BS 7175:1989
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Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources
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31-07-1989
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Methods
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Criteria of ignition
4. General principle
5. Health and safety of operators
6. Apparatus
7. Conditioning and testing
Section two. Pillow and continental quilts tested with
smouldering and flaming ignition sources
8. General
9. Test specimens
10. Ignition sources
11. Test procedures
Section three. Individual bedcovers (including mattress
cases and covers, sheets, pillowslips, blankets, bed-
spreads and continental quilt covers) tested with
smouldering and flaming ignition sources
12. General
13. Test specimens
14. Ignition sources
15. Test procedures
Section four. Composite of known bedcovers and pillows
testsed with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
16. General
17. Test specimens
18. Ignition sources
19. Test procedures
Section five. Final examination of test specimens and
test report
20. Final examination
21. Test report
Appendix
A. Preferred test report layout
Tables
1. Tests with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
for pillows and continental quilts
2. Distance of ignition source below test specimen
for pillows and continental quilts
3. Test with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
for individual bedcovers
4. Distance of ignition source below test specimen
for individual bedcovers
5. Tests with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
for composite of known bedcovers and pillows
6. Distance of ignition source below test specimen
for composite of known bedcovers and pillows
Figures
1. Test rig
2. Test rig and mineral wool fibre pad
3. Position of ignition sources for pillows and
continental quilts
4. Position of ignition sources for bedcovers
5. Position of ignition sources for composite of known
bedcovers and pillows
Uses the ignition sources in BS 5852 to assess the ignitability of pillows, quilts, mattress cases & covers, sheets, pillowslips, blankets, bedspreads & quilt covers, individually and in combination.
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TCI/66/-/8
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 88/37426 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2008. (09/2008)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
24
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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This British Standard describes methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows when subjected to smouldering and flaming types of ignition sources of differing severities.
It is divided into five sections as follows.
Section 1: General;
Section 2: Pillows and continental quilts tested with smouldering and flaming ignition sources;
Section 3: Individual bedcovers (including mattress cases and covers, sheets, pillowslips, blankets, bedspreads and continental quilt covers) tested with smouldering and flaming ignition sources;
Section 4: Composites of known bedcovers and pillows tested with smouldering and flaming ignition sources;
Section 5: Final examination of test specimens and test report.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 5866-4:1991 | Blankets suitable for use in the public sector Specification for flammability performance |
| BS 5815-3:1991 | Sheets, sheeting, pillowslips, towels, napkins, counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers suitable for use in the public sector Specification for counterpanes and continental quilt secondary covers including flammability performance |
| S.R. CR 13455:1999 | SOIL IMPROVERS AND GROWING MEDIA - GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFETY OF USERS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND PLANTS |
| PD 2777:1994 | Fabric flammability and burning accidents |
| BS 5866-3:1991 | Blankets suitable for use in the public sector Specification for synthetic fibre cellular blankets |
| AFAP-1 : 2010 | NATO REACTION-TO-FIRE TESTS FOR MATERIALS - POLICY FOR THE PRE-SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS |
| PD CR 13455:1999 | Soil improvers and growing media. Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants |
| DEFSTAN 07-247(PT1)/3(2009) : 2009 | THE SELECTION OF MATERIALS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR FIRE CHARACTERISTICS - PART 1: SELECTION OF MATERIALS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR FIRE CHARACTERISTICS |
| DEFSTAN 07-247(PT1)/2(2006) : 2006 | THE SELECTION OF MATERIALS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR FIRE CHARACTERISTICS - PART 1: SELECTION OF MATERIALS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR FIRE CHARACTERISTICS |
| CR 13455:1999 | Soil improvers and growing media - Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants |
| BS 6807:1986 | Methods of test for the ignitability of mattresses with primary and secondary sources of ignition |
| BS 5852-1:1979 | Fire tests for furniture Methods of test for the ignitability by smokers\' materials of upholstered composites for seating |
| BS 5803-1:1985 | Thermal insulation for use in pitched roof spaces in dwellings Specification for man-made mineral fibre thermal insulation mats |
| BS 5852-2:1982 | Fire tests for furniture Methods of test for the ignitability of upholstered composites for seating by flaming sources |
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