SIST EN 17940:2025
(Main)Glass in Building - Folio Interlayers for the Manufacturing of Laminated Glass - Product standard
Glass in Building - Folio Interlayers for the Manufacturing of Laminated Glass - Product standard
This document specifies the composition, tolerances and characteristics, i.e. mechanical, acoustic, optical and thermal properties, of folio interlayers for the manufacturing of laminated glass and laminated safety glass for use in buildings and construction works and it defines their general quality criteria.
This document does not apply to interlayers for laminated glass which are achieved by pouring the interlayer material in liquid state on or between the plies of glass or plastic glazing sheet material generally followed by drying or by chemical or ultraviolet curing.
Glas im Bauwesen - Folien-Zwischenlagen für die Herstellung von Verbundglas - Produktnorm
Dieses Dokument legt die Zusammensetzung, die Grenzabweichungen und die Merkmale, d. h. die mechanischen, akustischen, optischen und thermischen Eigenschaften von Folien-Zwischenschichten für die Herstellung von Verbundglas und Verbundsicherheitsglas für die Verwendung in Gebäuden und Bauwerken fest und definiert ihre allgemeinen Qualitätskriterien.
Dieses Dokument ist nicht auf Zwischenschichten für Verbundglas anwendbar, die hergestellt werden, indem der Zwischenschichtwerkstoff in flüssigem Zustand auf oder zwischen die Glasschichten oder Kunststoffverglasungsplatten gegossen und ggf. nachfolgend getrocknet oder chemisch oder ultraviolett gehärtet wird.
Verre dans la construction - Films intercalaires pour la fabrication du verre feuilleté - Norme de produit
Le présent document spécifie la composition, les tolérances et les caractéristiques, c’est-à-dire les propriétés mécaniques, acoustiques, optiques et thermiques des films intercalaires pour la fabrication de verre feuilleté et de verre feuilleté de sécurité destinés à un usage dans les bâtiments et les ouvrages de construction, et il définit leurs critères de qualité généraux.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas aux intercalaires pour verre feuilleté qui sont obtenus en versant le matériau de l’intercalaire à l’état liquide sur ou entre les feuilles de verre ou de plastique, puis généralement par séchage, polymérisation chimique ou durcissement par les ultraviolets.
Steklo v gradbeništvu - Vmesna folija za izdelavo laminiranega stekla - Standard za proizvod
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2025
Steklo v gradbeništvu - Vmesna folija za izdelavo laminiranega stekla - Standard
za proizvod
Glass in Building - Folio Interlayers for the Manufacturing of Laminated Glass - Product
standard
Glas im Bauwesen - Folien-Zwischenlagen für die Herstellung von Verbundglas -
Produktnorm
Verre dans la construction - Films intercalaires pour la fabrication du verre feuilleté -
Norme de produit
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 17940:2025
ICS:
81.040.20 Steklo v gradbeništvu Glass in building
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 17940
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 81.040.20
English Version
Glass in building - Folio interlayers for the manufacturing
of laminated glass
Verre dans la construction - Films intercalaires pour la Glas im Bauwesen - Folien-Zwischenlagen für die
fabrication du verre feuilleté Herstellung von Verbundglas
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 20 January 2025.
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. 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 European Standard 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,
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United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 General. 5
5 Properties of folios before processing . 5
5.1 Dimensions. 5
5.1.1 Length and width . 5
5.1.2 Thickness . 5
5.2 Appearance . 6
5.2.1 General. 6
5.2.2 Methods of observation and measurement . 6
5.3 Interlayer stiffness properties . 7
5.4 Safety in the case of fire (cf. Reaction to fire EN 13501-1) . 7
5.5 Thermal and other physical properties . 7
6 Properties of folios after lamination . 8
6.1 General. 8
6.2 Adhesion . 8
6.3 Resistance to radiation . 9
6.4 Spectral properties and other optical properties . 9
6.5 Acoustic properties . 9
Annex A (informative) Documentation . 11
Annex B (informative) Considerations for optimizing accuracy in determination of luminous and
solar properties of folio interlayers . 13
Bibliography . 14
European foreword
This document (EN 17940:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 129 “Glass in
building”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by September 2025.
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.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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 the United
Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies the composition, tolerances and characteristics, i.e. mechanical, acoustic, optical
and thermal properties, of folio interlayers for the manufacturing of laminated glass and laminated safety
glass for use in buildings and construction works and it defines their general quality criteria.
This document does not apply to interlayers for laminated glass which are achieved by pouring the
interlayer material in liquid state on or between the plies of glass or plastic glazing sheet material
generally followed by drying or by chemical or ultraviolet curing.
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 410:2011, Glass in building — Determination of luminous and solar characteristics of glazing
EN 16613:2019, Glass in building — Laminated glass and laminated safety glass — Determination of
interlayer viscoelastic properties
EN ISO 489:2022, Plastics — Determination of refractive index (ISO 489:2022)
EN ISO 1183-1:2019, Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics — Part 1:
Immersion method, liquid pycnometer method and titration method (ISO 1183-1:2019, Corrected version
2019-05)
EN ISO 1716:2018, Reaction to fire tests for products — Determination of the gross heat of combustion
(calorific value) (ISO 1716:2018)
EN ISO 11357-4:2021, Plastics — Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) — Part 4: Determination of
specific heat capacity (ISO 11357-4:2021)
EN ISO 12543-1:2021, Glass in building — Laminated glass and laminated safety glass — Part 1:
Vocabulary and description of component parts (ISO 12543-1:2021)
EN ISO 12543-2:2021, Glass in building — Laminated glass and laminated safety glass — Part 2:
Laminated safety glass (ISO 12543-2:2021)
EN ISO 12543-3:2021, Glass in building — Laminated glass and laminated safety glass — Part 3:
Laminated glass (ISO 12543-3:2021)
EN ISO 12543-4:2021, Glass in building — Laminated glass and laminated safety glass — Part 4: Test
methods for durability (ISO 12543-4:2021)
EN ISO 12543-5:2021, Glass in building — Laminated glass and laminated safety glass — Part 5:
Dimensions and edge finishing (ISO 12543-5:2021)
EN ISO 12543-6:2021, Glass in building — Laminated glass and laminated safety glass — Part 6:
Appearance (ISO 12543-6:2021)
EN ISO 22007-4:2024, Plastics — Determination of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity — Part 4:
Light flash method (ISO 22007-4:2024)
ISO 527-3:2018, Plastics — Determination of tensile properties — Part 3: Test conditions for films and
sheets
ISO 11359-2:2021, Plastics — Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) — Part 2: Determination of coefficient of
linear thermal expansion and glass transition temperature
ASTM D1003:2021, Standard Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance of Transparent Plastics
ASTM E313:2020, Standard Practice for Calculating Yellowness and Whiteness Indices from Instrumentally
Measured Color Coordinates
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12543-1:2021 and
EN ISO 12543-6:2021 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
4 General
The folio manufacturer is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of a product description. The
folios may be described either in full, i.e. chemical composition, or by a manufacturer’s code. Further
guidance on documentation is given in Annex A.
Clause 5 covers the properties which are measured on the folio supplied, Clause 6 covers the folio
properties which are determined on laminated glass incorporating the folio to be assessed.
Some folios reach their final properties only after the lamination process. This shall be considered in the
evaluation of the interlayer properties to this document.
NOTE Mixing of different types of interlayers on top of each other can lead to e.g. chemical incompatibility,
optical defects and changes in mechanical properties.
5 Properties of folios before processing
5.1 Dimensions
5.1.1 Length and width
The nominal length and width of the folio shall be provided by the folio manufacturer. The actual length
and width of the folio product supplied shall not be less than the nominal length and width.
The oversize in width should be agreed upon by the laminated glass producer and folio manufacturer and
can vary with the nature of the lamination process.
5.1.2 Thickness
The actual thickness d shall be the average of three measurements, taken to 0,01 mm at the edges and the
centre of the folio interlayer. The measurement shall be performed by means of an instrument of the
calliper micrometre type at a temperature of (23 ± 3) °C. The measurement shall be taken having applied
a pressure to the interlayer of not more than 60 N/m for 5 s to 10 s.
NOTE The relative ambient humidity does not have a significant influence on the result of the thickness
measurement.
The nominal thickness of the folio shall be provided by the folio manufacturer. The actual thickness of the
folio supplied, rounded to the nearest 0,01 mm, shall not vary from the nominal thickness by more than
the tolerances shown in Table 1.
Table 1 — Tolerances on nominal thickness
Nominal thickness Tolerances
mm mm
d ≤ 1 ±0,05
1 < d ≤ 2 ±0,07
d > 2 ±0,1
Narrower product specific thickness tolerances should be available from the folio interlayer
manufacturer.
For the final laminated glass, Clause 4.1.2.1 of EN ISO 12543-5:2021 also applies.
5.2 Appearance
5.2.1 General
The folio manufacturer shall have a process in place to control foreign particles and/or contaminations
that can lead to defects in the laminated glass.
5.2.2 Methods of observation and measurement
5.2.2.1 General
In order to check the appearance of the interlayer supplied, a representative folio sample of at least 1 m
size is inspected with the naked eye and under normal diffused lighting conditions, (natural daylight or
simulated daylight, between 300 lx and 600 lx at the folio) from a distance of 1 m. The direction of
observation is normal, i.e. at right angles, to the folio
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