EN 12221-2:2008/FprA1

Child use and care articles - Changing units for domestic use - Part 2: Test methods

Technical changes relating to the test beam (cl. 4.11).

Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Wickeleinrichtungen für den Hausgebrauch - Teil 2: Prüfverfahren

Articles de puériculture - Dispositifs à langer à usage domestique - Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai

Izdelki za otroke - Previjalne mize za domačo uporabo - 2. del: Preskusne metode - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 252 - Child use and care articles
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 252/WG 1 - Seating and body care
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 07-Jun-2013
• Due Date: 17-Apr-2014
• Completion Date: 07-Jun-2013
• Mandate: M/264 - Mandate to CEN and CENELEC in the field of consumer safety related to the safety of child-care articles
• Ref Project: SIST EN 12221-2:2008/kFprA1:2013 - Child use and care articles - Changing units for domestic use - Part 2: Test methods

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 12221-2:2008+A1:2013 - Child use and care articles - Changing units for domestic use - Part 2: Test methods
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023
• Amends: EN 12221-2:2008 - Changing units for domestic use - Part 2: Test methods
• Effective Date: 08-Oct-2012

Overview

EN 12221-2:2008/FprA1 is a CEN draft amendment to the European standard for child use and care articles - changing units for domestic use - Part 2: Test methods. Prepared by CEN/TC 252, this amendment updates the test-beam specification used in durability and safety tests for domestic changing units (changing tables). The document is a final draft amendment (FprA1, March 2013) submitted for unique acceptance and, if approved, will modify EN 12221-2:2008.

Key Topics and Technical Requirements

The amendment focuses on a single technical change to clause 4.11 (Test beam). Key, explicit requirements introduced are:

• Test beam dimensions and mass

  • Width: 80 mm
  • Length: 1 100 mm
  • Mass: 1,75 kg ± 0,01 kg

• Hole specification

  • Holes drilled through the 80 mm face
  • Hole diameter: 8 mm with tolerance (+0,2 / 0) mm
  • Holes symmetrically placed about the beam centre

• Hole pattern and spacings

  • Pairs of holes with centre-to-centre distances: 372 mm, 542 mm, 642 mm, 742 mm
  • An additional hole at the beam centre point

• Normative relation

  • Note clarifies these centre-to-centre distances equal the minimum length and width specified in EN 12221-1:2008 (clause 4.1) minus 8 mm, so that the distance between the furthest points of two holes equals the EN 12221-1 minimum dimensions.

• Scope of amendment

  • Limited technical change; title amended to explicitly include “Child use and care articles”.

Applications and Who Uses It

This amendment is relevant for stakeholders involved in the design, testing and certification of domestic changing units:

• Manufacturers of changing units and baby furniture - to ensure product test setups meet the specified test-beam geometry.
• Test laboratories and compliance bodies - to apply the correct test apparatus for repeatable durability and safety testing.
• Product safety engineers and quality assurance teams - to validate product conformity with EN 12221 series.
• Regulators and standards bodies - for national adoption and reference in safety legislation or market surveillance.

Using the exact test-beam dimensions and hole-pattern ensures repeatable stress application and consistent pass/fail judgments across laboratories.

Related Standards

• EN 12221-1:2008 - (referenced) Part 1: Safety requirements and test methods (minimum dimensions referenced in the amendment).
• CEN technical committee: CEN/TC 252 (Child use and care articles).

Keywords: EN 12221-2, changing units, test methods, test beam, child use and care articles, CEN amendment, EN 12221-1.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2013
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Child use and care articles - Changing units for domestic use - Part 2: Test methods
Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Wickeleinrichtungen für den Hausgebrauch - Teil
2: Prüfverfahren
Articles de puériculture - Dispositifs à langer à usage domestique - Partie 2: Méthodes
d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12221-2:2008/FprA1
ICS:
97.190 Otroška oprema Equipment for children
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 12221-2:2008
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
March 2013
ICS 97.190
English Version
Child use and care articles - Changing units for domestic use -
Part 2: Test methods
Articles de puériculture - Dispositifs à langer à usage Artikel für Säuglinge und Kleinkinder - Wickeleinrichtungen
domestique - Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai für den Hausgebrauch - Teil 2: Prüfverfahren
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 252.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 12221-2:2008. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made
by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has
the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
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