SIST EN 71-1:2011/kFprA2:2013
(Amendment)Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties - Amendment 2: Acoustics
Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties - Amendment 2: Acoustics
Acoustics. Revision of EN 71-1 to take into account the new Toys Safety Directive 2009/48/EC with regard to acoustics
Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 1: Mechanische und physikalische Eigenschaften
Sécurité des jouets - Partie 1: Propriétés mécaniques et physiques - Amendement 2: Acoustique
Varnost igrač - 1. del: Mehanske in fizikalne lastnosti - Dopolnilo A2: Akustika
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 71-1:2011/oprA2:2012
01-maj-2012
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Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties - Amendment 2: Acoustics
Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 1: Mechanische und physikalische Eigenschaften
Sécurité des jouets - Partie 1: Propriétés mécaniques et physiques - Amendement 2:
Acoustique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 71-1:2011/prA2
ICS:
97.200.50 ,JUDþH Toys
SIST EN 71-1:2011/oprA2:2012 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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SIST EN 71-1:2011/oprA2:2012
EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
EN 71-1:2011
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA2
March 2012
ICS 97.200.50
English Version
Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties -
Amendment 2: Acoustics
Sécurité des jouets - Partie 1: Propriétés mécaniques et Sicherheit von Spielzeug - Teil 1: Mechanische und
physiques - Amendement 2: Acoustique physikalische Eigenschaften
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 52.
This draft amendment A2, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 71-1:2011. If this draft becomes an amendment, 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.
This draft amendment 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.
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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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Contents Page
Foreword .3
2 Normative references .3
3 Terms and definitions .4
4.20 Acoustics (See A.25) .5
8.28 Determination of emission sound pressure levels (See 4.20) .6
8.28.1 Principle .6
8.28.2 Installation and mounting conditions .7
8.28.3 Measurement procedure . 10
A.25 Acoustics (see 4.20) . 15
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Foreword
This document (EN 71-1:2011/prA2:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 52 “Safety of
toys”, the secretariat of which is held by DS.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive.
For relationship with EU Directive, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.
2 Normative references
INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING REFERENCES AND, WHEN APPLICABLE, DELETE EXISTING
CONFLICTING REFERENCES
EN ISO 3744, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources
using sound pressure — Engineering methods for an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
EN ISO 3745, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources
using sound pressure — Precision methods for anechoic rooms and hemi-anechoic rooms using an
enveloping measurement surface over a reflecting plane
EN ISO 3746, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources
using sound pressure — Survey method using an enveloping measurement surface over a reflecting plane
EN ISO 11201, Acoustics — Noise emitted by machinery and equipment — Determination of emission sound
pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions in an essentially free field over a reflecting
plane with negligible environmental corrections
EN ISO 11202, Acoustics — Noise emitted by machinery and equipment — Determination of emission sound
pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions applying approximate environmental
corrections (ISO 11202:2010)
EN 50332-1, Sound system equipment: Headphones and earphones associated with portable audio
equipment – Maximum sound pressure level measurement methodology and limit considerations – Part 1:
General method for “one package equipment”
EN 60065/A12, Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus – Safety requirements. Amendment A12:2011
EN 60318-1, Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 1: Ear simulator for the
measurement of supra-aural and circumaural earphones
IEC/TS 60318-7, Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 7: Head and torso simulator for
acoustic measurement of hearing aids (IEC/TS 60318-7:2011)
EN 60950/A12, Information technology equipment – Safety – Part 1: General requirements. Amendment
A12:2011
EN 61672-1, Electroacoustics – Sound level meters – Part 1: Specifications
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3 Terms and definitions
REPLACE THE FOLLOWING EXISTING DEFINITIONS
3.9
close-to-the-ear toy
toy designed to emit sound, intended to be used within 2,5 cm of the ear (examples of close-to–the-ear toys
are: toy telephones or similar toys; toy rifles with a loudspeaker in the stock)
3.29
hand-held toy
toy designed to emit sound, intended to be held in the hand (e.g. clicking toys, toy tools, musical toys and cap-
firing toys) but excluding close-to-the-ear toys
3.43
rattle
toy, intended for children who are too young to sit up unaided, that is clearly designed to emit sound when
shaken or activated by the child or another person
3.49
squeeze toy
pliable toy, intended for children who are too young to sit up unaided, incorporating a sound-making feature
activated by forcing air through an opening, designed to emit sound when flexed or squeezed by the child or
another person
3.53
table-top or floor toy
toy designed to emit sound, intended to be used on a table or floor or another large surface (examples include
toy cars, mechanical animals, large and bulky toys)
INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING NEW DEFINTIONS
3.62
child actuated toy
toy designed to emit sound when actuated by the muscular action of the child, and where the sound level
depends on the force of the muscular action, and which is not covered by any other definition of toys designed
to emit sound (examples include toy drums, toy bells and toy xylophones)
3.63
mouth actuated toy designed to emit sound
toy designed to emit sound when actuated by the blowing action of the child (examples include toy trumpets
and toy whistles)
3.64
pull-along or push toy
toy designed to emit sound only when moving and intended to be operated by the child (or other person)
pulling it by a cord or pushing it by means of a rigid extension (examples include toys making mechanically
excited sound when the axles/wheels are rotating)
3.65
voice actuated toy
toy designed to emit sound when actuated by the voice and where the output sound level depends on the
input sound level of the voice (examples include telephones, walkie-talkies and voice recording toys)
3.66
self-propelled toy
toy designed to make sound and to be able to move independent of muscular power (e.g. wind up or battery
operated toy)
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3.67
emission sound pressure level
sound pressure level at a specified position near a noise source, when the source is in operation under
specified operating and mounting conditions on or above a reflecting plane surface, excluding the effects of
background noise as well as the effects of reflections other than those from the plane or planes permitted for
the purpose of the test
3.68
time-averaged sound pressure level
ten times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the square of the root-mean-square sound pressure over
a stated time interval to the square of the reference sound pressure, the sound pressure being obtained with a
standard frequency weighting
Note 1 to entry: When used for determining the noise emission from machinery and other equipment time-averaged
sound pressure level are denoted L . In other contexts it is also denoted equivalent continuous sound pressure level with
pA
the notation L .
Aeq
REPLACE THE EXISTING 4.20 WITH THE FOLLOWING
4.20 Acoustics (See A.25)
The requirements in 4.20 do not apply to Personal Music Players supplied with earphones or headphones
which are dealt with in EN 60065:2002/A12 and EN 60950-1:2006/A12 respectively.
For evaluation of exposure from equivalent continuous sound, toys designed to emit sound are divided into
the following 3 sound categories:
Sound category 1: Toys emitting sound during time periods typically longer than 30 s after each initiation by
the child or an adult;
Sound category 2: a) Toys emitting sound during time periods typically shorter than 30 s after each initiation
by the child or by an adult and, b) self-propelled toys. Typical toys in this category are rattles, squeeze toys
and pull-along or push toys
Sound category 3: Toys emitting sound during time periods typically shorter than 5 s after each initiation by
the child or an adult and where each initiation requires such a significant physical effort, or that the toy for
other reasons, is unlikely to be in operation with respect to sound more than about 10 % of the total time of
use of the toy. Typical toys in this category are mouth actuated toys designed to emit sound like whistles and
horns and electronic toy guns.
When in doubt use nearest strictest (=lowest number) category.
For evaluation of exposure from peak sound pressure levels some toys designed to emit sound are allocated
the following sound category:
Sound category 4: Toys designed and actuated in such a way that it is virtually impossible for a person to get
his ear as close as 2,5 cm from the main sound radiating part of the toy. There are very few typical toys in this
category but two of those are toy drums and toy xylophones.
When tested according to 8.28 (determination of emission sound pressure levels), toys which are designed to
emit sound shall conform to the following requirements:
a) The A-weighted emission sound pressure level, L , produced at the specified position at 50 cm by close-
pA
to-the-ear toys shall not exceed 60 dB when measured in a free field.
b) The A-weighted emission sound pressure level, L , produced at the specified position at 50 cm by toys
pA
that can be confused with close-to-the-ear toys shall not exceed 60 dB when measured in a free field.
Such toys weigh typically less than 500 g, and have a shape and construction making it easy to confuse
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them with typical close-to-the-ear toys like telephones. They also typically emit sound with duration longer
than 20 s after each initiation.
c) The A-weighted emission sound pressure level, L , produced at the specified position at 50 cm by any
pA
toy shall not exceed 80 dB for sound category 1 toys, 85 dB for sound category 2 toys and 90 dB for
sound category 3 toys.
d) The C-weighted peak emission sound pressure level, L , produced at the specified position at 50 cm
pCpeak
by any toy other than category 4 toys shall not exceed 110 dB. For category 4 toys the limit value is
L = 125 dB.
pCpeak
e) The A-weighted emission sound pressure level, L , produced by toys using headphones or earphones
pA
shall not exceed 85 dB when measured in an ear simulator and corrected to an equivalent free field
sound pressure level.
An overview of the requirements is given in Table X.
Table X: Overview of requirements on highest permissible sound pressure levels for toys designed to
emit sound
Type of toy L at 50 cm L at 50 L in a free field L in a free
pA pCpeak pA pCpeak
cm field
1) Close-to-the-ear toys 60 dB 110 dB
2) Toys easily confused with 60 dB 110 dB
close-to-the-ear toys
3) Category 1 toys 80 dB 110 dB
4) Category 2 toys 85 dB 110 dB
5) Category 3 toys 90 dB 110 dB
6) Head-/ear-phone toys 85 dB 135 dB
7) Category 4 toys 90 dB 125 dB
NOTE The sound pressure levels in a free field are calculated from measurements in an ear coupler. The sound
pressure levels at 2,5 cm are approximately equal to the sound pressure levels at 50 cm + 25 dB (rounded number,
nominally the difference for a point source is 26 dB).
REPLACE THE EXISTING 8.28 WTIH THE FOLLOWING
8.28 Determination of emission sound pressure levels (See 4.20)
8.28.1 Principle
The principle is to determine the sound pressure level as it would be in an environment excluding all
reflections from walls and ceiling. The operating condition shall be the one yielding the highest A-weighted
equivalent continuous sound pressure level and the highest C-weighted peak sound pressure level
respectively and the microphone position shall be the one out of a specified set of positions yielding the
highest sound pressure level.
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8.28.2 Installation and mounting conditions
8.28.2.1 General
Measure on a new toy. Test battery toys using new primary batteries or fully charged secondary batteries. If a
mains adapter is normally provided by the toy manufacturer, this may be used in place of batteries.
NOTE External power supplies, not supplied by the toy manufacturer, shall not be used as they will, in many cases,
affect the performance of the toy.
8.28.2.2 Test environment
Any environment which meets the qualification requirements of EN ISO 11201 or EN ISO 11202, see figure
XX. Estimate or measure the equivalent sound absorption area in the test room according to Annex A in EN
ISO 3744 or EN ISO 3746. Use figure XX to estimate the environmental correction K or K and make sure
2A 3A
that it is within the limits given in table YY.
Figure XX Environmental correction K (K3) according to EN ISO 11202 and environmental
3A
correction K for free field (K2FF) and for free field above a reflecting plane (K2HFF) according to EN
2A
ISO 3746 as a function of the equivalent sound absorption area of the test environment.
Table YY Maximum achievable accuracy for different test environments
Standard Grade of accuracy Requirement
EN ISO 11201 Grade 1 (Precision) See EN ISO 3745
EN ISO 11201 Grade 2 (Engineering) K < 2,0 dB
2A
EN ISO 11202 Grade 2 (Engineering) K < 4 dB
3A
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8.28.2.3 Mounting and operating conditions
8.28.3.3.1 General
Test rigs used for the mounting of toys and/or the operator of the toy may cause sound reflections which will
increase the measured level. Minimize such reflections a) by using test rig components (preferably without flat
uncovered surfaces) of dimensions smaller than half a wavelength of the dominant frequencies and/or b) by
making the operator, whenever possible, stand sideways to the reference box.
NOTE It is often convenient to be able to rotate the test object instead of moving the microphone.
Operate the toy in the mode of its intended or foreseeable use which produces the highest sound pressure
level at the microphone position. If the toy is sounding during a shorter time than the measurement time, the
sound shall be repeated as fast as possible considering a sustainable duration during the measurement time.
If needed, the measurement time shall be
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