1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 14259:2003 Adhesives for floor coverings Requirements for mechanical and electrical performance The European Standard EN 14259:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 83.180 BS EN 14259:2003 This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy
2、 and Strategy Committee on 18 December 2003 BSI 18 December 2003 ISBN 0 580 43147 9 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 14259:2003. It supersedes BS 5350-F1:1983 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
3、Committee PRI/52, Adhesives, 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
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6、 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 6, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in thi
7、s document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN14259 December2003 ICS83.180 Englishversion AdhesivesforfloorcoveringsRequirementsformechanical andelectricalperformance Adhsifspourrevte
8、mentsdusolSpcifications KlebstoffefrBodenbelgeAnforderungenandas mechanischeundelektrischeVerhalten ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1October2003. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandar
9、dwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilit
10、yofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Sp
11、ain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN14259:2003EEN142
12、59:2003(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .5 4 Principles5 5 Performancerequirements .5 5.1 Mechanicalperformance .5 5.2 Electricalperformance 6EN14259:2003(E) 3 Foreword ThisdocumentEN14259:2003hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCE
13、N /TC 193,“Adhesives“,the secretariatofwhichisheldbyAENOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJune 2004,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby June2004. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternal
14、Regulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedK
15、ingdom.EN14259:2003(E) 4 Introduction Somefloorcoveringsareinstalledonasubfloorwithanadhesive.Producersofbothfloorcoveringsand adhesivesneedtoevaluatespecificcombinationstoensurethattheyaremutuallycompatible.Itisalsoimportant whendevelopingadhesivestoensurethattheyaresuitableforusewithone,oragroupof
16、floorcoverings.Those involvedwiththeseproductsandtheirinstallationalsoneedtoagreewhetheraparticularcombinationofan adhesivewithagroupoffloorcoveringsiscapableofgivingsatisfactoryperformanceduringapplicationandinuse. Thereforetheyneedacommonandacceptedguidelineofperformancefortheproductswhentestedtog
17、ether. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesperformancerequirementsofanadhesivewhentestedtoastandardmethod withacharacteristictypeoffloorcovering.Thevaluesdefinedinthisstandardareconsideredtoindicateageneral suitabilityforuseofanadhesivewiththecorrespondinggroupoffloorcoverings.Thisstandardcanalsobeu
18、sed fortheevaluationofaparticularfloorcoveringwiththecorrespondingtypeofadhesive.Thisstandarddoesnot containcriteriaorrecommendationsforthepracticalinstallationoffloorcoverings.Thevaluesgiveninthis standardalsodonotguaranteethecompletefunctionalityofcombinationsofadhesivesandfloorcoveringsin practic
19、alapplication. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublic
20、ationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN548, ResilientfloorcoveringsSpecificationforplainanddecorativelinoleum. EN649,Resilientfloorcoverings Homogeneousandheterogen
21、eouspolyvinylchloridefloorcoverings Specification. EN923, AdhesivesTermsanddefinitions. EN1307, TextilefloorcoveringsClassificationofpilecarpets. EN1372, AdhesivesTestmethodforadhesivesforfloorandwallcoveringsPeeltest. EN1373, AdhesivesTestmethodforadhesivesforfloorandwallcoveringsSheartest. EN1470,
22、 TextilefloorcoveringsClassificationofneedledfloorcoveringsexceptforneedledpilefloorcoverings. EN1817,ResilientfloorcoveringsSpecificationforhomogeneousandheterogeneoussmoothrubberfloor coverings. EN1841, AdhesivesTestmethodsforadhesivesforfloorcoveringsandwallcoveringsDeterminationof dimensionalcha
23、ngesofalinoleumfloorcoveringincontactwithanadhesive. EN1903,Adhesives Testmethodforadhesivesforplasticorrubberfloorcoveringsorwallcoverings Determinationofdimensionalchangesafteracceleratedageing.EN14259:2003(E) 5 EN12199,ResilientfloorcoveringsSpecificationsforhomogeneousandheterogeneousreliefrubbe
24、rfloor coverings. EN12466, ResilientfloorcoveringsVocabulary. EN13297 ,TextilefloorcoveringsClassificationofneedledpilefloorcoverings. EN13415,AdhesivesTestofadhesivesforfloorcoveringsDeterminationoftheelectricalresistanceof adhesivefilms. ISO2424, TextilefloorcoveringsVocabulary. 3 Termsanddefiniti
25、ons ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thetermsanddefinitionsgiveninEN923andthefollowingapply. 3.1 floorcovering afloorcoveringaccordingtoEN12466isaprefabricatedproductinsheetortileform,whichcanbeusedtocover afloorfromwalltowall.TypicalfloorcoveringsaremadeoftextilesasdescribedinISO2424,needlefelt
26、s,PVC, linoleum,rubberandothers 3.2 adhesiveforfloorcoverings adhesive,whichisappliedonasupportingsubfloorandintendedtoproduceafirmanddurablebondbetweenthe floorcoveringandthesubfloor 4Principles Floorcoveringsvaryincompositionandconstruction,thereforetheyrequirespecificadhesivestoobtaina satisfacto
27、ryperformanceofthefinalfloor: EXAMPLE1. PVCfloorcoveringsmaycontainhighamountsofplasticizers.Inordertogetadurablebondunderallpractical conditionstheadhesivesforPVCfloorcoveringsmustbesufficientlyresistanttoplasticizermigration.To evaluatethis,atypicalPVCfloorcoveringaccordingtoEN649,isbondedwiththea
28、dhesiveundertestandthe peelstrengthismeasuredaccordingtoEN1372anddimensionalchangeaccordingtoEN1903. EXAMPLE2. Linoleumissensitivetowaterandcanshowdimensionalchangesifincontactwithwater.Aqueousadhesives mayinfluencethedimensionalstabilityoflinoleumtodifferentextentdependingonwatercontent,consistency
29、, dryingproperties,hardnessetc.Theinfluenceofanadhesiveonthedimensionalstabilityoflinoleumis measuredaccordingtoEN1841. 5Performance requirements 5.1Mechanicalperformance PerformancerequirementsforadhesivesforfloorcoveringsarespecifiedinTable1. ThevaluesgiveninTable1aredrawnfromlaboratoryexperiencea
30、ndcanbeusedasaguidelineinadhesives developmentandrecommendations.Theycanalsobeusedtoassessthesuitabilityofagivenfloorcoveringwitha givenadhesive.Combinationsofanadhesiveandafloorcovering,whichunderlaboratoryconditionsshowvalues equalorhigherincaseofstrengthmeasurementsorequalorlowerincaseofdimension
31、alchangemeasurementsEN14259:2003(E) 6 respectivelythanthevaluesgiveninTable1,areconsideredtoindicatesatisfactoryperformanceundernormal practicaluseandconditions. Bywrittenmutualagreementbetweenthemanufactureroftheadhesiveandthesupplierofthefloorcoveringthe valuesforperformancerequirementmaybedefined
32、beloworbeyondthevaluesgiveninTable1. 5.2Electricalperformance TheelectricalresistanceofelectricalconductiveadhesivesisdeterminedaccordingtoEN13415. Table1Adhesivesforfloorcoverings. Adhesivefor: Teststandardandcorrespondingperformance requirements Standardfloor covering Electrical performance d EN13
33、72 Peel strength min.N/mm EN1373 Shear strength min.N/mm EN1841 Dimensional change (transversely) max.% EN1903 Dimensional change max.% EN13415 Electrical resistancemax. W Polyvinyl chloridefloor coverings 1,0 0,3 n.a. b 0,2 EN649 3x10 5 Rubberfloor coverings, smooth 1,2 a n.r. c n.a. b 0,2 EN1817 a
34、 3x10 5 Polyolefin floorcoverings 1,0 0,3 n.a. b 0,2 Homogeneous type 3x10 5 Linoleum floorcoverings 0,5 0,5 0,2 n.a. b EN548 3x10 5 Textile floorcoverings 0,5 n.r. c n.a. b n.a. b EN1307 EN1470 EN13297 5x10 6 NOTE Performancerequirementsatallmandator ystora geconditionsoftheteststandard.Forthe gene
35、ralevaluationofan adhesiveafloorcoverin gwhichist ypicalfortheintendedstandard groupoffloorcoverin gs(seelastcolumn)shouldbeusedin thetest. a forprofiledrubberfloorcoveringsaccordingtoEN12199thevalueis2,0N/mm. b Notapplicable c Notrequired d Forconductivefloorcoveringsonly.BS EN 14259:2003 BSI 389 C
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