EN 14035-3:2004

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Construction
  4.1 Means of ignition
  4.2 Attachment of protruding fuse
  4.3 Protection of initial fuse
       4.3.1 General
       4.3.2 Initial fuse protected by fuse cover
       4.3.3 Initial fuse protected by primary pack
       4.3.4 Protruding fuse designed to resist side
             ignition
  4.4 Materials of firework case
  4.5 Integrity
  4.6 Net explosive content
5 Performance
  5.1 Initial fuse
  5.2 Principal effects
  5.3 Functioning
  5.4 Height of explosions
  5.5 Stabilization of flight
  5.6 Sound pressure level
  5.7 Burning matter
  5.8 Angle of ascent
  5.9 Projected debris
  5.10 Mass of debris
6 Primary pack
7 Minimum labelling requirements
  7.1 General
  7.2 Type name and category
  7.3 Safety information
       7.3.1 General
       7.3.2 Aerial wheels
       7.3.3 Identification of top side
  7.4 Name, address and telephone number of manufacturer
       or distributor or importer
  7.5 Reference to this standard
  7.6 Printing
       7.6.1 Labelling
       7.6.2 Type size
  7.7 Additional information on the primary pack (if
       applicable)
8 Test methods
  8.1 Attachment of protruding fuse (type test and batch
       test)
       8.1.1 Apparatus
       8.1.2 Procedure
  8.2 Performance (type test and batch test)
       8.2.1 Test environment
       8.2.2 Apparatus
       8.2.3 Procedure
  8.3 Determination of net explosive content (type test)
       8.3.1 Apparatus
       8.3.2 Procedure
  8.4 Side ignition of initial fuse (type test)
       8.4.1 Material
       8.4.2 Test area
       8.4.3 Apparatus
       8.4.4 Test specimen
       8.4.5 Procedure
  8.5 Labelling (type test and batch test)
Annex A (normative) Type testing
Annex B (normative) Batch testing
Annex C (normative) Method for determination of smouldering
                      rate of cigarette
Annex D (informative) A-Deviations

This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of aerial wheels and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as aerial wheels in category 3 in EN 14035-2 and which are supplied together with a launching device.It is not applicable to aerial wheels containing pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances:-arsenic or arsenic compounds;-mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %;-mixtures of chlorates with metals;-mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus;-mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II);-mixtures of chlorates with sulfur;-mixtures of chlorates with sulfides;-lead or lead compounds;-mercury compounds;-white phosphorus;-picrates or picric acid;-potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %;-sulfur with an acidity, expressed in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %;-zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 mm.NOTEIn EN 14035-2, aerial wheels are classified as follows:- brief description: tubes containing propellant charges, sparks, flame and/or noise producing pyrotechnic compositions, the tubes being fixed to a support ring;- principal effects: rotation and ascent, with emission of sparks and flames, producing a visual and/or aural effect in the air.Schemes for type testing of aerial wheels and batch testing of aerial wheels are specified in annex A and annex B respectively.Requirements for construction, performance, labelling, sampling and testing of aerial wheels