1、BSI Standards PublicationBS EN 15947-5:2015Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2,and F3Part 5: Requirements for construction andperformanceBS EN 15947-5:2015 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15947-5:2015. It supersedes BS EN 15947-5:20
2、10 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CII/47, Pyrotechnic articles.A list of organizations represented on this committee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
3、of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2016.Published by BSI Standards Limited 2016ISBN 978 0 580 87072 9 ICS 71.100.30 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.This British Standard was published un
4、der the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 March 2016.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate T e x t a f f e c t e dBS EN 15947-5:2015EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 15947-5 December 2015 ICS 71.100.30 Supersedes EN 15947-5:2010English Ver
5、sion Pyrotechnic articles - Fireworks, Categories F1, F2, and F3 - Part 5: Requirements for construction and performanceArticles pyrotechniques - Artifices de divertissement, Catgories F1, F2, et F3 - Partie 5 : Exigences de construction et de performances Pyrotechnische Gegenstnde - Feuerwerkskrper
6、, Kategorien F1, F2 und F3 - Teil 5: Anforderungen an Konstruktion und Funktion This European Standard was approved by CEN on 26 September 2015. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
7、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 three official versions (English, French, German). A
8、 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 bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cypr
9、us, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kin
10、gdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2015 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 15947-
11、5:2015 EBS EN 15947-5:2015EN 15947-5:2015 (E) 2 Contents Page European foreword . 4 1 Scope 5 2 Normative references 5 3 Terms and definitions . 6 4 Construction 6 4.1 Construction materials (type test and batch test). 6 4.1.1 General requirements . 6 4.1.2 Specific requirements 6 4.2 Length of hand
12、le (type test and batch test) . 7 4.3 Permitted elements in batteries, batteries requiring external support, combinations and combinations requiring external support (type test and batch test) 8 4.4 Dimensions for mini rockets (type test and batch test) 8 4.5 Specific requirements for compound firew
13、ork (type and batch test) . 8 5 Pyrotechnic composition (type test) 9 6 Means of ignition 11 6.1 Permitted means of ignition (type test and batch test) 11 6.2 Protection of initial fuse (type test and batch test) . 13 6.3 Attachment of means of ignition (type test and batch test) 13 6.4 Fuse require
14、ments (type test and batch test) 14 6.4.1 General requirements 14 6.4.2 Specific requirements . 14 7 Performance 14 7.1 Properties to be checked before functioning tests 14 7.1.1 Loose pyrotechnic composition after mechanical conditioning (type test) . 14 7.1.2 Integrity (type test and batch test) 1
15、4 7.1.3 Stabilization of flight (type test and batch test) 15 7.1.4 Other requirements (type test) . 15 7.2 Properties to be checked during functioning tests (type test and batch test) . 16 7.2.1 Principal effects 16 7.2.2 Functioning . 16 7.2.3 Angle of ascent or flight . 16 7.2.4 Motion 16 7.2.5 S
16、tability during functioning . 16 7.2.6 Height of explosion 17 7.2.7 Sound pressure level . 17 7.2.8 Explosions and other failures 17 7.2.9 Burning or incandescent matter . 18 7.2.10 Extinguishing of flames 18 7.2.11 Projected debris . 19 7.2.12 Burning rate of pyrotechnic composition . 20 7.2.13 Pul
17、l-string or -strip 20 7.3 Properties to be checked after functioning tests (type test and batch test) . 20 BS EN 15947-5:2015EN 15947-5:2015 (E) 3 7.3.1 Droop 20 7.3.2 Plastics body . 20 7.3.3 Rocket motor 20 7.3.4 Integrity after functioning . 21 8 Primary pack or selection pack (type test and batc
18、h test) 21 9 Type testing 21 9.1 General . 21 9.2 Number of items to be tested . 22 9.3 Number of primary packs to be examined 23 9.4 Test report 23 10 Batch testing . 23 10.1 General . 23 10.2 Sampling plans . 23 10.3 Unit of product . 24 10.4 Nonconformities . 24 10.5 Test report 25 10.6 Acceptanc
19、e or rejection of a batch 26 10.6.1 Nonconforming units . 26 10.6.2 Critical nonconforming units . 26 10.6.3 Major nonconforming units 26 10.6.4 Minor nonconforming units 26 10.6.5 Fireworks supplied in primary packs or selection packs 26 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Sta
20、ndard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2013/29/EU on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles 27 Bibliography . 29 BS EN 15947-5:2015EN 15947-5:2015 (E) 4 European foreword This document (EN 15947-5:2015)
21、has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 212 “Pyrotechnic articles”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN. 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 June 2016, and conflicting nati
22、onal standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2016. 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 document supersedes
23、 EN 15947-5:2010. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s). For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of thi
24、s document. Directive 2007/23/EC on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles is repealed with effect from 1 July 2015 and replaced by Directive 2013/29/EU on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles. However, b
25、y way of derogation from this, point 4 of Annex I to Directive 2007/23/EC was repealed by Directive 2013/29/EU with effect from 4 July 2013 and the new ESR 4 (a), 4 (b) and 4 (c) of Directive 2013/29/EU are already in force and applicable since 4th July 2013. This European Standard is one of the ser
26、ies of standards as listed below: EN 15947-1, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 1: Terminology; EN 15947-2, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 2: Categories and types of firework; EN 15947-3, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and
27、 F3 Part 3: Minimum labelling requirements; EN 15947-4, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 4: Test methods; EN 15947-5, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 5: Requirements for construction and performance. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Reg
28、ulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
29、Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 15947-5:2015EN 15947-5:2015 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies requirements for construction, performance and
30、primary or selection packaging of fireworks. It is applicable to fireworks in categories F1, F2 and F3 according to EN 15947-2:2015. This European Standard does not apply for articles containing detonative explosives except for black powder or flash composition. This European Standard does not apply
31、 for articles containing pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances: arsenic or arsenic compounds; hexachlorobenzene; mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %; mixtures of chlorates with metals; mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus (except wh
32、en used in Christmas crackers, party poppers or snaps); mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II); mixtures of chlorates with sulfur (these mixtures are allowed for friction heads only); mixtures of chlorates with sulfides; lead or lead compounds; mercury compounds; white phosphorus;
33、 picrates or picric acid; potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %; sulfur with an acidity, expressed in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 m. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or
34、 in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable 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 15947-1:2015, Pyrotechnic articles Firew
35、orks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 1: Terminology EN 15947-2:2015, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 2: Categories and types of firework BS EN 15947-5:2015EN 15947-5:2015 (E) 6 EN 15947-3:2015, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 3: Minimum labe
36、lling requirements EN 15947-4:2015, Pyrotechnic articles Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 Part 4: Test Methods EN 16265:2015, Pyrotechnic articles Other pyrotechnic articles Ignition devices ISO 2859-1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptanc
37、e quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 15947-1:2015 apply. 4 Construction 4.1 Construction materials (type test and batch test) 4.1.1 General requirements The body of the firework case shall be
38、made of paper, cardboard or plastics. The base (end closures) or means of fixing shall be made of non-metallic material. Where technically necessary, wood, staples, nails, aluminium coated foil or binding wires may be used. Conformity to this requirement shall be verified by visual examination. For
39、articles fitted with a friction head: the primary pack shall be fitted with a striking surface for safety matches. Conformity to this requirement shall be verified by visual examination. The striking surface shall be resistant enough to allow ignition of all the articles included within the primary
40、pack when tested in accordance with EN 15947-4:2015, 6.16. The striking surface on the pack shall be covered or the pack shall be sealed, verified by visual examination. 4.1.2 Specific requirements For bangers and flash bangers: cardboard wrapped in cord is permitted as construction material. For ba
41、tteries and batteries requiring external support the tubes of mines, Roman candles or shot tubes shall have a maximum angle of 30 to the vertical, when tested in accordance with EN 15947-4:2015, 6.18. For combinations and combinations requiring external support this requirement applies to the tubes
42、of mines, Roman candles and shot tubes. For Bengal matches and Bengal sticks: the stick shall be made of wood. For Christmas crackers and snaps: the overlapping strips shall be made of cardboard, paper or string. For jumping crackers: the firework case shall be made of paper only. For mini rockets:
43、the tube containing the propellant charge shall be made of cardboard or, when no report charge is present, plastics. For novelty matches: the stick shall be made of cardboard or wood. BS EN 15947-5:2015EN 15947-5:2015 (E) 7 For party poppers: the shape shall not be confused with a gun. For rockets:
44、the tube containing the propellant charge shall be made of cardboard, plastics or sheathed aluminium. For Roman candles and shot tubes: the case, if any, of the pyrotechnic unit, shall be made of paper, cardboard or plastics. For Roman candles: the inside diameter of the tube shall not exceed 30 mm.
45、 Conformity to this requirement shall be verified by the method described in EN 15947-4:2015, 6.1.5. For shot tubes: the inside diameter of the tube shall not exceed 30 mm (category F2) or 50 mm (category F3). Conformity to these requirements shall be verified by the method described in EN 15947-4:2
46、015, 6.1.5. For spinners: the aerofoils, if any, shall be made of cardboard or plastics. For throwdowns: the body shall be made of tissue paper or foil. Conformity to above requirements shall be verified by visual examination, unless stated otherwise. 4.2 Length of handle (type test and batch test)
47、For Bengal matches: the uncoated end of a Bengal match (handle) shall have a length of at least 40 % of the total length of the Bengal match with a minimum of 20 mm. For Bengal sticks: the uncoated end of a Bengal stick (handle) shall have a minimum length of 75 mm. For hand-held fountains: the end
48、of the firework case of a hand-held fountain which is not filled with pyrotechnic composition and which acts as a handle, or the handle, if the handle is a separate component, shall have a minimum length of 40 mm. For hand-held sparklers: a category F1 hand-held sparkler shall have a minimum handle
49、length of 75 mm; a category F2 hand-held sparkler shall have a minimum handle length of 75 mm when the total length does not exceed 450 mm and 150 mm when the total length is more than 450 mm. For novelty matches: the uncoated end of a novelty match (handle) shall have a minimum length of 20 mm. Conformity to above requirements shall be verified by the test method described in EN 15947-4:2015, 6.1.1.2.1 or 6.1.1.2.2. For Christmas crackers and snaps:
