SIST EN ISO 11378-2:2001/A1:2017

Textile floor coverings - Laboratory soiling tests - Part 2: Drum test - Amendment 1 (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)

Textile Bodenbeläge - Laboratoriums-Anschmutzungsprüfungen - Teil 2: Trommelprüfung (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)

Revêtements de sol textiles - Essais d'encrassement en laboratoire - Partie 2: Essai au tambour - Amendement 1 (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)

Tekstilne talne obloge - Laboratorijski preskusi z madeži - 2. del: Preskus z bobnom (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 04-May-2015
• Publication Date: 12-Sep-2017
• ICS: 97.150 - Floor coverings
• Technical Committee: ITEK - Textile and textile products
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 30-Aug-2017
• Due Date: 04-Nov-2017
• Completion Date: 13-Sep-2017
• Ref Project: EN ISO 11378-2:2001/A1:2017 - Textile floor coverings - Laboratory soiling tests - Part 2: Drum test - Amendment 1 (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN ISO 11378-2:2001 - Textile floor coverings - Laboratory soiling tests - Part 2: Drum test (ISO 11378-2:2001)
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2017
• Revised: kSIST FprEN ISO 11378-2:2025 - Textile floor coverings - Laboratory soiling tests - Part 2: Drum test (ISO/FDIS 11378-2:2025)
• Effective Date: 17-May-2023

Overview

EN ISO 11378-2:2001/A1:2017 is Amendment 1 to the international and European standard for laboratory soiling tests on textile floor coverings (Part 2: Drum test). Approved by CEN in May 2017 and prepared by ISO/TC 219 (Floor coverings), this amendment refines materials specifications used in the drum test to improve reproducibility and harmonise test materials across laboratories.

This amendment:

• Updates the specification for polyamide test pellets used in the drum test.
• Includes a supplier note provided for users’ convenience (not an endorsement).

Key Topics

• Material specification change: The amendment replaces the original volumetric description of polyamide pellets with a mass-based specification. The new requirement is polyamide pellets with a mass of (26 ± 5) mg per pellet. This change moves the test material definition from volume to mass to reduce variability in pellet selection and handling.

• Documentation and conformity: The amendment is issued as EN ISO 11378-2:2001/A1:2017 and must be implemented into national standards under the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations. It is available in English, French and German official versions.

• Supplier information: A specific supplier is cited in a footnote for convenience. ISO and CEN clarify that this information is not an endorsement and that users may source equivalent material meeting the specified mass tolerance.

Applications

This amendment directly affects stakeholders involved in:

• Laboratory testing and certification: Test houses performing the drum test should update their material procurement and test records to reflect the mass-based pellet specification.
• Product development and R&D: Manufacturers developing textile floor coverings will benefit from more consistent soiling simulation and comparable test results across labs.
• Quality control and acceptance testing: Procurement teams and QC laboratories can use the clarified pellet mass to ensure repeatable soiling exposure for batch verification and performance comparison.

Practical benefits include improved repeatability of the drum test, fewer inter-laboratory discrepancies, and clearer procurement specifications for test materials.

Related Standards

• EN ISO 11378-2:2001 (original Part 2: Drum test) - this amendment modifies that document.
• ISO/TC 219 outputs and other ISO methods for floor covering performance may be relevant for comprehensive test strategies.

For implementation, test laboratories should review their procedures and material contracts to ensure compliance with the mass tolerance for polyamide pellets and note the supplier information is informational only.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2017
Tekstilne talne obloge - Laboratorijski preskusi z madeži - 2. del: Preskus z
bobnom (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)
Textile floor coverings - Laboratory soiling tests - Part 2: Drum test - Amendment 1 (ISO
11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)
Textile Bodenbeläge - Laboratoriums-Anschmutzungsprüfungen - Teil 2:
Trommelprüfung (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)
Revêtements de sol textiles - Essais d'encrassement en laboratoire - Partie 2: Essai au
tambour - Amendement 1 (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11378-2:2001/A1:2017
ICS:
97.150 Talne obloge Floor coverings
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 11378-2:2001/A1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2017
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.150
English Version
Textile floor coverings - Laboratory soiling tests - Part 2:
Drum test - Amendment 1 (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd
1:2017)
Revêtements de sol textiles - Essais d'encrassement en Textile Bodenbeläge - Laboratoriums-
laboratoire - Partie 2: Essai au tambour - Amendement Anschmutzungsprüfungen - Teil 2: Trommelprüfung
1 (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017) (ISO 11378-2:2001/Amd 1:2017)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN ISO 11378-2:2001; it was approved by CEN on 9 May 2017.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of
this amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This amendment exists 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, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and United Kingdom.
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worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 11378-2:2001/A1:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee
ISO/TC 219 “Floor coverings” in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 134 “Resilient, textile
and laminate floor coverings” the secretariat of which is held by NBN.
This Amendment to the European Standard EN ISO 11378-2:2001 shall be given the status of a national
standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2018,
and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2018.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN 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 implement this European Standard: 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, Norw
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