• NEN EN 13138-2 : 2014

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    BUOYANT AIDS FOR SWIMMING INSTRUCTION - PART 2: SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS FOR BUOYANT AIDS TO BE HELD

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    Published date:  12-01-2013

    Publisher:  Netherlands Standards

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Classification
    5 Safety requirements
      5.1 General
      5.2 Buoyancy
      5.3 Safe design
      5.4 Valves and stoppers
      5.5 Materials - mechanical properties
      5.6 Markings - Chemical properties
      5.7 Adhesion of Markings
    6 Test methods
      6.1 General
      6.2 Conditioning prior to testing
      6.3 Materials and markings - resistance to chlorinated
           salt water
      6.4 Markings - resistance to saliva
      6.5 Markings - resistance to perspiration
      6.6 Buoyancy characteristics
      6.7 Valves, edges, corners and points
      6.8 Inflatable devices
      6.9 Adhesion of markings
      6.10 Small parts
      6.11 Tests on the properties of materials
    7 Warnings and markings on the product
      7.1 General
      7.2 Information supplied by the manufacturer
      7.3 Consumer information at the point of sale
    Annex A (normative) Procedures for conditioning of the
            buoyant swimming aid prior to testing
    Annex B (normative) Procedures for testing resistance of
            markings to saliva
    Annex C (normative) Procedures for testing efficiency of
            non-return valves of inflatable devices
    Annex D (normative) Test procedures for seam strength and
            durability of inflatable devices
    Annex E (normative) Test procedures for determining the
            puncture resistance of inflatable devices
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    Defines safety requirements for construction, performance, sizing and marking for swimming devices intended to assist users with movement through the water in the early stages of water awareness, while learning to swim or while learning part of a swimming stroke.

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    Development Note Draft issued in February 2018. (03/2018)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Netherlands Standards
    Status Current
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