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    Sleeves for aircraft electric cables and equipment wires Specification for heat-shrinkable sleeving for binding, insulation and identification

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-12-1999

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-02-1994

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    Specification
    1 Scope
    2 References
    3 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
    4 Materials and characteristics
    5 Colour
    6 Finish
    7 Dimensions
    8 Shelf life
    9 Type testing
    10 Production routine and quality testing
    11 Tests and requirements for finished sleeving
    12 Tests and requirements for identification sleeves
    13 Marking and packaging
    Annexes
    A (informative) Storage recommendations
    B (normative) Method for the determination of smoke
         index
    C (normative) Method for the determination of
         combustion products
    Tables
    1 Types of heat-shrinkable sleeving
    2 Materials and characteristics
    3 Standard colours and availability
    4 Dimensions of types 10A and 10B sleeving
    5 Dimensions of types 11A and 11D sleeving
    6 Dimensions of type 11B sleeving
    7 Dimensions of type 11C sleeving
    8 Dimensions of type 12A sleeving
    9 Dimensions of type 12B sleeving
    10 Dimensions of type 13 sleeving
    11 Dimensions of type 14 sleeving
    12 Dimensions of type 15 sleeving
    13 Standard cutting tolerances for cut lengths of
         sleeving
    14 Type tests
    15 Production routine tests
    16 Production quality tests
    17 List of test fluids
    18 Size and repetition of characters for single
         identification sleeves
    19 Allocation of numbers to sleeve colours
    Figures
    1 Test configuration for flammability test
    2 Mandrel for restricted shrinkage test
    3 Disposition of characters on identification
         sleeving
    4 Schematic drawing of printing durability test
         apparatus
    B.1 Schematic details of burner for smoke index test
    B.2 Schematic front view of smoke test sample holder,
         showing vertically mounted sleeving samples

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    Specifies the design, performance, quality assurance and methods of test for types of heat-shrinkable sleeving. Coverage includes colour, finish, dimensions, shelf-life, type testing, and marking and packaging. Also gives annexes, tables and diagrams.

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    Committee ACE/6
    Development Note Supersedes BS 2G198: Part 3: 1985, DRAFT FOR COMMENT 91/72967 DC
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 2782-3:Methods 320A to 320F:1976 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Tensile strength, elongation and elastic modulus
    BS 6746C:1969 Colour chart for insulation and sheath of electric cables
    IEC 60216-4-1:2006 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal endurance properties - Part 4-1: Ageing ovens - Single-chamber ovens
    BS 6401:1983 Method for measurement, in the laboratory, of the specific optical density of smoke generated by materials
    BS 2782-5:Method 540B:1982 Methods of testing plastics. Optical and colour properties, weathering Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources, (xenon arc lamp, enclosed carbon arc lamp, open-flame carbon arc lamp, fluorescent tube lamps)
    IEC 60216-2:2005 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal endurance properties - Part 2: Determination of thermal endurance properties of electrical insulating materials - Choice of test criteria
    BS 6580:1985 Specification for corrosion inhibiting, engine coolant concentrate (\'antifreeze\')
    BS 1595-1:1986 Propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol) for industrial use Specification for propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol)
    BS 4487:1969 Specification for inhibited 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methylchloroform)
    IEC 60216-5:2008 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal endurance properties - Part 5: Determination of relative thermal endurance index (RTE) of an insulating material
    IEC 60216-3-1:1990 Guide for the determination of thermal endurance properties of electrical insulating materials. Part 3: Instructions for calculating thermal endurance characteristics - Section 1: Calculations using mean values of normally distributed complete data
    BS 903-A2:1989 Physical testing of rubber Determination of tensile stress-strain properties
    BS 2782-1 Method 141:1986 Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of flammability by oxygen index
    IEC 60216-1:2013 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal endurance properties - Part 1: Ageing procedures and evaluation of test results
    BS 2782-1:Methods 143A and 143B:1989 Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of flammability temperature of materials
    ISO 1817:2015 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic Determination of the effect of liquids
    BS 2782-4.430A.D(1983) : 1983 METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF WATER AND BOILING WATER ABSORPTION AT 23 DEGREES C. DETERMINATION OF WATER AND BOILING WATER WITH ALLOWANCE OF WATER-SOLUBLE MATTER
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