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BRITISH STANDARD Rubber- or plasticcoated fabrics — Upholstery fabrics — Classification and methods of test ICS 59.080.40; 97.140 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BS EN 15618:2009 +A1:2012 BS EN 15618:2009 BS EN EN 15618:2009 15618:2009+A1:2012 BS National foreword BS EN 15618:2009 This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15618:2009 EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 It supersedes BS EN 15618:2009, which is The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical withdrawn Committee TCI/69, Footwear, leather and coated fabrics The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is A list of organizations on this committee be obtained on indicated in the text byrepresented tags Tags indicating changes can to CEN text carry the number the CEN amendment For example, text altered by CEN request to itsofsecretary amendment is indicated This British A1 Standard is theby UK implementation of EN 15618:2009 This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions The UK participation inresponsible its preparation was entrusted to Technical of a contract Users are for its correct application Committee TCI/69, Footwear, leather and coated fabrics Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on from legal obligations request to its secretary National foreword This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard was published under the was This British Standard authority the Standards published of under the authority Policy and Strategy of the Standards Policy and Committee on 31 Strategy Committee on 31 December 2009 December 2009 © © BSI The 2009 British Standards This British Standard was Institution 2012 Published by published under the BSI Standards Limited 2012 authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December ISBN 978 2009 580 76742 57981 © BSI 2009 ISBN 978 580 57981 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Comments Date Comments 30 June 2012 Implementation of CEN amendment A1:2012 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Comments EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 15618:2009+A1 NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM May 2012 ICS 59.080.40; 97.140 Supersedes EN 15618:2009 English Version Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics - Upholstery fabrics Classification and methods of test Supports textiles revêtus de caoutchouc ou de plastique Etoffes d'ameublement - Classification et méthodes d'essai Mit Kautschuk oder Kunststoff beschichtete Textilien Möbelstoffe - Klassifizierung und Prüfverfahren This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 January 2009 and includes Amendment approved by CEN on April 2012 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 application 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 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, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels © 2012 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members Ref No EN 15618:2009+A1:2012: E BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 EN (E)(E) EN15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012 Contents page Foreword 3 Introduction 4 1 Scope 5 2 Normative references 5 3 Terms and definitions 6 4 Requirements 6 5 Test report 8 Bibliography 9 22 BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012(E) (E) ENEN 15618:2009+A1:2012 Foreword This document (EN 15618:2009+A1:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 248 “Textiles and textile products”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI 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 November 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2012 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 includes Amendment approved by CEN on April 2012 This document will supersede EN 15618:2009 The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags !" According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom 33 BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 EN (E)(E) EN15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012 Introduction This European Standard introduces a system of categories It is not possible to divide upholstery fabrics into just a few performance classes, because of the enormous variety of conditions of use In addition, the type of upholstery (firm or soft) influences the abrasion of the upholstery fabric and hence the requirements to the abrasion resistance There is, for example, a tremendous difference between furniture used in a room without windows and furniture which is directly exposed to sunlight, or between furniture used by elder people and furniture used by a family with small children These differences in conditions and severity of use necessitate a flexible approach This is done by defining a number of categories for each property This allows to choose the appropriate category for each parameter and so to compose a "product profile", adapted to each specific type of use This means that high resistance to abrasion can be combined with, for example, low colour fastness However, due to the interrelation of some parameters, not all combinations will be possible The categorisation system should not be interpreted as if an upholstery fabric needs to be rated "A" for all properties in order to obtain an "A" category Contrary to EN 14465, the fire behaviour of the coated fabrics has been taken into account 44 BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012(E) (E) ENEN 15618:2009+A1:2012 Scope This !European Standard" specifies a set of properties relevant to the assessment of upholstery coated fabrics for indoor furniture and the appropriate test methods to determine these properties It also describes a matrix system to express the material properties of an upholstery fabric This !European Standard" applies to upholstery fabrics both in domestic and public use, except when used for the seats of road or railway vehicles, boats or aeroplanes This !European Standard" applies to upholstery fabrics with a coating on the wear face This !European Standard" does not apply to textile upholstery fabrics covered by EN 14465 Normative references !The following documents, in whole or 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 1021-1, Furniture Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture Part 1: Ignition source smouldering cigarette EN 1021-2, Furniture Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture Part 2: Ignition source match flame equivalent EN ISO 105-B02, Textiles – Tests for colour fastness Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test (ISO 105-B02:1994, including amendment 1:1998) EN ISO 105-X12, Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing (ISO 105-X12:2001) EN ISO 1421, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of tensile strength and elongation at break (ISO 1421:1998) EN ISO 2411, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of coating adhesion (ISO 2411:2000) EN ISO 4674-1, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of tear resistance Part 1: Constant rate of tear methods (ISO 4674-1:2003) EN ISO 5402, Leather Physical and mechanical tests Determination of flex resistance by flexometer method (ISO 5402:2002) EN ISO 5470-2, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of abrasion resistance Part 2: Martindale abrader (ISO 5470-2:2003) EN ISO 5981, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of resistance to combined shear flexing and rubbing (ISO 5981:2007) prEN ISO 26081, Leather Physical and mechanical tests Determination of soiling for domestic and contract upholstery leather (ISO/DIS 26081:2008) EN ISO 26082, Leather Physical and mechanical tests Determination of soiling with rubbing for automotive leather (ISO 26082:2007) ISO 3303, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of bursting strength 55 BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 EN (E)(E) EN15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this !document", the following terms and definitions apply 3.1 coated fabric fabric with an adherent, discrete continuous layer of rubber and/or plastic based material on one or both surfaces [EN 13360] 3.2 stain result of the type of soiling by particles or liquids 3.3 cleanability property of the coated fabric to be restored to its original appearance after cleaning Requirements Upholstery coated fabrics shall meet the requirements of Table 1, determined in relation to the performance profile claimed by the manufacturer or required by the user’s product specification The levels indicated by shaded boxes in Table are not applicable, e.g a colour fastness to light less than is considered insufficient NOTE A material profile is composed of the different categories obtained for each of the properties, i.e the ‘category’ columns in Table should not be understood as if a fabric has to meet or exceed all the requirements specified in the first column (best performance) to be qualified as a first class product The material profile is merely a way of expressing properties in categories rather than in figures Hence these categories can vary for the different properties, e.g a fabric can obtain a certain category for tensile strength and a totally different category for seam slippage If additional properties are claimed by the manufacturer or required by the user’s product specification, test results shall be provided based on the test methods specified in this standard (see optional properties in Table 2) NOTE Detachable covers, as mentioned in EN 14465, can be made of coated fabrics, but no specification has been requested 66 BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012(E) (E) ENEN 15618:2009+A1:2012 Table Material properties Property Test method Units Performance level Acf Bcf Pass (- 1) + Pass (- 2) Pass (1) + Fail (- 2) ≥ 380 ≥ 280 ≥ 250 ≥ 180 EN 1021-1 + EN 1021-2 / Tensile strength longitudinal transverse EN ISO 1421, Method N/5cm Tear strength longitudinal transverse b EN ISO 4674-1 method A (double tears) N ≥ 50 ≥ 50 ≥ 44 ≥ 44 ISO 3303 kPa ≥ 700 ≥ 400 Number of cycles ≥ 700 ≥ 500 Fire behaviour a Ccf Dcf Ecf ! ≥ 200 ≥ 140 " Bursting strength c Abrasion resistance d Abrasion resistance of the finishing Resistance to shear flexing and rubbing Coating adhesion longitudinal transverse Colour fastness to light Colour fastness to rubbing (dry) Colour fastness to rubbing (wet) EN ISO 5470-2 Grade P180 silicon carbide paper No apparition of the foam layer EN ISO 5470-2 Wool abradant Grade minimum (direct assessment, without magnification device) EN ISO 5981 method B or EN ISO 5402 No crack in the coated fabric, no separation of the layers (without magnification device) Number of cycles at 102 400 at 51 200 Number of cycles ≥ 50 000 Number of cycles ≥ 100 000 ≥ 50 000 ≥ 35 ≥ 35 ≥ 30 ≥ 30 ≥6 ≥5 ≥ 4-5 ≥4 EN ISO 2411 N EN ISO 105-B02 (method 2) e grade to grade to grade to EN ISO 105-X12 f EN ISO 105-X12 f ≥ 31 ≥ 31 ≥ 300 at 38 400 ≥ 25 ≥ 25 ≥ 20 ≥ 20 ≥ 15 ≥ 15 ≥ a Fire behaviour is based on a composite material made of the coated fabric and a filling material The used filling material shall be reported as different filling materials can lead to other fire behaviour performance (refer to Clause of EN 1021-1) b Only for coated woven fabrics c Only for coated knitted fabrics d Number of cycles without exposure of an intermediate layer under the outer skin e Method may be used for quality control purposes f Both staining and change in colour shall be assessed 77 BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 EN (E)(E) EN15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012 Table Optional material properties Property Test method prEN ISO 26081 Resistance to soil or EN ISO 26082 NOTE Performance levels of these properties will be detailed when the respective test methods will be validated Test report The test report shall include the following information: a) reference to this European standard; b) date of each test; c) identification of the product under test; d) detailed results (individual and mean values) of the test; e) corresponding levels and related information; f) details of any deviations that may have influenced the results 88 BS EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 15618:2009+A1:2012(E) (E) ENEN 15618:2009+A1:2012 Bibliography [1] ISO 7617-1:2001, Plastics-coated fabrics for upholstery Part 1: Specification for PVC-coated knitted fabrics [2] ISO 7617-2:2003, Plastics-coated fabrics for upholstery Part 2: Specification for PVC-coated woven fabrics [3] ISO 7617-3:1988, Plastics-coated fabrics for upholstery Part 3: Specification for polyurethane-coated woven fabrics [4] EN 12720, Furniture Assessment of surface resistance to cold liquids [5] EN 13360, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Terminology [6] EN 14465, Textiles Upholstery fabrics Specification and methods of test [7] EN ISO 2231, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 2231:1989) [8] EN ISO 2286-1, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of roll characteristics Part 1: Methods for determination of length, width and net mass (ISO 2286-1:1998) 99 BS BS EN EN 15618:2009 15618:2009 +A1:2012 BSI - British Standards Institution BSI is the independent national body responsible for 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