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  • BS EN 396:1994

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    Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids. Lifejacket 150

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-11-2006

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-05-1994

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Foreword to Amendment A1
    Introduction
    1. Scope
    2. Normative references
    3. Definitions
    4. Requirements
    5. Sampling
    6. Test methods
    7. Explanatory leaflet
    8. Marking
    Annex A (normative) Vertical and horizontal load tests
    Annex B (normative) Measurement of buoyancy - whole device
    Annex C (normative) Measurement of buoyancy - material
    samples
    Annex D (normative) Specification of retro-reflective
    materials
    Annex E (normative) Test for resistance to burning
    Annex F (normative) Test method for the measurement of
    freeboard
    Annex G (normative) Test method for resistance to
    inadvertent inflation
    Annex H (normative) Test method for the compressibility
    of inherently buoyant materials
    Annex J (normative) Rotating shock bin method
    Annex K (normative) Translation of terms

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    Gives a reasonable assurance of safety from drowning to a person who is no longer capable of helping himself fully.

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    Committee PH/3/6
    Development Note Supersedes BS 3595(1981) (07/2004) Supersedes 90/44769 DC and 95/503161 DC (09/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS EN 394:1994 Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids. Additional items
    BS EN 399:1994 Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids. Lifejacket 275

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

    BS 7479:1991 Method for salt spray corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres
    BS 2471:1978 Methods of test for textiles. Woven fabrics Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area
    ISO 5082:1982 Textiles Woven fabrics Determination of breaking strength Grab method
    ISO 2411:2017 Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics — Determination of coating adhesion
    ISO 188:2011 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Accelerated ageing and heat resistance tests
    ISO 105-B04:1994 Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B04: Colour fastness to artificial weathering: Xenon arc fading lamp test
    BS EN 20105-B02:1993 Textiles. Tests for colour fastness Colour fastness artificial light (xenon arc fading lamp test)
    BS EN 395:1995 Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids. Lifejacket 100
    ISO 5081:1977 Textiles Woven fabrics Determination of breaking strength and elongation (Strip method)
    BS EN 393:1994 Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids. Buoyancy aid 50
    ISO 105-E02:2013 Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E02: Colour fastness to sea water
    ISO 7854:1995 Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics Determination of resistance to damage by flexing
    ISO 3801:1977 Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area
    ISO 105-X12:2016 Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing
    ISO 9227:2017 Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres — Salt spray tests
    ISO 1421:2016 Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics — Determination of tensile strength and elongation at break
    ISO 4674:1977 Fabrics coated with rubber or plastics Determination of tear resistance
    BS EN 394:1994 Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids. Additional items
    BS EN 399:1994 Lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids. Lifejacket 275
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