prEN 179

Building hardware - Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for use on escape routes - Requirements and test methods

This European Standard specifies requirements, performance and testing of emergency exit devices mechanically operated by either a lever handle or a push pad for the purpose of achieving a safe exit under an emergency situation on escape routes.
This European Standard covers emergency exit devices, which are either manufactured and placed on the market in their entirety by one producer, or assembled from sub-assemblies produced by more than one producer and subsequently placed on the market as a kit in a single transaction.

Schlösser und Baubeschläge - Notausgangsverschlüsse mit Drücker oder Stoßplatte, für Türen in Fluchtwegen - Anforderungen und Prüverfahren

Diese Europäische Norm legt Anforderungen, Gebrauchstauglichkeit und Prüfung von Notausgangsverschlüssen fest, die mechanisch entweder über einen Drücker oder eine Stoßplatte betätigt werden, um in Notsituationen ein sicheres Entkommen über Fluchtwege zu ermöglichen.
Diese Europäische Norm behandelt Notausgangsverschlüsse, die entweder insgesamt durch einen Hersteller gefertigt und auf den Markt gebracht oder durch mehr als einen Hersteller gefertigt und anschließend in einem Vorgang als Montagesatz auf den Markt gebracht werden.

Quincaillerie pour le bâtiment - Fermetures d'urgences manoeuvrées par une béquille ou une plaque de poussée, pour issues de secours situées sur les voies d'évacuation - Prescriptions et méthodes d'essai

La présente Norme européenne spécifie les exigences pour la fabrication, les performances et les essais des fermetures d'urgence manoeuvrées mécaniquement soit par une béquille, soit par une plaque de poussée, dans le but d'obtenir une évacuation en toute sécurité dans une situation d'urgence sur des voies d'évacuation.
La présente Norme européenne couvre les fermetures d'urgence qui sont soit fabriquées ou mises sur le marché dans leur intégralité par un fabricant, ou assemblées à partir de sous-assemblages produits par plus d'un fabricant et ultérieurement mises sur le marché en tant que kit au cours d'une transaction unique.

Stavbno okovje - Naprave za zasilne izhode z vzvodno ročico ali pritisnim pedalom za evakuacijske poti - Zahteve in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 23-Aug-2016
• ICS: 91.190 - Building accessories
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 33 - Doors, windows, shutters and building hardware
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 33/WG 4 - Building hardware
• Current Stage: 4098 - Decision to abandon - Enquiry
• Completion Date: 11-Dec-2015
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Mandate: M/101 - Mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning the execution of standardization work for harmonized standards on doors, windows and related products
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 179:2017 - Building hardware - Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for use on escape routes - Requirements and test methods

Relations

• Revises: EN 179:2008 - Building hardware - Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for use on escape routes - Requirements and test methods
• Effective Date: 07-Nov-2012

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2017
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Building hardware - Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for
use on escape routes - Requirements and test methods
Schlösser und Baubeschläge - Notausgangsverschlüsse mit Drücker oder Stoßplatte, für
Türen in Fluchtwegen - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Quincaillerie pour le bâtiment - Fermetures d'urgence manoeuvrées par une béquille ou
une plaque de poussée, pour issues de secours situées sur les voies d'évacuation -
Prescriptions et méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 179
ICS:
91.190 Stavbna oprema Building accessories
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2016
ICS 91.190 Will supersede EN 179:2008
English Version
Building hardware - Emergency exit devices operated by a
lever handle or push pad, for use on escape routes -
Requirements and test methods
Quincaillerie pour le bâtiment - Fermetures d'urgence Schlösser und Baubeschläge - Notausgangsverschlüsse
manoeuvrées par une béquille ou une plaque de mit Drücker oder Stoßplatte, für Türen in Fluchtwegen
poussée, pour issues de secours situées sur les voies - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
d'évacuation - Prescriptions et méthodes d'essai
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 33.
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 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.

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.

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2016 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 179:2016 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols and abbreviations . 13
4 Product characteristics . 14
4.1 General . 14
4.2 Ability to release. 14
4.3 Suitability for use on fire and smoke resisting doorsets . 20
4.4 Self-closing . 21
4.5 Dangerous substances . 21
4.6 Durability of ability to release against aging and degradation (for doors on escape
routes) . 21
4.7 Durability of self-closing ability C against aging and degradation (for fire/smoke
doors) . 26
4.8 Product information . 26
5 Testing, assessment and sampling methods . 27
5.1 General . 27
5.2 Tests for ability to release . 31
5.3 Tests for suitability to use on fire doors (Sample C) . 32
5.4 Tests for self-closing: Dynamic Closing test (Sample B) . 32
5.5 Control of Dangerous substances . 33
5.6 Tests for durability of ability to release. 33
5.7 Tests for durability of self-closing ability. 40
5.8 Control of product information (Sample B) . 40
6 Assessment and verification of constancy of performance - AVCP . 40
6.1 General . 40
6.2 Type testing . 41
6.3 Factory production control (FPC) . 42
7 Classification . 47
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7.1 Category of use (1 character) . 47
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7.2 Durability (2 character) . 47
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7.3 Door leaf mass (3 character) . 47
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7.4 Suitability for use on fire/smoke doors (4 character) . 47
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7.5 Safety (5 character) . 48
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7.6 Corrosion (6 character) . 48
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7.7 Security (7 character) . 48
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7.8 Projection of operating element (8 character) . 48
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7.9 Type of operation (9 character) . 48
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7.10 Field of door application (10 character) . 49
7.11 Example of classification . 49
8 Marking . 49
8.1 On the product . 49
8.2 On the packaging . 50
8.3 On the installation instructions . 50
8.4 Mortise lock combined with a separate operating element . 51
Annex A (informative) Installation and fixing instructions . 52
Annex B (informative) Maintenance instructions . 55
Annex C (normative) Flow chart of test procedure . 56
Annex D (informative) Guidance for choosing relevant product standards for particular
exit door applications . 58
Annex E (normative) Examples of configuration and description of exit systems . 59
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship of this European Standard with Regulation (EU)
No.305/2011 . 60
ZA.1 Scope and relevant characteristics . 60
ZA.2 System of Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP) . 61
ZA.3 Assignment of AVCP tasks . 61
Bibliography . 63

European foreword
This document (prEN 179:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 33 “Doors,
windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 179:2008.
The major changes in this revision are as follows:
— Different sealing forces have been introduced for classification of the durability (2nd digit);
th
— An additional grade has been introduced for release force, in relation with safety classification (5
digit);
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— Definition of field of door application has been modified (10 digit);
— Safety requirements about Outside Access Device have been added;
— Durability tests have been clarified.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
Introduction
Experience relating to escape from buildings, fire and/or smoke hazards and general safety has made it
desirable those doors in circulation areas, or those that have to be operated in an emergency situation,
be fitted with emergency exit devices to common European Standard specifications.
The main purpose of the performance requirements contained in this European Standard is to give safe
and effective escape through a doorway with one single manual (by hand) operation to release the
emergency exit device although this might require prior knowledge of the door situation (e.g. inwardly
opening).
The performance tests incorporated in this European Standard are considered to be reproducible and,
as such, will provide a consistent and objective assessment of the performance of these emergency exit
devices.
Where panic situations are foreseen, reference should be made to EN 1125, covering panic exit devices
operated by a horizontal bar. See definition 3.1.18.
Where additional security is required for exit doors, reference should be made to EN 13637 covering
electrica
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