prEN 15185

Furniture - Assessment of the surface resistance to abrasion

This document specifies a method for the assessment of the abrasion resistance of surfaces with foils, laminates, melamine faced boards, pigmented and transparent lacquers.
It does not apply to leather and textile surfaces.
It does not apply to the surfaces covered by EN 14434.
The test is intended to be carried out on an unused part of the finished furniture, but can be carried out on test panels of the same material, finished in an identical manner to the finished product, and of a size sufficient to meet the requirements of the test.
The test is intended to be carried out on unused surfaces.

Möbel - Bewertung der Abriebfestigkeit von Oberflächen

Dieses Dokument legt ein Verfahren für die Bewertung der Abriebfestigkeit von Oberflächen mit Folien, Laminaten und melaminbeschichteten Platten sowie pigmentierten und transparenten Lacken fest.
Sie gilt nicht für Oberflächen aus Leder und Textilien.
Sie gilt nicht für die Oberflächen von Wandtafeln nach EN 14434.
Die Prüfung ist dafür vorgesehen, an einem unbenutzten Teil des gebrauchsfertigen Möbels durchgeführt zu werden, kann aber auch an Prüfkörpern durchgeführt werden, die aus dem gleichen Werkstoff mit identischer Oberflächenbehandlung wie das fertige Produkt hergestellt wurden und groß genug sind, um den Prüfanforderungen zu entsprechen.
Die Prüfung ist dafür vorgesehen, auf unbenutzten Oberflächen durchgeführt zu werden.

Ameublement - Évaluation de la résistance de la surface à l'abrasion

Le présent document spécifie une méthode d’évaluation de la résistance à l’abrasion de surfaces de papiers décors, de stratifiés, de panneaux surfacés mélaminés et de vernis pigmentés ou transparents.
Elle ne s’applique ni aux surfaces en cuir, ni aux surfaces textiles.
Elle ne s’applique pas aux surfaces traitées dans l’EN 14434.
L’essai est destiné à être réalisé sur une partie neuve des meubles finis, mais il peut être effectué sur des panneaux d’essai du même matériau, de finition identique à celle du meuble fini et de dimensions suffisantes pour satisfaire aux exigences de l’essai.
L’essai doit être réalisé sur des surfaces neuves.

Pohištvo - Ocenjevanje odpornosti površine proti obrabi

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 06-Aug-2024
• ICS: 97.140 - Furniture
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 207 - Furniture
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 207/WG 7 - Surfaces and surface finishes of furniture
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 05-Jan-2023
• Due Date: 14-Dec-2022
• Completion Date: 05-Jan-2023
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 15185:2022 - Furniture - Assessment of the surface resistance to abrasion

Relations

• Revises: EN 15185:2011 - Furniture - Assessment of the surface resistance to abrasion
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 15185:2022
01-november-2022
Pohištvo - Ocenjevanje odpornosti površine proti obrabi
Furniture - Assessment of the surface resistance to abrasion
Möbel - Bewertung der Abriebfestigkeit von Oberflächen
Ameublement - Évaluation de la résistance de la surface à l'abrasion
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15185
ICS:
97.140 Pohištvo Furniture
oSIST prEN 15185:2022 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 15185
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2022
ICS 97.140 Will supersede EN 15185:2011
English Version
Furniture - Assessment of the surface resistance to
abrasion

Ameublement - Évaluation de la résistance de la Möbel - Bewertung der Abriebfestigkeit von

surface à l'abrasion Oberflächen

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee

CEN/TC 207.

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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye 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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© 2022 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 15185:2022 E

worldwide for CEN national Members.
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Contents Page

European foreword ............................................................................................................................................ 3

1 Scope .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

2 Normative references .......................................................................................................................... 4

3 Terms and definitions ......................................................................................................................... 4

4 Principle ................................................................................................................................................... 5

5 Apparatus and materials .................................................................................................................... 5

5.1 Cleaning cloth ......................................................................................................................................... 5

5.2 Calibration plates .................................................................................................................................. 5

5.3 Abrasion paper strips .......................................................................................................................... 5

5.4 Test apparatus ....................................................................................................................................... 5

5.5 Balance ..................................................................................................................................................... 6

5.6 Conditioning chamber ......................................................................................................................... 6

5.7 Diffuse light source............................................................................................................................... 6

6 Preparation and conditioning .......................................................................................................... 6

6.1 Conditioning ........................................................................................................................................... 6

6.2 Test surface ............................................................................................................................................. 6

6.3 Preparation of test surfaces and abrasive paper ...................................................................... 6

Figure 1 — Test surface area divided into four quadrants .................................................................. 7

7 Test procedure ....................................................................................................................................... 7

7.1 Preparation of abrasive wheels ....................................................................................................... 7

7.2 Calibration of abrasive paper ........................................................................................................... 7

7.3 Abrasion of test area ............................................................................................................................ 7

7.4 Determination of initial wear point (IP) ...................................................................................... 8

7.4.1 General...................................................................................................................................................... 8

7.4.2 Foil, uncoated and coated laminate and melamine faced boards ....................................... 8

7.4.3 Pigmented lacquers ............................................................................................................................. 8

7.4.4 Transparent lacquers on wood or lignocellulosic-substrates .............................................. 8

8 Assessment of results .......................................................................................................................... 9

9 Test report ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Annex A (informative) Calibration and maintenance of Taber abrasion equipment ............. 10

Annex B (normative) Examples of abrasion traces ............................................................................. 14

Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................................... 16

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European foreword

This document (prEN 15185:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”,

the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 15185:2011.
Compared with EN 15185:2011, the following modifications have been made:

a) deviations of 5.4 “Test apparatus” modified and additional bullet regarding table rotary speed added;

b) revision of 7.2 “Calibration of abrasive paper” and formula added for calculating a correction factor;

c) revision of title 7.4.2 to “Foil, uncoated and coated laminate and melamine faced boards”;

d) revision of title 7.4.4 to “Transparent lacquers on wood or lignocellulosic-substrates” and modified

IP;
e) completion of the statement on A.3.4 “Alignment - Dual head abrader”;
f) Annex C deleted

g) the significant changes in the revised edition are now given in the European foreword;

h) Bibliography updated;
i) document editorially revised in its entirety.
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1 Scope

This document specifies a method for the assessment of the abrasion resistance of surfaces with foils,

laminates, melamine faced boards, pigmented and transparent lacquers.
It does not apply to leather and textile surfaces.
It does not apply to the surfaces covered by EN 14434.

The test is intended to be carried out on an unused part of the finished furniture, but can be carried out

on test panels of the same material, finished in an identical manner to the finished product, and of a size

sufficient to meet the requirements of the test.
The test is intended to be carried out on unused surfaces.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

EN ISO 6506-1, Metallic materials - Brinell hardness test - Part 1: Test method (ISO 6506-1)

ISO 9352, Plastics — Determination of resistance to wear by abrasive wheels
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
test surface
part of the test panel
3.2
test panel
panel including the test surface

Note 1 to entry: It may be cut from a finished item of furniture or it may be a separate panel produced in the same

manner as the finished item of furniture.
3.3
test area

part of the test surface under the wheels covered by the abrasion paper strips (5.3)

3.4
colour rendering index

unitless number that specifies how well the colour of an object appears under illumination by a light

source compared to a reference light source
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4 Principle

The test simulates the ability of the furniture surface under test, to resist abrasive wear-through.

Abrasion is achieved by rotating a specimen in contact with a pair of loaded cylindrical wheels covered

with abrasive paper. The wheels are positioned so that their cylindrical faces are equidistant from the

specimen’s axis of rotation but not tangential to it. As they are turned by the rotating specimen they

abrade an annular track on the specimen’s surface. The number of revolutions of the specimen required

to cause one defined degree of abrasion, is used as measurement of resistance to surface wear.

5 Apparatus and materials
5.1 Cleaning cloth
White soft absorbent cloth.
5.2 Calibration plates

Taber S-34 or equivalent, having a thickness of (0,8 ± 0,1) mm and a Brinell hardness of (48 ± 2) when

tested in accordance with EN ISO 6506-1, except that the ball diameter shall be 5 mm and the load 360 N.

5.3 Abrasion paper strips

Taber S-42 or equivalent, of width (12,7 ± 0,1) mm and length about 160 mm, according to the following

specifications:
2 2
a) paper of grammage from 70 g/m to 100 g/m ;

b) open coated 180 grit powdered aluminium oxide (Al O ) having a particle size such that it will pass

2 3

through a sieve of aperture 100 µm and remain on a sieve having an aperture of 63 µm;

c) adhesive backing.
5.4 Test apparatus
As specified in ISO 9352 with following deviations :

a) the hardness of wheels' rubber layer shall be between 60 Shore A and 70 Shore A, when measured

in the middle of the contact surface; make 4 measurements and calculate the average value;

The laboratories should measure the hardness at least once every 12 months. Checking of rubber

wheels geometry shall be performed. If any deformation is observed the rubber wheel should be

rejected.

b) weight of loading: every wheel shall apply a force (5,4 ± 0,2) N on the sample;

c) vacuum system: the suction nozzle should be as close to the surface as possible without rubbing it.

The vacuum system shall remove practically all the dust;

Taber S-34 is an example of a suitable product available commercially. This information is given for the

convenience of users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement by CEN of this product.

Taber S-42 is an example of a suitable product available commercially. This information is given for the

convenience of users of this document and does not constitute an endorsement by CEN of this product.

A suitable machine is available from Taber Acquisition Corp., Taber industries, 455 Bryant St P.O. Box 164, North

Tonawanda, NY 14120, USA. This information is given for the convenience of users of this document and does not

constitute an endorsement by CEN of the machine.
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d) the distance between the middle axis of the sample holder and the wheels should be calibrated

according to Annex A;
e) the table rotary speed shall be (60 ± 2) r/min.
5.5 Balance
The accuracy of the balance shall be 1 mg.
5.6 Conditioning chamber

A chamber with a standard atmosphere of (23 ± 2) °C, relative humidity (50 ± 5) %.

5.7 Diffuse light source

Light source providing evenly diffused light giving an illumination on the test surface of (1 200 ± 400) lx.

This may either be diffused daylight or be diffused artificial daylight.

The daylight should be unaffected by surrounding trees, buildings, etc. When artificial light is used it is

recommended that it should have a correlated colour temperature of (6 500 + 50) K and a colour

rendering index (R ) greater than 92, by using a colour matching booth in accordance with EN ISO 3668.

6 Preparation and conditioning
6.1 Conditioning

Conditioning of test surface shall begin at least one week before testing and shall be carried out in air at

a temperature of (23 ± 2) °C and relative humidity of (50 ± 5) %.

NOTE The final curing of some coatings, such as waterborne coatings, can require a longer conditioning time.

The conditioning time shall be stated in the test report.

Condition the abrasion paper strips at least for one week in the conditioning atmosphere of (23 ± 2) °C

and (50 ± 5) % RH, before testing; see 5.6.
6.2 Te
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