prEN 893

Mountaineering equipment - Crampons - Safety requirements and test methods

This standard specifies safety requirements and test methods for crampons for use in mountaineering on snow and ice including climbing mixed terrain.

Bergsteigerausrüstung - Steigeisen - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren

Equipement d'alpinisme et d'escalade - Crampons - Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai

La présente norme prescrit des exigences de sécurité et des méthodes d’essai relatives aux crampons utilisés dans la pratique de l’alpinisme et de l’escalade sur neige et sur glace ainsi qu’en terrain mixte.

Gorniška oprema - Dereze - Varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 97.220.40 - Outdoor and water sports equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 136 - Sports, playground and other recreational equipment
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 136/WG 5 - Mountaineering and climbing equipment
• Current Stage: 5098 - Decision to abandon - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 10-Oct-2008
• Completion Date: 10-Oct-2008
• Directive: 89/686/EEC - Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment
• Mandate: M/031 - Standardization mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning standards for Personal Protective Equipment
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 893:2007 - Mountaineering equipment - Crampons - Safety requirements and test methods

Relations

• Revises: EN 893:1999 - Mountaineering equipment - Crampons - Safety requirements and test methods
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 893:2007
01-januar-2007
Gorniška oprema - Dereze - Varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode
Mountaineering equipment - Crampons - Safety requirements and test methods
Bergsteigerausrüstung - Steigeisen - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren
Equipement d'alpinisme et d'escalade - Crampons - Exigences de sécurité et méthodes
d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 893
ICS:
97.220.40 Oprema za športe na Outdoor and water sports
prostem in vodne športe equipment
oSIST prEN 893:2007 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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oSIST prEN 893:2007

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oSIST prEN 893:2007
EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 893
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2006
ICS 97.220.40 Will supersede EN 893:1999
English Version
Mountaineering equipment - Crampons - Safety requirements
and test methods
Equipement d'alpinisme et d'escalade - Crampons - Bergsteigerausrüstung - Steigeisen - Sicherheitstechnische
Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 136.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard 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 Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.
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Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland 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.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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© 2006 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 893:2006: E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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oSIST prEN 893:2007
prEN 893:2006 (E)
Contents Page
Foreword.3
Introduction .4
1 Scope.5
2 Normative references.5
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Safety requirements.7
4.1 Shape and design.7
4.2 Strength.7
4.2.1 Hardness.7
4.2.2 Bending and breaking strength of spikes.7
4.2.3 Transverse strength of bails of clip-on bindings .8
4.2.4 Strength of binding parts other than bails.8
4.2.5 Strength of attachment rings and eyes and of the appropriate part of the binding.8
4.2.6 Longitudinal strength of the frame .
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