BS EN 179:2008
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Building hardware. Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for use on escape routes. Requirements and test methods
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31-03-2008
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
4.1 Design requirements
4.2 Performance requirements
4.3 Requirements for product information
5 Tests - General and test apparatus
5.1 General
5.2 Test apparatus
6 Test methods - Procedures
6.1 General
6.2 Test procedure - Test sample A - Environmental tests
6.3 Test procedure - Test sample B - Design and
performance tests
7 Classification
7.1 Category of use (1st character)
7.2 Durability (2nd character)
7.3 Door mass (3rd character)
7.4 Suitability for use on fire/smoke doors (4th character)
7.5 Safety (5th character)
7.6 Corrosion resistance (6th character)
7.7 Security (7th character)
7.8 Projection of operating element (8th character)
7.9 Type of operation (9th character)
7.10 Field of door application (10th character)
7.11 Example of classification
8 Marking
8.1 On the product
8.2 On the packaging
8.3 On the installation instructions
8.4 Mortise lock combined with a separate operating element
9 Evaluation of conformity
9.1 Initial type test
9.2 Sampling, testing and conformity criteria
9.3 Factory production control
9.4 Periodic testing (for all products)
9.5 Annual testing (for all products)
Annex A (normative) - Installation and fixing instructions
Annex B (normative) - Additional requirements for emergency exit
devices intended for use on smoke/fire resisting door
assemblies
Annex C (normative) - Maintenance instructions
Annex D (normative) - Flow chart of test procedure
Annex E (informative) - Guidance for choosing relevant product
standards for particular exit door applications
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive
89/106/EEC, EU Construction Products Directive
Bibliography
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