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BS EN 12613:2009

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Plastics warning devices for underground cables and pipelines with visual characteristics

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

10-02-2021

Superseded by

BS EN 12613:2021

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-09-2009

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Material
5 Requirements
  5.1 Colour
  5.2 Appearance and colour fastness
  5.3 Dimensional characteristics
  5.4 Laying characteristics
       5.4.1 General
       5.4.2 Tensile withstand strength
       5.4.3 Transversal rigidity
       5.4.4 Flatness
  5.5 Visual warning characteristics
  5.6 Resistance against micro-organisms
  5.7 Resistance to UV-light
  5.8 Temperature stability
  5.9 Resistance of printing
  5.10 Marking
6 Test methods
  6.1 Test pieces and test conditions
  6.2 Colour fastness
  6.3 Tensile withstand strength
       6.3.1 Test pieces
       6.3.2 Apparatus
       6.3.3 Procedure
  6.4 Transversal rigidity
  6.5 Flatness
7 Factory production control tests
8 Test report
Annex A (normative) - Determination of visual warning
                      characteristics by simulation of
                      trench opening
  A.1 Principle
  A.2 Apparatus
  A.3 Test pieces
  A.4 Conditioning and test temperature
  A.5 Procedure
  A.6 Test conditions for warning devices wider than
       500 mm
Annex B (normative) - Chemical resistance to ammonium
                      sulphide
  B.1 Apparatus
  B.2 Preparation of test pieces
  B.3 Procedure

Describes the material, mechanical and functional (fitness for purpose) requirements for warning devices with visual characteristics manufactured from plastics, intended to indicate the presence of cables and piping systems buried in the ground when opening trenches and more generally during digging work.

Committee
PRI/88
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 96/126112 DC. (08/2005) Supersedes 08/30174110 DC. (08/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
20
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
UNI EN 12613 : 2009 Identical
I.S. EN 12613:2009 Identical
SN EN 12613 : 2010 Identical
NS EN 12613 : 2009 Identical
EN 12613:2009 Identical
UNE-EN 12613:2010 Identical
NEN EN 12613 : 2009 Identical
NF EN 12613 : 2009 Identical
DIN EN 12613:2009-09 Identical
NBN EN 12613 : 2009 Identical
ONORM EN 12613 : 2009 Identical

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