1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13595-4:2002 Protective clothing for professional motorcycle riders Jackets, trousers and one-piece or divided suits Part 4: Test method for determination of impact cut resistance The European Standard EN 13595-4:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.340.10 BS EN 13
2、595-4:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Health and Environment Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 2 August 2002 BSI 2 August 2002 ISBN 0 580 40218 5 National foreword This
3、 British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13595-4:2002. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PH/3, Protective clothing, to Subcommittee PH/3/9, Clothing for protection of riders of motorcycles, which has the responsibility to: A list of
4、organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards
5、 Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard doe
6、s 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 proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European devel
7、opments 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 8, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issu
8、ed since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN135954 July2002 ICS13.340.10 Englishversion ProtectiveclothingforprofessionalmotorcycleridersJackets, trousersandonepieceordividedsuitsPart4:Testmethodfor determinationofimpactcutresistance Vtementsdeprotecti
9、onpourlesmotocyclistes professionnelsVestes,pantalonsetcombinaisonsuneou deuxpicesPartie4:Mthodesdessaipourdterminerla rsistancelacoupureparimpact SchutzkleidungfrprofessionelleMotorradfahrerJacken, HosenundeinodermehrteiligeAnzgeTeil4: PrfverfahrenzurBestimmungderFallschnittfestigkeit ThisEuropeanS
10、tandardwasapprovedbyCENon5April2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonappl
11、icationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersa
12、rethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG
13、ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN135954:2002EEN135954:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .4 4 Determinationofim
14、pactcutresistance 5 4.1 Principle5 4.2 Apparatus .5 4.3 Preparationoftestspecimens. .6 4.4 Procedure .6 4.5 Testreport . .7 AnnexZA (informative) ClausesofthisEuropeanStandardaddressingessentialrequirementsor otherprovisionsofEUDirectives 8EN135954:2002(E) 3 Foreword ThisdocumentEN135954:2002hasbeen
15、preparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC162“Protectiveclothing includinghandandarmprotectionandlifejackets“,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJanuary2003,andconflictingnationalsta
16、ndardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byJanuary2003. ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). ForrelationshipwithEUDirective(s),seeinformativeannexZA,whichisanintegralpartofthisdocument.
17、 Thisstandardispartofaseriesofstandardsspecifyingrequirementsforparticularitemsofclothingorparticular performancelevelsandhazards.EN13595comprisesfourparts: Part1:Generalrequirements; Part2:Testmethodfordeterminationofimpactabrasionresistance; Part3:Testmethodfordeterminationofburststrength; Part4:T
18、estmethodfordeterminationofimpactcutresistance. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Ne
19、therlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN135954:2002(E) 4 Introduction Theonlyprotectionamotorcyclistinvolvedinaroadtrafficaccidenthasagainstinjuryistheclothingheorsheis wearingatthetime.Motorcyclistsclothingisgenerallywornasanextensionofnormalclothing,providing prote
20、ctionagainstambientconditionsofwind,waterandcold,butitshouldalsoprovidesomeprotectionfrominjury intheeventofanaccident.Itisintendednottohinderariderfromcontrollinghismachine.Itshouldbeofan acceptableappearancetothewearer. ThisEuropeanStandardisprimarilyconcernedwiththeprotectionprovidedbyclothingaga
21、instinjuryinaccidents. Thehazardstowhichmotorcyclistsareexposedvarywidelydependingonthephysicalenvironmentsuchasthe natureoftheroadtrackormountainside,theclimaticenvironment,thetrafficenvironment,thespeedatwhichthe motorcycleisbeingriddenandtheskilloftherider.Thenumberofcombinationsofpossiblehazards
22、isverylarge. Totalclothingperformanceagainsteveryidentifiedhazardcouldberequiredforeachcombination.Thiswouldbe impracticablycomplicated.Thereforethisstandardcontainstherequirementsforsinglecharacteristicsofsingle itemsofclothingorsimplecombinationsofgarments. Thisstandardispartofaseriesofstandardssp
23、ecifyingrequirementsforparticularitemsofclothingorparticular hazards.FurtherPartswillbeissuedinduecourse. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesperformancerequirementsforclothingmaterialsandassemblymethodology utilisedinthemanufactureofprofessionalmotorcycleridersjackets,trousersandonepieceanddivideds
24、uits whichareintendedtoprotecttheweareragainstmechanicalinjuryonmetalledroadsurfaces. ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesappropriatetestmethodforthedeterminationofimpactcutresistance. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.Thesenormative refe
25、rencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.Foradated reference,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropeanStandard onlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthepublication referredtoapp
26、lies(includingamendments). EN412:1993, Protectiveapronsforusewithhandknives. EN135951:2002, ProtectiveclothingforprofessionalmotorcycleridersJackets,trousersandonepieceor dividedsuitsPart1:Generalrequirements. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermanddefinitionap
27、ply. 3.1 professionalrider personwhoisemployedtoprovideorcontractstoperformforreward,theservicesrequiringtheridingofa motorcycle Examplesare:EN135954:2002(E) 5 a) thedeliveryofletters,packetsorothersmallfreight; b) thetransportofpassengersbymotorcycle; c) emergencymedicaltreatment; d) vehiclebreakdo
28、wnsupport. 4 Determinationofimpactcutresistance 4.1Principle Atestspecimenismountedoverarectangularholesothatitisunderapredefinedtension.Animpactstrikerof fixedmass,withasharpbladefittedtoitslowersurface,isdroppedverticallyfromapredeterminedheightontothe specimenoverthecentreofthehole.Themaximumpene
29、trationofthebladethroughthematerialismeasured. 4.2Apparatus 4.2.1 Atestapparatusasdescribedin4.1ofEN412:1993withthefollowingmodifications: 4.2.1.1 Abladeholdingblockwithamassof110g2gincludingtheblade. 4.2.1.2 Acircularwoodorplasticspecimensupportblockofdiameter125 mm 5 mmandthickness 80mm20mmwithare
30、ctangularholeofwidth5mm0,5mm,length30mm1mmthroughitsfullthickness andatitscentre.Theblockshallbepositionedsothattheverticalbackofthetestbladeenterstherectangularhole 7,5mm0,5mmfromoneofitsshorterendswiththebladeequidistantfromthesidesofthehole. NOTE ThefleshsimulatingplasticmassreferredtoinEN412isno
31、trequired. 4.2.1.3 Aquickreleasemechanismforsupportingthebladeholdingblock(4.2.1.1)atapositionabovethetop surfaceofthetestspecimensothatthespeedoftheblockatimpactofthebladewiththespecimenis: Method Impactspeed (m/s) freefalldrop height (mm) 1st 2,00,2 200 2nd 2,80,2 400 4.2.2 Apieceofreferencefabric
32、atleast0,4mx0,2mwiththefollowingcharacteristics: fabricwarpandweft:cottonspunfromopenendfibres; linearmasswarpandweft:161tex; twistwarp;doubletwistS280t/m;singleyarnZ500t/m; twistweft;sameaswarp; warp:18threadsper10mm; weft:11threadsper10mm; crimpwarp:29%;EN135954:2002(E) 6 crimpweft:4%; tensilestre
33、ngthinwarp:1400N; tensilestrengthinweft:1000N; massperunitarea:540g/m 2 ; thickness:1,2mm. NOTE ThisfabricisthesameasthatusedinthebladecutresistancetestofEN388:1994.ItismadebyCollamtis, P. O. Box ,59930 La Chapelle dArmentieres,France,andisavailableafterverificationunderreferenceLEM 6from lInstitutT
34、extiledeFrance,AvenueGuydeCollogue,P.O.Box60,69132Ecully,CEDEX,France.Thisinformationisgivenfor theconvenienceoftheuserofthisEuropeanStandardanddoesnotconstituteanendorsementbyCENorCENELEC. Equivalentproductsmaybeusediftheycanbeshowntoleadtothesameresult. 4.2.3 Adeviceformeasuringdistancesofupto50mm
35、tothenearest0,1mm,forexampleaverniercalliper. 4.3 Preparationoftestspecimens Takeaspecimen(220 20)mm (220 20)mmfromeachdifferentconstructionoftheclothingassembly.For particularconstructionsonlyavailableinsmallerdimensions,usethelargestspecimenavailableandadjustthe positionofthetensioningweightsasapp
36、ropriate.Forsheetmaterials,aspecimen(220 20)mm (220 20)mm shallbetakenandthetestprocedureshallaccuratelyreplicatetheuseofthematerial(s)infinishedgarments. Markonthetestspecimenthesixrequiredimpactpoints;includinganypointsinthetestarealikelytoprovidethe lowestlevelofprotection. Storethetestspecimenan
37、dreferencefabric(4.2.2)inanenvironmentof23C2Cand50%5%relative humidityforatleast24hbeforetestingandeithercarryoutthetestinthisatmosphereorimmediatelyafterithas beenremoved. 4.4Procedure 4.4.1 Thereferencefabric(4.2.2)isfoldedinhalftoproduceadoublethicknesscomprisingtwolayersofcanvas withthewarpsrunn
38、inginthesamedirection,withthetestspecimens(4.3)notfolded,buttestedassubmitted,to produceanassemblyapproximately200mm 200mm,andfollowtheproceduredescribedin4.4.2tomakesix cutsintothisassemblyat45tothewarp. 4.4.2 Usethedevice(4.2.3)tomeasurethethicknessoftheassemblytobetestedandrecordthisvalueas L 0 t
39、othenearest0,1mm. Placethetestassemblyoverthemountingblock(4.2.1.2)andclampitasdescribedinEN412sothatthelonger edgesoftherectangularholeintheblockarealignedwiththerequiredtestdirection. Gentlylowertheblockuntilthetipofthebladeisalmostincontactwiththeuppersurfaceofthetestspecimenand checkthattheblade
40、isalignedwiththerequiredimpactpoint. Fromthisposition,raisethebladeholdingblock(4.2.1.1)bythedropheightrequiredtoensureanimpactspeedof: Method1:2,0m/s0,2m/s(zone3andzone4testspecimens,seeEN135951:2002,annexC) Method2:2,8m/s0,2m/s (Referencefabric4.4.2,zone1andzone2specimens,seeEN135951:2002, annexC)
41、 Adjustthequickreleasemechanism(4.2.1.3)toclampthebladeholdingblockinthisposition. Activatethequickreleasemechanismtodropthebladeholdingblockontothetestspecimen.EN135954:2002(E) 7 Markthebladeatapointlevelwiththeuppersurfaceofthespecimenandremovethebladefromthespecimen. Usethedevice(4.2.3)tomeasuret
42、othenearest0,1mmthedistancebetweenthemarkedpointandthetipofthe bladeandrecordthisvalueas L t .Calculatethebladepenetrationthroughthespecimen L p usingtheformula: L p = L t L 0 Repeatthisprocedureafurtherfivetimesfortheremainingtestsitesidentifiedin4.3.Inthecaseofwoven materials,suchasthereferencefab
43、ric(4.2.2),twocutsshallbemadeparalleltothewarpdirectionofthematerial, twoparalleltotheweftdirectionofthematerialandtwoparalleltothebiasdirection.Inthecaseofothermaterials thecutsshallbeat60degreestoeachother. Calculatethemeanofthesix L p bladepenetrationvalues. 4.4.3 Ifthetestassemblyistwothicknessofreferencefabric(4.2.2)andthem
