1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationBS EN 13451-1:2011Swimming pool equipmentPart 1: General safety requirements and testmethodsBS EN 13451-1:2011 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK im
2、plementation of EN 13451-1:2011.It supersedes BS EN 13451-1:2001 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to TechnicalCommittee SW/136/8, Swimming pools and aquatic equipment.A list of organizations represented on this committee can beobtained on request to its secret
3、ary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessaryprovisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correctapplication. BSI 2011ISBN 978 0 580 65804 4ICS 97.220.10Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.This British Standard was published
4、 under the authority of theStandards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2011.Amendments issued since publicationDate Text affectedBS EN 13451-1:2011EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 13451-1 September 2011 ICS 97.220.10 Supersedes EN 13451-1:2001English Version Swimming
5、pool equipment - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods Equipement de piscine - Partie 1: Exigences gnrales de scurit et mthodes dessai Schwimmbadgerte - Teil 1: Allgemeine sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prfverfahren This European Standard was approved by CEN on 29 July 2011.
6、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 national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on a
7、pplication to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A 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
8、 Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, N
9、etherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2011 CEN All rights of exploitat
10、ion in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 13451-1:2011: EBS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 31 Scope 52 Normative references 53 Terms and definitions .54 Safety requirements 84.1 Structural integrity .84.2 Minimum space 94.3
11、 Handrails, barriers, safety barriers 94.4 Surfaces . 114.5 Protrusions 114.6 Edges and corners 124.7 Entrapment, crushing and shearing points . 134.8 Slip resistance . 144.9 Fittings . 144.10 Removable protection devices 154.11 Alteration of existing equipment . 155 Test methods . 155.1 General . 1
12、55.2 Test report . 156 Instruction and information . 166.1 Installation . 166.2 Technical operation 166.3 Inspection and maintenance . 167 Marking 17Annex A (normative) Loads 18Annex B (normative) Method of calculation of structural integrity 23Annex C (normative) Physical testing of structural inte
13、grity 25Annex D (normative) Methods of test for entrapment 27Annex E (normative) Testing of slip resistance 30Annex F (normative) Alternate method for the determination of resistance to slipping 32Annex G (normative) Use of stainless steel with load bearing functions in the swimming pool atmosphere
14、37Bibliography . 39BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 13451-1:2011) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports, playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given
15、 the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2012. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may b
16、e 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 EN 13451-1:2001. EN 13451, Swimming pool equipment, consists of the following parts: Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods Part 2: A
17、dditional specific safety requirements and test methods for ladders, stepladders and handle bends Part 3: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for inlets and outlets and water/air based water leisure features Part 4: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for st
18、arting platforms Part 5: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for lane lines Part 6: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for turning boards Part 7: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for water polo goals Part 10: Additional specific safe
19、ty requirements and test methods for diving platforms, diving springboards and associated equipment Part 11: Additional specific safety requirements and test methods for moveable pool floors and moveable bulkheads This standard may also be applicable to other equipment not specified, provided the sa
20、fety requirements are fulfilled. There can be additional requirements for purposes such as competition swimming and advice should be sought from the governing body of the sport in question. In relation to EN 13451-1:2001 the following main amendments have been made: a) scope modified in accordance w
21、ith EN 15288-1 and EN 15288-2; b) definition pool/swimming pool deleted; c) requirements for materials (see 4.1.2) added; d) requirements for barriers (see 4.3) added; BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 4 e) requirements for suctions deleted and will be moved to EN 13451-3; f) requirements for en
22、trapment, crushing and shearing points (see 4.7) added; g) requirements for the test report (see 5.2) modified; h) values of total vertical user load (see Table A.1) modified; i) only two test probes for the test methods of head and neck entrapment (see Annex D); j) normative Annex F “Alternate meth
23、od for the determination of resistance to slipping“ added; k) normative Annex G “Use of stainless steel with load bearing functions in the swimming pool atmosphere“ added. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to
24、implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
25、, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies general safety requirements and test methods for equipment used in classified swimming pools as specified in EN 15288-1 and EN 15288-2. Where specific standards exist, this general
26、standard should not be used alone. Special care is required in applying this general standard alone to equipment for which no product specific standard has yet been published. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
27、references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1990, Eurocode Basis of structural design EN 1991-1-2, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures Part 1-2: General actions Actions on structures exposed to
28、 fire EN 1991-1-3, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures Part 1-3: General actions Snow loads EN 1991-1-4, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures Part 1-4: General actions Wind actions EN 10088-1, Stainless steels Part 1: List of stainless steels EN 10088-2, Stainless steels Part 2: Technical delivery condit
29、ions for sheet/plate and strip of corrosion resisting steels for general purposes EN 12503-1, Sports mats Part 1: Gymnastic mats, safety requirements EN 12503-5, Sports mats Part 5: Determination of the base friction EN 12503-6, Sports mats Part 6: Determination of the top friction EN 15288-1, Swimm
30、ing pools Part 1: Safety requirements for design EN ISO 12100, Safety of machinery General principles for design Risk assessment and risk reduction (ISO 12100:2010) 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 15288-1 and the following apply. 3.1 s
31、wimming pool equipment components installed in and around a basin, designated: to operate the basin and its functionally adjoining areas; to use it and its functionally adjoining areas BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 6 NOTE These components can be part of the swimming pool technology (e.g. wat
32、er inlets or outlets), to assist the users (e.g. ladders), or for competitive and training use (e.g. starting platforms), or for leisure (e.g. fountains). 3.2 crushing point place where parts of the equipment can move against each other, or against a fixed area so that persons, or parts of their bod
33、y, can be crushed EN 1176-1:2008, 3.10 3.3 shearing point place where part of the equipment can move past a fixed or other moving part, or past a fixed area so that persons, or parts of their body, can be cut EN 1176-1:2008, 3.11 3.4 grip holding of the hand around the entire circumference of a supp
34、ort NOTE See Figure 1. Figure 1 Grip EN 1176-1:2008, 3.15 3.5 grasp holding of the hand around part of the circumference of a support NOTE See Figure 2. BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 7 Figure 2 Grasp EN 1176-1:2008, 3.16 3.6 finger hold holding which is found with hand, at least with the fin
35、ger head by hooking in 3.7 entrapment hazard presented by the situation in which a body, or part of a body, the hair or clothing can become trapped NOTE Entrapment hazard can arise from situations where the body, its parts, etc. get trapped, but also from situations where the body of the user has no
36、 complete freedom to emerge from the water, e.g. when swimming underneath a stepladder. 3.8 edge line being formed by two surfaces of something solid which meet one another 3.9 corner point being formed by two or more edges which meet one another 3.10 minimum space smallest space required for the sa
37、fe installation and use of the equipment 3.11 minimum zone for use minimum space required for anyone who may come into contact with equipment 3.12 protrusion object, or a portion of an object, that stands or protrudes in/into the minimum zone for use 3.13 handrail rail intended to assist the user to
38、 balance EN 1176-1:2008, 3.21 3.14 barrier means of segregation to prevent movement or access BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 8 3.15 safety barrier barrier designed to prevent users from falling over, through or beneath 3.16 slit small opening 600 mm, except in situations where a risk assessme
39、nt shows that a safety barrier is not necessary. Gaps shall have a width 110 mm and where two or more safety barriers are used in combination (e.g. ladder, stair and platform) the safety barrier shall be designed to give continuous protection. Safety barriers shall have a height 1 000 mm, measured f
40、rom the highest point on which a person can stand within 1 000 mm from the barriers themselves, see Figure 3. BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 10 Dimensions in millimetres Key 1 highest standing point 2 platform 3 safety barrier within 1 000 mm from a higher standpoint 4 safety barrier outside
41、1 000 mm from a higher standpoint 3, 4 are different possibilities for placing barriers X height of highest point on which a person can stand Figure 3 Height of the safety barriers 4.3.4 Grip The cross section of any component designed to be gripped shall have in any direction, when measured across
42、its centre, a dimension not less than 16 mm and not more than 50 mm. 4.3.5 Grasp The thickness of any component designed to be grasped shall have a width not exceeding 60 mm. 4.3.6 Finger hold The minimum space for clutching shall be at least 15 mm high and at least 20 mm wide. For an example, see F
43、igure 4. BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 11 EXAMPLE Dimensions in millimetres Figure 4 Finger hold 4.4 Surfaces 4.4.1 Surface finishing The surface finishing in the minimum zone for use shall not present any risk of injury. Special attention shall be paid to: the finishing of welds; the risk o
44、f splintering. 4.4.2 Surface materials The materials in contact with the water shall have no detrimental effect on its quality and shall be fit for purpose. 4.5 Protrusions NOTE Protrusions are a hazard of impact or entrapment especially where water movement can cause involuntary movement of users.
45、Protrusions with a height h 3 mm, not shielded by adjacent areas as shown in Figure 5 a), shall be rounded with a radius R h/2 or chamfered in accordance with Figure 5 b). Protrusions with a height h 3 mm to 15 mm, not shielded by adjacent areas, as shown in Figure 5 a), shall be rounded with a radi
46、us R 3 mm. See Figure 5 c). Protrusions with a height h 15 mm, not shielded by adjacent areas or additional measures (e.g. handles for counter-flow plants), for the first 15 mm of projection shall be radiused as stated in the previous paragraph, and for the remaining projection shall have an inclina
47、tion of 3 mm 15 mm d) Example of a protrusion height 15 mm Key 1 free space, see entrapment requirements B max. width of the protrusion for height 15 mm L min. width of the flat top part of the protrusion H height of a protrusion between 15 mm and 3 mm and 15 mm R radius Figure 5 Safety requirements
48、 for protrusions 4.6 Edges and corners Edges and corners within the minimum zone shall be radiused depending on the result of design risk assessment. NOTE A minimum radius of 3 mm proved to be suitable in all conditions. BS EN 13451-1:2011EN 13451-1:2011 (E) 13 4.7 Entrapment, crushing and shearing
49、points 4.7.1 General Entrapment, crushing and shearing hazards shall be identified and considered in the risk assessment. Equipment shall be constructed so that any openings do not create an entrapment hazard or, in the case of moving equipment, a crushing or shearing hazard. 4.7.2 Permissible openings 4.7.2.1 Principle Any user accessible openings shall be restricted to the fo
