SIST-TS CEN/TS 15676:2008

Wood flooring - Slip resistance - Pendulum test

This Technical Specification specifies the method of applying the pendulum test to wood flooring, in order to determine the slip resistance.

Holzfußböden - Gleitwiderstand - Pendelprüfung

Plancher en bois - Résistance a la glissance - Essai au pendule

La présente spécification technique définit la méthode d’essai au pendule a  appliquer au plancher en bois pour déterminer la résistance a la glissance

Lesene talne obloge - Odpornost proti zdrsu - Preskus z nihalom

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 04-Mar-2008
• ICS: 79.080 - Semi-manufactures of timber
• ICS: 97.150 - Floor coverings
• Technical Committee: LLZ - Les, lesni izdelki in zaščita lesa
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 08-Jan-2008
• Due Date: 14-Mar-2008
• Completion Date: 05-Mar-2008
• Ref Project: CEN/TS 15676:2007 - Wood flooring - Slip resistance - Pendulum test

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST-TS CEN/TS 15676:2008
01-april-2008
Lesene talne obloge - Odpornost proti zdrsu - Preskus z nihalom
Wood flooring - Slip resistance - Pendulum test
Holzfußböden - Gleitwiderstand - Pendelprüfung
Plancher en bois - Résistance a la glissance - Essai au pendule
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 15676:2007
ICS:
79.080
97.150
SIST-TS CEN/TS 15676:2008 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN/TS 15676
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
November 2007
ICS 97.150

English Version
Wood flooring - Slip resistance - Pendulum test
Plancher en bois - Résistance à la glissance - Essai au Holzfußböden - Gleitwiderstand - Pendelprüfung
pendule
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 27 October 2007 for provisional application.
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worldwide for CEN national Members.

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CEN/TS 15676:2007 (E)
Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Scope.4
2 Normative references.4
3 Terms and definitions .4
4 Test method.4
4.1 Principle.4
4.2 Apparatus.4
4.3 Calibration.10
4.4 Sampling.10
4.5 Conditioning.10
4.6 Procedure.10
4.7 Calculation of test results.10
4.8 Test report.11
Annex A (informative) Measurement on wet surface.12
Bibliography .13

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CEN/TS 15676:2007 (E)
Foreword
This document (CEN/TS 15676:2007) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 175 “Round and
sawn timber”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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CEN/TS 15676:2007 (E)
1 Scope
This Technical Specification specifies the method of applying the pendulum test to wood flooring, in order to
determine the slip resistance.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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 13756:2002, Wood flooring — Terminology
ISO 7619-2, Rubber, vulcanised or thermoplastic — Determination of indentation hardness — Part 2: IRHD
pocket meter method
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 13756:2002 apply.
4 Test method
4.1 Principle
The measurement of slip resistance on the specimen is made using the pendulum friction test equipment to
evaluate the frictional properties of the specimen on the upper face.
The pendulum friction test equipment incorporates a spring loaded slider made of a standard rubber attached
to the end of the pendulum. On swinging the pendulum the frictional force between the slider and test surface
is measured by the reduction in length of the swing using a calibrated scale.
Due to the intended uses of the wood flooring the measurement is carried out on dried surface (see Annex A
for wet measurement).
4.2 Apparatus
4.2.1 The pendulum friction test equipment shall be manufactured as show in Figure 1. All bearings and
working parts shall be enclosed as far as possible.
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CEN/TS 15676:2007 (E)


Key
1 C scale (126 mm sliding length)   6 levelling screw
2 F scale (76 mm sliding length)   7 test specimen holder
3 pointer     8 spirit level
4 pendulum     9 vertical adjustment screw
5 rubber slider
Figure 1 — Pendulum friction test equipment
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CEN/TS 15676:2007 (E)
4.2.2 The pendulum test equipment shall have the following features:
1) a spring loaded rubber coated slider as specified in 4.2.4 to 4.2.10. It shall be mounted on the end of
a pendulum arm so that the sliding edge is (510 ± 1) mm from the axis of suspension;
2) means of setting the support column of the equipment vertical;
3) a base of sufficient mass to ensure the equipment remains stable during the test;
4) means of raising and lowering of suspension of the pendulum arm so that the slider can:
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