FprCEN/TS 17394-4

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
kSIST-TS FprCEN/TS 17394-4:2019
01-september-2019

Tekstilije in tekstilni izdelki - 4. del: Varnost otroških oblačil - Varnost pritrditve

Textiles and textile products - Part 4: Safety of children's clothing - Security of attachment

of components except buttons and metal mechanically applied press fasteners - Test

Textilien und textile Produkte - Sicherheit von Kinderbekleidung - Teil 4: Sicherheit der

Textiles et produits textiles - Partie 4 : Sécurité des vêtements d’enfants - Sécurité

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

Textiles et produits textiles - Partie 4 : Sécurité des Textilien und textile Produkte - Sicherheit von

vêtements d'enfants - Sécurité d'attache des Kinderbekleidung - Teil 4: Sicherheit der Befestigung

composants à l'exception des boutons et des boutons- von Komponenten außer Knöpfen und mechanisch

pression métalliques appliqués mécaniquement - befestigten Druckknöpfen - Prüfverfahren

This draft Technical Specification is submitted to CEN members for Vote. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee

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, Turkey and

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are

Warning : This document is not a Technical Specification. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change

© 2019 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. FprCEN/TS 17394-4:2019 E

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

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 4

1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 5

3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 6

4 Principle ............................................................................................................................................................. 7

5 Sampling ............................................................................................................................................................. 7

5.1 Selection of test specimens and reference specimen ......................................................................... 7

6 Test methods .................................................................................................................................................... 7

6.1 Apparatus ........................................................................................................................................................... 7

6.2 Materials ............................................................................................................................................................. 8

6.3 Procedure........................................................................................................................................................... 8

6.3.1 Wash temperature and drying method ................................................................................................... 8

6.3.2 Initial assessment of test specimens ........................................................................................................ 8

6.3.3 Preparation of the washing machine ....................................................................................................... 8

6.3.4 Wash load ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

6.3.5 Detergent ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

6.3.6 Wash cycle ......................................................................................................................................................... 9

6.3.7 Rinsing and spinning ..................................................................................................................................... 9

6.3.8 Drying .................................................................................................................................................................. 9

6.3.9 Final assessment ............................................................................................................................................. 9

7 Test report ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

Annex A (normative) Nominal percentage compositon of EN ISO 6330:2012 Annex K non-

phosphate reference detergent 3 .......................................................................................................... 11

A.1 General warning ........................................................................................................................................... 11

A.2 ECE reference detergent 98 without optical brightener ................................................................ 11

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 12

This document (FprCEN/TS 17394-4:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 248

The aim of this document is to assess the security of attachment of components except buttons and

This document provides a method of test. A document providing performance specification for infants'

This document has been developed from Annex C of CEN/TR 16792:2014 Safety of children's clothing.

Recommendations for the design and manufacture of children's clothing - Mechanical safety.

The method given in this document involves a washing and drying process and provides an example of

a wash to assess the durability of attachment of components. It is not to assess the performance of the

garment. For this reason, the test conditions are much more aggressive than the conditions used in

normal laundering. The following is an example of suitable a wash test which gives a very aggressive

wash action. At the time of drafting this document, an equivalent wash programme for the Wascator

— prEN 17394-2:2019, Safety of children's clothing – Security of attachment of buttons – Test Method

— FprCEN/TS 17394-3:2019, Safety of Children's Clothing - Security of Attachment of metal

and is applicable to all other components including labels, badges, sequins, rhinestones, eyelets and

non-metal press fasteners, which are too small to be gripped in test equipment jaws or their integrity is

The performance requirements are provided in FprCEN/TS 17394-1:2019, Safety of children's clothing

- Security of attachment of attached components to Infants' clothing - Specification

The method is an extremely aggressive wash method has been developed to assess if the components

It is specifically applicable to clothing, where the detachment of these components might result in

NOTE 1 The above items are covered by other CEN Technical Committees and as such are out of scope of this

NOTE 2 Toy disguise costumes including carnival costumes are examples of clothing which are also toys and

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.