oSIST prEN 15618:2021

Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics - Upholstery fabrics - Classification and methods of test

This European Standard specifies a set of properties relevant to the assessment of upholstery coated fabrics for indoor furniture and the appropriate test methods to determine these properties. It also describes a matrix system to express the material properties of an upholstery fabric.
This European Standard applies to upholstery fabrics both in domestic and public use, except when used for the seats of road or railway vehicles, boats or aeroplanes.
This European Standard applies to upholstery fabrics with a coating on the wear face.
This European Standard does not apply to textile upholstery fabrics covered by EN 14465.

Mit Kautschuk oder Kunststoff beschichtete Textilien - Möbelstoffe - Klassifizierung und Prüfverfahren

Dieses Dokument legt eine Reihe anwendbarer Eigenschaften zur Bewertung beschichteter Möbelstoffe für Möbel in Innenräumen sowie die geeigneten Prüfverfahren zum Bestimmen dieser Eigenschaften fest. Darüber hinaus wird ein Matrixsystem zur Angabe der Materialeigenschaften eines Möbelstoffes beschrieben.
Dieses Dokument gilt für Möbelstoffe für den Gebrauch im Haus sowie in der Öffentlichkeit; ausgenommen ist die Verwendung für Sitze von Straßen- oder Schienenfahrzeugen, Schiffen oder Flugzeugen.
Dieses Dokument gilt für Möbelstoffe mit einer Beschichtung auf der Nutzschicht.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für textile Möbelstoffe nach EN 14465.

Supports textiles revêtus de caoutchouc ou de plastique - Etoffes d'ameublement - Classification et méthodes d'essai

Le présent document spécifie une série de caractéristiques pertinentes pour l’évaluation des étoffes d’ameublement revêtues pour aménagement intérieur et les méthodes d’essai adéquates pour une détermination de ces caractéristiques. Elle décrit également un système matriciel permettant d’exprimer les caractéristiques des matériaux de fabrication d’une étoffe d’ameublement.
Le présent document s’applique aux étoffes d’ameublement pour usages domestiques et publics, à l’exception des utilisations destinées aux sièges des véhicules routiers ou ferroviaires, des bateaux ou des aéronefs.
Le présent document s’applique aux étoffes d’ameublement avec un revêtement appliqué sur la face d’usage.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas aux étoffes d’ameublement textiles couvertes par l’EN 14465.

Gumirane ali plastificirane tekstilije - Dekorativni in tapetniški materiali - Klasifikacija in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 30-Sep-2021
• ICS: 59.080.40 - Coated fabrics
• Technical Committee: ITEK - Textile and textile products
• Current Stage: 4020 - Public enquire (PE) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 09-Jun-2021
• Due Date: 27-Oct-2021
• Ref Project: prEN 15618 - Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics - Upholstery fabrics - Classification and methods of test

RELATIONS

• Revised: SIST EN 15618:2009+A1:2012 - Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics - Upholstery fabrics - Classification and methods of test
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2021

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 15618:2021
01-september-2021
Gumirane ali plastificirane tekstilije - Dekorativni in tapetniški materiali -
Klasifikacija in preskusne metode

Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics - Upholstery fabrics - Classification and methods of test

Mit Kautschuk oder Kunststoff beschichtete Textilien - Möbelstoffe - Klassifizierung und

Prüfverfahren

Supports textiles revêtus de caoutchouc ou de plastique - Etoffes d'ameublement -

Classification et méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15618
ICS:
59.080.40 Površinsko prevlečene Coated fabrics
tekstilije
oSIST prEN 15618:2021 en

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

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 15618
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2021
ICS 59.080.40; 97.140 Will supersede EN 15618:2009+A1:2012
English Version
Rubber- or plastic-coated fabrics - Upholstery fabrics -
Classification and methods of test

Supports textiles revêtus de caoutchouc ou de Mit Kautschuk oder Kunststoff beschichtete Textilien -

plastique - Etoffes d'ameublement - Classification et Möbelstoffe - Klassifizierung und Prüfverfahren

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 248.

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, 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.
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worldwide for CEN national Members.
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Contents Page

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

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

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

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

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

4 Requirements ................................................................................................................................................... 6

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

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 10

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European foreword

This document (prEN 15618:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 248 “Textiles and

textile products”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 15618:2009+A1:2012.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:

— in the Introduction, the term “categories” has been changed to “requirement levels”;

— in Clause 2, the reference to ISO 5981 has been deleted and EN ISO 26082 has been replaced by

EN ISO 26082-1;

— in Clause 4, the former Table 1 has been split into separate Tables including a change to a new

requirement level format to avoid misunderstanding of product categories. Supplementary

properties have been added (colour fastness to water spotting, to domestic and commercial

laundering, determination of dimensional change in washing and drying). The requirements of

resistance to soil detailed according to EN ISO 26082-1 are mandatory (the former Table 2 of

optional properties has been deleted).
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Introduction

This document introduces a system of categories. It is not possible to divide upholstery fabrics into just a

few performance classes, because of the enormous variety of conditions of use. In addition, the type of

upholstery (firm or soft) influences the abrasion of the upholstery fabric and hence the requirements to

the abrasion resistance. There is, for example, a tremendous difference between furniture used in a room

without windows and furniture which is directly exposed to sunlight, or between furniture used by elder

people and furniture used by a family with small children. These differences in conditions and severity of

use necessitate a flexible approach. This is done by defining a requirement level for each property. This

allows to choose the appropriate category for each parameter and so to compose a “product profile”,

adapted to each specific type of use. This means that high resistance to abrasion can be combined with,

for example, low colour fastness. However, due to the interrelation of some parameters, not all

combinations will be possible.

Contrary to EN 14465, the fire behaviour of the coated fabrics has been taken into account.

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1 Scope

This document specifies a set of properties relevant to the assessment of upholstery coated fabrics for

indoor furniture and the appropriate test methods to determine these properties. It also describes a

matrix system to express the material properties of an upholstery fabric.

This document applies to upholstery fabrics both in domestic and public use, except when used for the

seats of road or railway vehicles, boats or aeroplanes.
This document applies to upholstery fabrics with a coating on the wear face.
This document does not apply to textile upholstery fabrics covered by EN 14465.
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 1021-1, Furniture — Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture — Part 1: Ignition source

smouldering cigarette

EN 1021-2, Furniture — Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture — Part 2: Ignition source

match flame equivalent

EN ISO 105-B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon

arc fading lamp test (ISO 105-B02)

EN ISO 105-C06, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C06: Colour fastness to domestic and

commercial laundering (ISO 105-C06:2010)

EN ISO 105-E16, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E16: Colour fastness to water spotting on

upholstery fabrics (ISO 105-E16:2006)

ISO 105-F09, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part F09: Specification for cotton rubbing cloth

EN ISO 105-X
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