1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13773:2003 Textiles and textile products Burning behaviour Curtains and drapes Classification scheme The European Standard EN 13773:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.220.40; 59.080.30; 97.160 BS EN 13773:2003 This British Standard was published under the authori
2、ty of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 19 February 2003 BSI 19 February 2003 ISBN 0 580 41288 1 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13733:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/63, Burnin
3、g behaviour of textiles, 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 to in this document may be found in the
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5、r 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 proposals for change, and keep the UK int
6、erests 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 displayed in this document indicates when th
7、e document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13773 February2003 ICS13.220.40;59.080.30;97.160 Englishversion TextilesandtextileproductsBurningbehaviourCurtainsand drapesClassificationscheme Textilesetproduitste
8、xtilesRideauxettentures ComportementaufeuPlandeclassification TextilienVorhngenundGardinenBrennverhalten Klassifizierungsschema ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon11December2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Stand
9、ardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra
10、nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlan
11、ds,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMemb
12、ers. Ref.No.EN13773:2003EEN13773:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Principlefortheclassificationscheme . 5 4 Testmethodsandcriteriaused 5 4.1 Ignitabilityoreaseofignition .5 4.1.1 Testmethod. .5 4.1.2 Criteria.5 4.2 Flamespread 5 4.2.1 Testmethod.
13、.5 4.2.2 Criteria.6 5 Classification6 5.1 Classes6 5.2 Criteriaforclassallocation. 6 6 Flowchart .7EN13773:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN13773:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC 248“Textilesandtextile products“,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyBSI. ThisEuropeanStandard shallbegiventhesta
14、tusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyAugust2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby August2003. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEu
15、ropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13773:2003(E) 4 Introduction ThemethoddescribedinthisEuropeanStandardisoneoffourclose
16、lyrelatedmethodsfortestingandclassifying textilefabricsintendedforcurtainsanddrapesandsimilarusessuchdrapesandhangings,whereclassificationis required. Thismethoddefinesaclassificationschemeforcurtainsanddrapesusingignitabilityandflamespreadproperties ofverticallyorientedtextilefabricsinresponsetofla
17、mecontactundercontrolledconditions. Thisclassificationschemeisbasedontheassessmentofeaseofignitionandflamespreadusingtwoignition sourceswithadifferentheatintensity.EN13773:2003(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesaclassificationschemefortheburningbehaviourofverticallyorientedfabrics intendedfor
18、curtainsanddrapesandsimilarusessuchasblindsandtextilehangings,whereclassificationis required.Untestedmaterialsarenotclassified. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencearecitedattheappropriateplacesinthet
19、extandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreference,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN1101, Textilesa
20、ndtextileproductsBurningbehaviourCurtainsanddrapesDetailedproceduretodetermine theignitabilityofverticallyorientedspecimens(smallflame) EN1102, TextilesandtextileproductsBurningbehaviourCurtainsanddrapesDetailedproceduretodetermine theflamespreadofverticallyorientedspecimens EN13772, Textilesandtext
21、ileproductsBurningbehaviourCurtainsanddrapesMeasurementofflamespread ofverticallyorientedspecimenswithlargeignitionsource 3 Principlefortheclassificationscheme Theclassificationschemeisbasedonthemeasurementofignitabilityandflamespreadaccordingtotherelevant Europeantestmethods. Theflamespreadofthemat
22、erialsthatareignitedbythesmallflamesourceismeasuredwiththissameignition source.Theflamespreadofmaterialsthatwillnotignitewiththesmallsourceismeasuredwiththemoresevere ignitionsource.Ignitabilityandflamespreadleadstoaclassificationschemewithfiveclasses. 4 Testmethodsandcriteriaused 4.1Ignitabilityore
23、aseofignition 4.1.1 Testmethod TheclassificationschemereferstotheedgeignitiontestofEN1101,modifiedbystartingwith1sflameapplication timeandincreasingtheignitiontimeby1sstepsupto5sandthenby5sstepsupto20sifnoignitionoccurs. 4.1.2Criteria Themaincriterionconsideredforclassificationisignition/nonignition
24、. 4.2Flamespread 4.2.1 Testmethod TheclassificationschemereferstotheedgeignitiontestsofEN1102andEN13772.EN13773:2003(E) 6 4.2.2Criteria Flamingdebris,flamespreadasmeasuredbytheseveranceoffirstandthirdmarkerthreads. 5Classification 5.1Classes Untestedmaterialsarenotclassified. Thisstandardhasthefollo
25、wingclassdefinitionsasgiveninTable1. Table1Classdefinitions Class Ignitability Flamespread 1 NonignitionaccordingtoEN 1101 1 st markerthreadsnotsevered,noflaming debris,accordingEN13772 2 NonignitionaccordingtoEN 1101 3 rd markerthreadsnotsevered,no flamingdebris,accordingtoEN13772 3 Nonignitionacco
26、rdingtoEN 1101 3 rd markerthreadssevered,and/or flamingdebris,accordingtoEN13772 4 IgnitionaccordingtoEN1101 3 rd markerthreadsnotsevered,no flamingdebris,accordingtoEN1102 5 IgnitionaccordingtoEN1101 3 rd markerthreadssevered,and/or flamingdebris,accordingtoEN1102 5.2Criteriaforclassallocation Clas
27、sallocationaccordingtoclassnumberisgivenhereafter: Ifatleasttwospecimens(outofsix)givearesult(severingthemarkerthreadand/orflamingdebris)belongingtoa highernumberclassthematerialshallbegiveninthishigherclass. Ifonlyonespecimen(outofsix)givesaresult(ignitionofmarkerthreadorflamingdebris)belongingtoah
28、igher numberclass,3newextraspecimensshallbetestedinthesamedirectionastheonegivingtheworstresult. Ifnoneofthesenewspecimensgivesaresultbelongingtothehighernumberclassthematerialshallbeclassified inthelowernumberclass. Ifatleastoneoftheextraspecimenstestedgivesaresultbelongingtothehighernumberclassthe
29、materialshall begiventhisclass.EN13773:2003(E) 7 6 Flowchart ThemainelementsoftheclassificationschemeareshownintheflowchartinFigure1. Figure1Flowchart Theclassificationdoesalsodependontheconditionsforclassallocationin5.2. ThisclassificationreferstotheedgeignitiontestofEN1101andEN1102.BS EN 13773:200
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