I.S. EN 198:2008
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SANITARY APPLIANCES - BATHS MADE FROM CROSSLINKED CAST ACRYLIC SHEETS - REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS
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01-01-2008
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
4.1 General
4.2 Material
4.3 Surface appearance
4.4 Waste outlet hole
4.5 Overflow hole
4.6 Hole edges
4.7 Bath-mounted tapware
4.8 Handgrips
4.9 Dimensional deviations
4.10 Geometric deviations
4.10.1 General
4.10.2 Squaring
4.10.3 Straightness of the rim sides
4.10.4 Straightness of the bottom edge of the rim
4.10.5 Flatness of the top surface of the rim
4.11 Bottom of the bath
4.12 Resistance to temperature changes
4.13 Resistance to impact
4.14 Permitted deflections
4.15 Bath rims
5 Marking
Annex A (normative) Bath test methods
A.1 Sequence of tests
A.2 Geometric deviations
A.2.1 Test apparatus
A.2.2 Squaring
A.2.3 Straightness of the rim side
A.2.4 Straightness of the bottom edge of the rim
A.2.5 Flatness of the top surface of the rim
A.3 Resistance to temperature change
A.3.1 Test apparatus
A.3.2 Procedure
A.4 Resistance to impact
A.4.1 Test apparatus
A.4.2 Procedure
A.5 Determination of rigidity
A.5.1 General
A.5.2 Test apparatus
A.5.3 Installation methods
A.5.4 Preloading
A.5.5 Deflection test 1 - Deflection of the rim and the
bottom due to a load on the bottom
A.5.6 Deflection test 2 - Deflection of the bottom and
rim due to a load on the bottom
A.5.7 Deflection test 3 - Deflection of the rim due to
a load on the long side of the rim
A.5.8 Deflection test 4 - Deflection of the rim due to
a load on the end of the bath
A.6 Handgrip tests
A.6.1 General
A.6.2 Test apparatus
A.6.3 Procedure
Annex B (informative) Identification of technical change from
EN 198:1987
B.1 General
B.2 Clauses that were in EN 198:1987 but are not in the
revised EN 198
B.2.1 Clause 2, General, EN 198:1987
B.2.2 Clause 3, Permitted deviations, EN 198:1987
B.3 List of Clauses with significant technical change from
EN 198:1987
B.3.1 General comment
B.3.2 Scope
B.3.3 Clause 2, Normative references
B.3.4 Clause 3, Terms and definitions
B.3.5 Clause 4, Requirements
B.3.6 Annex A
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