1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13855-2:2003 Manufactured articles solely filled with feathers and down Measurement of thickness and compressibility of cushions Part 2: Test method by oscillation The European Standard EN 13855-2:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 59.040; 97.140 BS EN 13855-2:2003
2、This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 May 2003 BSI 30 May 2003 ISBN 0 580 41952 5 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13855-2:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was en
3、trusted to Technical Committee TCI/73, Fillings and filled articles, 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 refer
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5、ions of a contract. Users are responsible for 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,
6、or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests 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 8, an inside back cover and a back cover. T
7、he BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN138552 May2003 ICS59.040;97.140 Englishversion Manufacturedarticlessolelyfilledwithfeathersanddown
8、MeasurementofthicknessandcompressibilityofcushionsPart 2:Testmethodbyoscillation Articlesmanufactursgarnisdeplumesetduvets Mesuragedelpaisseuretdelacompressibilitdes coussinsPartie2:Mthodedessaiparoscillation FertigartikelgeflltmitFedernundDaunenMessungder DickeundKompressibilittvonKissenTeil2: Schw
9、ingungsprfverfahren ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon14March2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnat
10、ional standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusas
11、the official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COM
12、ITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN138552:2003EEN138552:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsa
13、nddefinitions. .4 4 Principle5 5 Apparatus .5 6 Samplingandconditioning. 5 7 Procedure .5 8 Calculationandexpressionofresults. 6 9 Precision.7 10 Testreport 7EN138552:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN138552:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC222“Featheranddown asfillingmaterialforanyarti
14、cle,aswellasfinishedarticlesfilledwithfeatheranddown“thesecretariatofwhichis heldbyUNI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byNovember200
15、3. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,S
16、pain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN138552:2003(E) 4 1Scope Thispart2definesamethodfortestingthebehaviourtodurabilityofacushionsolelyfilledwithfeatherand/or down,consideredinitsprimarytick. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpu
17、blications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatestedition
18、ofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN1883 FeatheranddownSamplinginviewoftests . EN20139 TextilesStandardatmospheresforconditioningandtesting(ISO139:1973) . EN20187 Paper,boardandpulpsStandardatmosphereforconditioningandtestingandprocedurefor monitoringtheatmosphereandconditioni
19、ngofsamples(ISO187:1990). 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply: 3.1 cushion manufacturedarticleofallshapesandsizesinscribablein60cmx60cm,usedtositonortoleanagainstorused asadecorativeelement,consistingofafeatherand/ordownfillingwithheldinapr
20、imarytick NOTE Acushionhasnottobeconfusedwithapillow,usedasaheadrestinabed. 3.2 testspecimen singlecushiontakenfromthesampleaspresented 3.3 primarytick pieceorpiecesoffabricsewntogethersoastocontainthefeatherand/ordownfilling,andgivingthecushionits shape 3.4 filling featherand/ordownwithheldinthepri
21、marytick 3.5 durabilitytest seriesofloadsappliedtoatestspecimensimulatingthestressduetouse 3.6 deformation lossofthicknessandcavinginofthetestspecimenafterthetest 3.7 shakingup manual,lateralcompressionandlevellingofthetestspecimensoastorestoreittoitsoriginalshapeEN138552:2003(E) 5 4Principle Repeat
22、edverticalcompressionofthetestspecimenexertedbyasemisphericalcap,fulfillingatthesametimea rotationaroundahorizontalaxis,thussimulatingafrictionaction(seeFigure1).Thethicknessofthetestspecimen isrecordedbeforethetest.Afteraseriesofcompressioncycles,thecavinginandthelossofthicknessafterthe shakingupof
23、thetestspecimenismeasured. 5Apparatus Theapparatus(seeFigure2)consistsofthefollowingparts: a) Achassisconsistingofarigidstructurebearing. b) Amobilecarriage,slidingonguides,consistingofarigid,punchedsteelplate,thickness5mm,diameterof holes3mm,distancebetweenholes6mm. c) Asemirigidsupportconsistingof
24、aslabof(800x800x2005)mmofS55densitypolyurethane coveredwithcottonfabricof(1905)g/m 2 ,simulatingthebaseofsettees. d) Lateralstoppersmeantforhinderingthebaseandthetestspecimenfromslippingoutofposition. e) Acompressionmechanismconsistingofasemisphericalsteelcapof(50010)mmdiameter,(1501) mmarrow,(28,30
25、,1)cmbendingradius,coatedwithadouble,removablecottonfabricof(1905)g/m 2 .This capisconnectedtoacarriageslidingwithinverticalguidesbymeansoftwopairsofhingeswithhorizontalaxis, oneofwhichwithobliquegliding,allowingarotationof27ofthebaseofthecapin3s(seeFigure1).The compressionloadconsistsof(80010)N.The
26、liftingoftheloadiscarriedoutbypneumaticcylindersoperatingat aconstantspeedof(10010)mm/s.Theloweringoftheloadiseffectedbybrakedfalltakingadvantageofthe cylindersrestraintaction.Thefallingspeedisfixedin(10010)mm/s. f) Astiffsteeltemplate,dimensionapprox.(600x6005)mmwithacentralholeandfourholeslocateda
27、s inFigure3toallowthelocationandmarkingofthepointswheremeasurementsaretobemade. g) Atimer,allowingtofixthetimeofpermanenceoftheloadonthetestspecimen(from3sto60s). h) Acyclecounter,allowingtoprogrammethenumberofcycles. 6Sampling and conditioning 6.1 Takesample(s)inaccordancewithEN1883. 6.2 Conditiont
28、hesample(s)inaccordancewithEN20139.Temperatureandhumidityaretobemeasuredin accordancewithEN20187. 7Procedure 7.1 Locatethecentralareaofthetestspecimenonwhichthesemisphericalcapwillrest.Usethetemplate(5,f) inordertolocatethefourperiphericalpoints. 7.2 Measurethethicknessinmillimetresofthetestspecimen
29、atthefivepointslocatedbythetemplate(5,f). NOTE Incaseofatestspecimenwithanirregularshapethefourlateralpointsshouldbethemostequidistantaspossible . 7.3 Placethemobilecarriage(5,b)underthesemisphericalcap(5,e)andmeasurethedistance( HE)in millimetresbetweentherodandtheupperfaceofthesupport(5,c)atpoint
30、E.EN138552:2003(E) 6 7.4 Centerthetestspecimenunderthesemisphericalcaponthesupport(5,c)andmeasureinmillimetresthe distances h a , h b , h c , h d and h e (seeFigure3). Calculatetheinitialthicknessofthetestspecimeninmillimetresaccordingtothefollowingformula: 5 e d c b a i h h h h h HE s (1) where s i
31、 istheinitialthicknessofthetestspecimen. 7.5 Startthecompressiontestandlettheloadof(80010)Nstandfor(101)s. 7.6 Carryouttheagreeduponandpreselectedseriesof2500compressioncyclesupto100000.Aftereach seriesof2500compressions,thetestspecimenisshakenupandlevelledmanuallyfivetimes. 7.7 Beforethelastserieso
32、fagreeduponcompressionsmeasurethecavingininmillimetresaccordingtothe followingformula: e d c b a c h h h h h H 4 (2) where H c isthecavingin; h e isthemaximumdepthofthecavingin. 7.8 Aftertheshakingupandlevellingoperationmeasurethethicknessofthetestspecimeninmillimetres accordingtothefollowingformula
33、: 5 e d c b a n h h h h h HE s (3) s n isthethicknessofthetestspecimenafter“ n“seriesofcompressioncycles. 8 Calculationandexpressionofresults 8.1 Calculatethemeanofthecavingininmillimetresmeasuredaftereachseriesofcompressioncycles( H cm ). 8.2 Calculatethelossofthicknessinpercentforeachseriesofcompr
34、essioncyclesaccordingtothefollowing formula: 100 x s s s D i n i h (4) where D h isthelossofthicknessinpercent; s i istheinitialthicknessofthetestspecimen; s n isthethicknessafter“ n“seriesofcompressioncycles.EN138552:2003(E) 7 9Precision AtthemomentofdraftingthisEuropeanStandarddataonrepeatabilitya
35、ndreproducibilitywerenotavailable. 10 Testreport Thetestreportshallinclude,atleastthefollowinginformation: referencetothisstandard; dateandplaceofthetest; identificationmarkofthesampletested; numberofcyclescarriedout; lossofthicknessinpercent; meanofcavingincheckedinmillimetres; anydeviationfromthes
36、tandardprocedureandanyothercircumstancesthatmayhaveaffectedtheresult. Key 1 Semisphericcap 2 Testspecimen Figure1Rotationof27ofthesemisphericcapduringthecompressionEN138552:2003(E) 8 Key 1 Chassis 2 Mobilecarriage 3 Support 4 Testspecimen 5 Semisphericcap 6 Carriagewithinverticalguides 7H i n g e s
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