1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 14115:2002 Textiles Burning behaviour of materials for marquees, large tents and related products Ease of ignition The European Standard EN 14115:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 59.080; 13.220.40 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT
2、LAWBS EN 14115:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Materials and Chemicals Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 24 January 2002 BSI 24 January 2002 ISBN 0 580 38934 0 National
3、 foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 14115:2001. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/63, Burning behaviour of textiles, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be
4、 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 Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Fi
5、nd” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from lega
6、l obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, 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
7、 This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 14, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTA
8、NDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN14115 November2001 ICS13.220.40;59.080.30 Englishversion TextilesBurningbehaviourofmaterialsformarquees,large tentsandrelatedproductsEaseofignition TextilesComportementaufeudesmarquises,tentesde grandesdimensionsetproduitsapparentsAllumabilit TextilienBrennverha
9、ltenvonMarkisen,grossenZelten undhnlichenErzeugnissenZndfhigkeit ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon30September2001. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodateli
10、stsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguagea
11、ndnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITT
12、EEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2001CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN14115:2001EEN14115:2001(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 1 Scope4 2 Normative
13、reference(s) .4 3 Termsanddefinitions. 4 4 Principle .4 5 Apparatus.5 6 Testspecimen . 6 7 Conditioning 6 8 Testprocedure 7 9 Testreport. .8 AnnexA (informative) Calibrationofelectricburner9EN14115:2001(E) 3 Foreword ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC248“Textilesandtextile
14、products“, thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyBSI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyMay2002,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby May2002. AnnexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInte
15、rnalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden, SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN14115:2001
16、(E) 4 1 Scope Thisstandardspecifiesatestmethodfortheburningbehaviourofindustrialandtechnicaltextilesusedfor tarpaulins,largetents,marquees,relatedstructures,airducts,etc. Itisnotintendedtoapplytomaterialsusedforsmallcampingtents,liningmaterialsnoranyotherinternalfeatures, nortoawnings. Thisstandardi
17、snotsuitablefortheliningsusedinsidelargetentsandmarquees. NOTE Informationonthereproducibilityandrepeatabilityofthemethodwillbeintroducedlater. 2 Normativereference(s) ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappr
18、opriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments
19、). ISO4880, BurningbehaviouroftextilesandtextileproductsVocabulary 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandardthetermsanddefinitionsinISO4880andthefollowingtermand definitionapply. 3.1 industrialandtechnicaltextiles anytextilewhichcanbeusedforindustrialortechnicalpurposes.Thedefinitio
20、ndoesnotincludetextilesfor generalpurposessuchascurtains,drapes,protectiveclothing,upholsteryorbedding 4P r i n c i p l e Testspecimensaresubjectedunderspecifiedconditions,tothedualeffectof: a) heatradiation; b) hotgasesflowingoverthesurfaceofthetestspecimensinordertoencourageanyspreadorpropagationo
21、f theflame. Aflameisusedtoigniteanygasesemitted.Theeffectsofignitionarenotedandtheextentofdamageis measured.EN14115:2001(E) 5 5 Apparatus NOTE Unlessotherwisespecified,alldimensionsquotedaretoatoleranceof 1mm. 5.1 TestapparatusforexampleasshowninFigures1to5withadditionaldatagiveninsubsequentdetails
22、comprising: 5.1.1 Ametalstructure,consistingbasicallyofasolidbaseplateandtwouprightsactingasslidesforthe arrangementsupportingthetestspecimen.Theverticalrectangularfaceofthissupport,whichispositioned oppositetheheater,measuresnominally130mmwideand100mmhigh.Thetestspecimensupportarmsforman angleof30w
23、iththehorizontal. 5.1.2 A500Welectricheater,comprising: 5.1.2.1Aceramicbody 1 withthefollowingdimensions: height 130mm insidediameteratthetop 31mm outsidediameterclosetothetop 59mm outsidediameteratmidheight 62mm outsidediameter30mmfrombase 65mm outsidediameterofenlargedbase 93,5mm 5.1.2.2Aceramicre
24、movablesleeve 1 .Thissleeveis130mmhighandapproximately3mmthickandislocated withintheceramicbodydescribedin5.1.2.1.Itisprovidedwitha500Wheatingelement.Ontheoutsidesurfaceit haseightverticalprojectionsapproximately3mmthick.Inside,ametalstripcomponentisusedtostabilizetheair temperature. 5.1.2.3Ametalba
25、se,approximately160mmindiameterand30mmhigh,providesathreepointfixingforthe ceramicbody(see5.1.2.1)andthesleeve(5.1.2.2),thelatterentering5mmintothemetalbase.Thisfixingis designedsothattheassemblyiseccentricandtheminimumhorizontaldistancefromitsbasetotheedgeofthe metalbaseis5mm.Eightholes10mmdiameter
26、areprovidedintheverticalcylindricalpartofthemetalbaseto serveasaninletfortheairwhich,afterhavingcirculatedwithintheheater,issuesfromitsupperpart. 5.1.3 Freshairflowadjusterplate,comprisingaplateofnoncombustiblematerial 1 ,310mmlong,210mmwide, 8mmthick,withinsulatingvaluesof: thermalconductivity (0,2
27、0 0,05)W/(mK) volumicmass =(850 80)kg/m 3 calorificcapacity c=(900 30)J/(kgK) 1 DetailsofsourcesofsupplymaybeobtainedfromNationalStandardsInstitutions.EN14115:2001(E) 6 Thisplatehasaholesuitablefortheheatertopassthroughand,inthecentreofitssmallside,arectangularslot 125mmlongand10mmwide.Theadjusterpl
28、ateispositionedhorizontally90mmbelowtheupperedgeofthe heatersothatitisincontactwiththesideofthemetalframe(5.1.1)toleaveanopeningareaof1250mm 2 forthe freshairtopassthrough. Inaddition,theplateprotectsthebaseoftheheaterfromanycontaminationduetocombustionofthematerials. 5.1.4 Testspecimensupportgrid,c
29、omprisingaframe600mmlongand160mmwide,madefromsteelrod4 mmindiameter(seeFigure4).Spikes,10mmlong,areweldedontothisgridandusedforholdingthetest specimen. 5.1.5 Aplateofnonmetallicnoncombustiblematerial,insulatingvaluesas(5.1.3),300mmlong,180mmwide, 8mmthickplacedoverthetestspecimenandcontactingthespik
30、esonthegridtypesupport.Thisdirectstheflow ofhotgaseswhenpartsofthetestspecimenaredestroyed. 5.1.6 Aburnerarrangement,comprisingaburnernozzlepilotflamesuppliedwith(95 7)ml/minofpropanegas weldedontoametaltubewhichpivotsaboutafixedpointononeoftheframeuprights.Theendoftheburner nozzleisshapedtoprovidea
31、flatflame(fishtailtype)20mmwideand(30 5)mmhigh.Intheoperatingposition, theflameshallcontactthesurfaceofthetestspecimenatadistanceof15mmfromtheverticalaxisoftheheater (seeFigure2),theburnernozzlebeingperpendiculartotheplaneofthetestspecimen. 5.1.7 HoodThetestapparatusisplacedbelowahoodwhichisprovided
32、withaforcedventilationsystem.This hoodhasasuitableopeninginitsupperpartforevacuatingtotheoutsideanygases,fumesandsmokeproduced bycombustion. 5.2 Ancillarytestequipment:Awattmeter,variabletransformer,voltageregulator,chronometer,andamethod formeasuringairspeed. 6 Testspecimen 6.1 Shapeanddimensions E
33、achtestspecimenshallbearectangle600mmx180mm. 6.2 Numberoftestspecimens Atleastfourtestspecimenspersamplearerequired(see8.9). 7 Conditioning Beforetesting,placethespecimensinsideachambermaintainedatatemperatureof(20 5)Candarelative humidity(50 15)%foratleast24h. Iftestingisnotcarriedoutimmediatelyaft
34、erconditioning,placetheconditionedtestspecimensinasealed container.Eachspecimenshallbetestedwithin3minafterremovingitfromtheconditioningatmosphereorsealed container.EN14115:2001(E) 7 8 Testprocedure WARNINGNOTE:Whentestspecimensburn,theymayreleasetoxicandnoxiousgaseslikelytoendangerthehealthof opera
35、tives.Itisthereforenecessarytotakeallappropriateprecautions. 8.1 Verifiytheapparatusisreadyforuseandcorrectlycalibrated(seeannexA)andcarryoutthetestinstillair insidethehood.Theairspeed,measuredatthecentreoftheupperedgeofthegridwheninstalledwithasample, shallnotexceed0,2m/s. 8.2 Arrangetheheaterandit
36、sbaseonthebaseplateofthemetalframe(5.1.1)sothatthedistance,measured inaccordancewiththeverticalaxisoftheheater,betweenitsupperedgeandthesurfaceofthetestspecimen,is (30 1)mm.Thehorizontaldistancebetweentheaxisoftheheaterandtheloweredgeofthetestspecimenshall be75mm(seeFigure1). 8.3 Fixthetestspecimeno
37、ntothesupportgrid,usingthespikesprovidedforthepurpose,sothatthesurface ofthetestspecimenisincontactwiththegrid. 8.4 Whentheelectricheaterisprovidingastableoutput,atleast60minafterhavingbeenswitchedon,quickly positionthesupportgridandthetestspecimenonitssupportandsimultaneouslystartthechronometer(zer
38、otime forthetest). 8.5 Immediatelylowertheplateofnoncombustiblematerial(5.1.5)ontothetopofthetestspecimen. 8.6 20saftercommencingthetest,bringtheflameoftheburnerarrangementintotheoperatingpositionunder thetestspecimenandholditinthatpositionfor5sbeforeremovingit.Repeatthisoperationonceafter45s,and th
39、enevery30suntil5minhaveelapsed. Consequentlytheapplicationtimesofthepilotflameare: 20s45s1min15s1min45s2min15s2min45s3min15s3min45s4min15s4min45s. Undernocircumstancesshouldthepilotflamebeappliedwhilethematerialisburning. 8.7 Thetestshallrunforatleast5minbutshallbeprolongeduntilthetestspecimenisfull
40、yextinguished. Duringthetest,notethefollowing: a) ifthematerialignites,thetimeatwhichignitionfirstoccured,eg.45s,1min15s,etc,thedurationofflaming fromignitiontimetilltheendafterhavingremovedthepilotflame; b) ifthereisanyfallofdropletsorparticles,whetherornottheyareburning; c) thedescriptionofthepart
41、softhespecimendestroyedordamaged; d) thetypeofflamepropagation,eg.totalorpartial,andthepersistenceandpropagationofglowingareas; e) theissueofsmokeorfumesandtheircharacteristics(amount,appearance). 8.8 Aftertesting,leavethetestspecimenonthegridandmeasurethefollowing: a) themaximumlengthofthedestroyed
42、area,fromtheloweredgeofthetestspecimen; b) themaximumwidthofthedestroyedareacoveringthatpartofthetestspecimenbetween450mmand600 mmfromitsloweredge. Thedestroyedareaisassumedtobeeverypartofthematerialwhichismissing,totallycharred,showingan importantlossofresistance,oradeeplydamagedaspect.Theareasonly
43、blackenedorsuperficiallydamageddue totheheatactionshallnotbetakenintoaccount.EN14115:2001(E) 8 Repeattheaboveoperationsontheotherthreetestspecimensandcalculatethearithmeticmeansofthesetwo valuesforthefourtestspecimens. 8.9 Inthecaseofanisotropicmaterialsand/orforthosethetwofacesofwhicharenotsimilar,operateas follows: a) carryoutonetest
