UL 1517:3ED 2007-04

FOREWORD
GENERAL
1 Scope
2 Glossary
3 Units of measurement
4 Components and materials
CONSTRUCTION
5 General
6 Sizing and arrangement
7 Closures and attachment means
8 Seams
9 Coatings
PERFORMANCE
General
10 Configurations for tests
Use tests
11 General
12 Donning and operability tests
13 Jump tests
14 Inherent flotation characteristics test
15 Inflated flotation stability tests
16 Water emergence test
Mechanical characteristics tests
17 Operation force and inflation pressure test
18 Buoyancy and permeability tests
19 Distribution tests
20 Water entrapment test
21 Impact test
22 Tensile tests
23 Temperature cycling tests
24 Solvent exposure test
25 Flame exposure test
26 Abrasion/compression test
27 Puncture resistance test
28 Over-pressure tests
29 Air retention test
30 Strength of attachment tests
31 Environmental tests
32 Body strap - hardware securement tests
33 Seam strength test
34 Abrasion resistance test
MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION TESTS
35 General
36 Air retention test
MARKING
37 General
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
38 General
39 Information pamphlet
40 Owners manual
SUPPLEMENT S
REQUIREMENTS FOR HYBRID PFD'S FOR COMMERCIAL USE
General
S1 Scope
S2 General
Construction
S3 Sizing and arrangement
S4 Closures
Performance
S5 General
S6 Jump tests
S7 Inherent flotation characteristics tests
S8 Inflated flotation stability tests
S9 In-water removal test
S10 Buoyancy and permeability tests
S10A Tensile tests
Marking
S11 General
Supplementary information
S12 Service manual