Method for the determination of a filled products total mass and of the mass of the filling EN 13538-3, Determination of dimensional characteristics of sleeping bags Part 3: Volume under load and easiness of packing EN 15586, Textiles Methods of testing the fibre proof propertie
39、s of fabrics: Rubbing test EN 29073-1, Textiles Test methods for nonwovens Part 1: Determination of mass per unit area EN ISO 105-B02, Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test (ISO 105-B02) EN ISO 105-C06, Textiles Tests for colour
40、fastness Part C06: Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering (ISO 105-C06) EN ISO 105-E04, Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part E04: Colour fastness to perspiration (ISO 105-E04) EN ISO 105-X12, Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing (ISO 105-X12) EN I
41、SO 139, Textiles Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 139) EN ISO 3758, Textiles Care labelling code using symbols (ISO 3758) EN ISO 12947-1, Textiles Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by the Martindale method Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus (ISO 129
42、47-1) Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN 13537:2012EN 13537:2012 (E) 6 EN ISO 12947-2, Textiles Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by the Mart
43、indale method Part 2: Determination of specimen breakdown (ISO 12947-2) EN ISO 13937-1, Textiles Tear properties of fabrics Part 1: Determination of tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf) (ISO 13937-1) EN ISO 15831, Clothing Physiological effects Measurement of thermal insulation by
44、means of a thermal manikin (ISO 15831) ISO 11092, Textiles Physiological effects Measurement of thermal and water-vapour resistance under steady-state conditions (sweating guarded-hotplate test) 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1
45、 manufacturer organization responsible for designing and manufacturing a sleeping bag covered by this European Standard 3.2 comfort temperature (Tcomf) lower limit of the comfort range, down to which a sleeping bag user with a relaxed posture, such as lying on their back, is globally in thermal equi
46、librium and just not feeling cold Note 1 to entry: For more information see C.7.3. 3.3 limit temperature (Tlim) lower limit at which a sleeping bag user with a curled up body posture is globally in thermal equilibrium and just not feeling cold Note 1 to entry: For more information see C.7.2. 3.4 ext
47、reme temperature (Text) lower extreme temperature where the risk of health damage by hypothermia occurs Note 1 to entry: For more information, see C.7.1. Note 2 to entry: This is a point of danger which can lead to death. 3.5 maximum temperature (Tmax) upper limit of comfort range, up to which a par
48、tially uncovered sleeping bag user just does not perspire too much Note 1 to entry: For more information see C.7.4. 3.6 thermal manikin dummy with human shape and heated body surface which allows the determination of thermal transfer through the sleeping bag under steady-state conditions (i.e. constant heat flux and temperature gradient between body surface and ambient air) Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or ne
