prEN 13637

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2009
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Building hardware - Electrically controlled exit systems for use on escape routes -
Requirements and test methods
Quincaillerie pour le bâtiment - Systèmes de fermeture contrôlés électriquement destinés
à être utilisés sur des voies d'évacuation - Exigences et méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 13637
ICS:
91.190 Stavbna oprema Building accessories
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2009
ICS 91.190
English Version
Building hardware - Electrically controlled exit systems for use
on escape routes - Requirements and test methods
Quincaillerie pour le bâtiment - Systèmes de fermeture
contrôlés électriquement destinés à être utilisés sur des
voies d'évacuation - Exigences et méthodes d'essai
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Contents Page
Foreword . 8
Introduction . 10
1 Scope. 12
2 Normative references . 12
3 Terms and definitions . 13
4 Requirements . 16
4.1 General . 16
4.2 Release function – Principle (Ability to release) . 20
4.3 Release function - Signal (Ability to release) . 20
4.4 Release function - Operation of requesting element (Ability to release) . 20
4.5 Release function - Requesting elements and number of operations to exit (Ability
to release) . 21
4.5.1 General . 21
4.5.2 One operation to release . 21
4.5.3 Two operations to release . 21
4.6 Release function - Input signal from the fire detection system (Ability to release) . 21
4.7 Release function - Reset after request to exit by operating the requesting element
(Ability to release) . 22
4.8 Release function - Operating element (Ability to release) . 22
4.9 Release function - Fail-safe function and reliability of liaison and transmission
paths (Ability to release) . 22
4.9.1 General . 22
4.9.2 Software and hardware documentation . 23
4.10 Release force - Door not under pressure (Ability to release) . 24
4.11 Release force - Door under pressure (Ability to release) . 24
4.12 Release force - Requesting element (Ability to release) . 25
4.13 Release delay after signal received from a fire detection system (Ability to
release) . 25
4.14 Release requirements after power supply failure (Ability to release) . 25
4.15 Door free movement (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability to
release) . 26
4.16 Exposed edges and corners (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure
ability to release) . 26
4.17 Accessible gaps (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability to
release) . 26
4.18 Projection in the clear passage (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure
ability to release) . 26
4.19 Dimensional and design requirements of the requesting element (To ensure
ability to release) . 27
4.20 Illuminating means of requesting element (Dimensional and design requirements
to ensure ability to release) . 28
4.21 Signalling elements (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability to
release) . 28
4.22 Colour and audible codes of signalling elements (Dimensional and design
requirements to ensure ability to release) . 28
4.23 Door mass and door dimensions (Dimensional and design requirements to
ensure ability to release) . 29
4.24 Installation of requesting element (Dimensional and design requirements to
ensure ability to release) . 30
4.25 Keepers (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability to release) . 30
4.26 Requesting element with cover (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure
ability to release) . 30
4.27 Test rod (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability to release) . 30
4.28 Interaction between bolts (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability
to release) . 30
4.29 Covers (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability to release) . 31
4.30 Pictogram (Dimensional and design requirements to ensure ability to release) . 31
4.31 Additional functions – Principle (Requirements to additional functions and
characteristics to ensure ability to release) . 31
4.32 Time delay requirements (Requirements to additional functions and
characteristics to ensure ability to release) . 32
4.33 Central Management Control requirements (Requirements to additional functions
and characteristics to ensure ability to release) . 32
4.33.1 Central Management Control – Functions, and design requirements . 32
4.33.2 Denied egress mode . 33
4.34 Outside access device (Requirements to additional functions and characteristics to
ensure ability to release) . 33
4.35 Access control system (Requirements to additional functions and characteristics to
ensure ability to release) . 34
4.36 Security requirements (Requirements to additional functions and characteristics to
ensure ability to release) . 34
4.37 Reengagement force requirements of electrical locking element (Requirements to
additional functions and characteristics to ensure ability to release) . 34
4.38 Durability – General (Durability of ability to release) . 35
4.39 Lubrication (Durability of ability to release) . 35
4.40 Abuse resistance of electrical locking element (Durability of ability to release) . 35
4.41 Abuse resistance of requesting element (Durability of ability to release) . 35
4.42 Abuse resistance of electrically lockable operating element (Durability of ability to
release) . 36
4.43 Environmental requirements - Temperature range requirement (Durability of
ability to release) . 36
4.44 Environmental requirements - Corrosion resistance requirement (Durability of
ability to release) . 36
4.45 Environmental requirements - Dry Heat resistance requirement (Durability of
ability to release) . 36
4.46 Environmental requirements - Cold resistance requirement (Durability of ability to
release) . 36
4.47 Environmental requirements - Damp heat cyclic (12h + 12h) resistance
requirement (Durability of ability to release) . 37
4.48 Environmental requirements - Impact resistance requirement (Durability of ability
to release) . 37
4.49 Environmental requirements - Supply voltage variations requirements (Durability
of ability to release) . 37
4.50 Environmental requirements - Rated voltage requirements (Durability of ability to
release) . 37
4.51 Electrical hazards safety requirements (Durability of ability to release – Low
voltage) . 37
4.52 Environmental requirements - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements
and/or Radio and telecommunication terminal equipment (R&TTE) (Durability of
ability to release) . 38
4.52.1 Emission . 38
4.52.2 Immunity . 38
4.53 Environmental requirements – IP Protection against solid foreign objects and
ingress of water and dust (Durability of ability to release). 39
4.54 Suitability for use on fire/smoke resisting doorsets . 39
4.54.1 Self closing (Self closing ability C) . 39
4.54.2 Fire resistance (Resistance to fire integrity (E) and insulation (I)) . 39
4.55 Requirement to product information (Ability to release) . 40
4.56 Dangerous substances. 41
5 Tests - general and test apparatus . 41
5.1 General . 41
5.2 Test apparatus . 42
5.2.1 General . 42
5.2.2 Test door 1 . 42
5.2.3 Test door 2 . 43
6 Test methods - procedures . 44
6.1 General . 44
6.2 Release force test - Door not under pressure (Sample A) . 45
6.3 Release force test - Door under pressure (Sample A) . 45
6.3.1 Non electrically lockable operating element . 45
6.3.2 Electrically lockable operating element. 45
6.4 Release test after signal received from fire detection system (Sample A) . 46
6.5 Test of fail-safe function and failure of liaison and transmission paths, and
release force test of requesting element (Sample A) . 46
6.6 Release test after time delay (Sample A) . 47
6.7 Release tests after power supply failure (Sample A) . 47
6.8 Durability tests (Sample A) . 48
6.9 Abuse resistance tests (Sample A) . 49
6.9.1 Abuse resistance test of electrical locking element . 49
6.9.2 Abuse resistance test of requesting element . 49
6.9.3 Abuse resistance of electrically lockable operating element. 49
6.10 Security tests (Sample A) . 50
6.11 Reengagement tests of electrical locking element (Sample A) . 50
6.12 Temperature test (Sample B) . 50
6.12.1 Principle . 50
6.12.2 Test procedure . 50
6.13 Corrosion test (Sample B) . 51
6.13.1 Principle . 51
6.13.2 Installation . 51
6.13.3 Test procedure . 51
6.13.4 Initial measurements . 51
6.13.5 Conditioning . 51
6.13.6 Measurements during conditioning . 51
6.13.7 Final measurements . 51
6.14 Dry heat test (Sample B). 52
6.14.1 Principle . 52
6.14.2 Installation . 52
6.14.3 Test procedure . 52
6.14.4 Initial measurements . 52
6.14.5 Conditioning . 52
6.14.6 Measurements during conditioning . 52
6.15 Cold test (Sample B) . 52
6.15.1 Principle . 52
6.15.2 Installation . 53
6.15.3 Test procedure . 53
6.15.4 Initial measurements . 53
6.15.5 Conditioning . 53
6.15.6 Measurements during conditioning . 53
6.16 Damp heat cyclic test (12h + 12h) (Sample B) . 53
6.16.1 Principle . 53
6.16.2 Installation . 53
6.16.3 Test procedure . 53
6.16.4 Initial measurements . 54
6.16.5 Conditioning . 54
6.16.6 Measurements during conditioning . 54
6.17 Impact test (Sample B) . 54
6.17.1 Principle . 54
6.17.2 Installation . 54
6.17.3 Test procedure . 54
6.17.4 Conditioning . 54
6.17.5 Measurements during conditioning . 54
6.17.6 Final measurements . 54
6.18 Supply voltage variations test (Sample B) . 55
6.18.1 Principle . 55
6.18.2 Installation . 55
6.18.3 Test procedure . 55
6.18.4 Initial measurements . 55
6.18.5 Conditioning . 55
6.18.6 Measurements during conditioning . 55
6.18.7 Final measurements . 55
6.19 Electrical hazards safety tests (Sample B) . 55
6.20 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests (Sample B) . 56
6.21 (IP)Protection against solid foreign objects and ingress of water and durst test
(Sample B) . 57
7 Classification . 58
7.1 General . 58
7.2 Classification system . 58
7.2.1 Durability (1st character) . 58
7.2.2 Suitability for use on fire/smoke doors (2nd character) . 58
7.2.3 Security/Holding force (3rd character) . 59
th
7.2.4 Time delay (4 character) . 59
7.2.5 Denied egress mode (5th character) . 59
7.2.6 Number of operation(s) to release the door (6th character) . 60
7.2.7 Configuration . 60
7.3 Example of classification . 60
8 Marking . 60
8.1 On the product . 60
8.2 On the packaging . 61
8.3 On the installation instructions . 61
8.4 Controlling element combined with a separate locking, requesting and/or
operating elements . 62
9 Evaluation of conformity . 62
9.1 Initial type test . 62
9.1.1 General . 62
9.1.2 Characteristics . 63
9.1.3 Use of historical data . 63
9.2 Sampling, testing and conformity criteria . 63
9.3 Factory production control . 64
9.3.1 General . 64
9.3.2 Documents . 64
9.3.3 Traceability and marking . 65
9.3.4 Non-conforming products . 65
9.3.5 Corrective action . 65
9.3.6 Handling, storage and packaging . 65
9.3.7 Personnel . 65
9.3.8 Equipment . 66
9.3.9 Design process . 66
9.3.10 Raw materials and components . 66
9.3.11 In-process control . 66
9.3.12 Unit checks during manufacture . 66
9.4 Periodic testing (for all products) . 70
9.5 Annual testing (for all products) . 70
Annex A (normative) Information supplied with the product: Product information,
Installation and fixing instructions, Installation compliance report, Maintenance
instructions and Routine site inspection report . 71
A.1 General . 71
A.2 Product information . 71
A.3 Installation and fixing instructions . 72
A.3.1 Fixing arrangements . 72
A.3.2 Information and installation guidance . 72
A.4 Installation compliance report form . 75
A.5 Maintenance instructions . 77
A.6 Routine site inspection report form . 77
Annex B (normative) Additional requirements for electrically controlled escape exit
systems intended for use on fire/smoke door assemblies. 79
Annex C (normative) Flow chart of test procedures . 81
Annex D (informative) Guidance for choosing relevant product standards for particular
exit door applications . 82
D.1 The final choice of a product for a particular application depends upon a risk analysis of
its intended use on exit doors. Table D.1 indicates the main performance requirements
of the four exit hardware standards, to enable this risk assessment to be undertaken. . 82
Annex E (informative) Additional accessibility recommendations for escape exit system
for use by mobility impaired people and model declaration for operating forces . 83
E.1 Guidelines for selecting exit devices and exit systems intended for use by
children, elderly and mobility impaired people . 84
E.1.1 General . 84
E.1.2 Purpose of the hardware . 84
E.2 Installation and maintenance . 85
E.2.1 Installation . 85
E.2.2 Maintenance . 85
E.3 Advantages/disadvantages of panic and emergency exit devices and systems . 86
E.3.1 Design of operating elements . 86
E.3.2 Design of outside access device . 86
E.3.3 Low operating forces . 86
E.3.4 Bottom vertical rods and projecting floor sockets . 87
E.3.5 Automatic locking . 87
E.3.6 Dogging mechanism . 87
E.3.7 Electrically controlled functions . 87
E.3.8 Projection of the exit device . 87
E.3.9 Recognition of operating element . 88
E.4 Operating forces declared by the manufacturer . 88
E.4.1 Performance assessment . 88
E.4.2 Test methods - Operating tests under side load . 88
E.4.3 Manufacturer’s declaration . 89
Annex F (informative) Functional diagrams . 90
F.1 Functional diagrams of typical electrically controlled escape exit systems . 90
F.2 Logic diagram for modes of escape exit system operation . 91
Annex G (normative) Configurations of escape exit systems . 92
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing essential
requirements or other provisions of EU Construction Product Directive. . 93
ZA.1 Clauses addressing the provisions of the EU Construction Products Directive . 93
ZA.2 Procedure for the attestation of conformity of exit systems. 94
ZA.3 CE marking and labelling . 96
Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the provisions
of EU Directive 2004/118/EC (EMC) . 99
Annex ZC (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the provisions
of EU Directive 73/23/EEC (Low Voltage) . 100
Annex ZD (Informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the provisions
of EU Directive 2002/96/EEC (WEEE) and 2002/95/EEC (ROHS) . 101
Bibliography . 102

Foreword
This document (prEN 13637:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 33 “Doors,
windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
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 EC Directive(s).
For relationship with EC Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, B, C and D, which is an integral part
of this document.
A full contribution to the preparation of this European Standard has been made by the The European
Federation of Associations of Lock and Builders Hardware Manufacturers (ARGE).
This European Standard is part of a group of Standards dedicated to building hardware products. It is
one of a group of standards for exit devices and exit systems developed by Technical Committee
CEN/TC 33.
This European Standard 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 89/106/EEC.
For the relationship with this EU Directive, see normative Annex ZA which is an integral part of this
European Standard.
Wherever reference is made to classes, they are considered to be technical classes and not classes
according to Article 3(2) of the Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC).
Normative and informative annexes to this European Standard are indicated in the contents:
 Annex A (Normative) Information supplied with the product: Product information,
Installation and fixing instructions, Installation compliance report,
Maintenance instructions and Routine site inspection report
 Annex B (Normative) Additional requirements for electrically controlled escape exit systems
intended for use on fire/smoke door assemblies
 Annex C (Normative) Flow chart of test procedures
 Annex D (Informative) Guidance for choosing relevant product standards for particular exit
door applications
 Annex E (Informative) Additional recommendations for escape exit system for use by
children, elderly and mobility impaired people
 Annex F (Informative) Functional diagrams
 Annex G (Normative) System configurations
 Annex ZA (Informative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing essential
requirements or other provisions of EU Construction Product
Directive
 Annex ZB (Informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the provisions of
EU Directive 2004/118/EC (EMC)
 Annex ZC (Informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the provisions of
EU Directive 73/23/EEC (Low Voltage)
 Annex ZD (Informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the provisions of EU
Directive 2002/96/EEC (WEEE) and 2002/95/EEC (ROHS)
Verification or tests performed by mechanical/electromechanical test laboratory and fire test
laboratory are listed in Table 1 summarizing performance characteristics and compliance criteria.

Introduction
Experience relating to fire and/or smoke hazards and general safety has made it desirable that doors
in circulation areas, or those that have to be operated in an emergency situation, be fitted with
emergency exit devices.
Increasingly, such emergency exit devices may form a part of the security system of a building and
involve the use of electrical locking and controlling elements. This standard provides common
European Standard specifications for such electrically controlled escape exit systems.
The main purpose of the performance requirements contained in this European Standard is to give
safe and effective escape through a doorway with a maximum of two operations to release the
electrically controlled escape exit system, although this might require prior knowledge of the number
of operations (e.g. break glass and/or operating element), and of the door situation (e.g. inwardly
opening).
This standard introduces the concept of time delayed egress and denied egress mode, as a means of
increasing the security of the building against unauthorised egress, and the concept of central
management control. It is the responsibility of the regulatory authorities in each member country to
decide whether or not such control methods can be allowed, and if so, to what extent within the limits
stated in the standard.
It is intended that the requirements of this standard should apply at all times, regardless of whether or
not the building is occupied. For safety reasons, any additional features of the system, such as
access control, are required to maintain the principle of fail-safe release at all times. In terms of the
Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) (CPD) the essential requirements of this standard are
to give safe and effective escape through a doorway with not more than two single operations from
the electrically locked state to the release of the door, although this may require prior knowledge.
For exit devices intended for use where panic situations are unlikely to develop and where electrical
control is not applicable reference may be made to standard covering emergency devices operated by
a lever handle or a push pad (see EN 179).
Where panic situations are foreseen, reference should be made to EN 1125, covering panic exit
devices operated by a horizontal bar, or to prEN 13633, covering electrically controlled panic exit
systems operated by a horizontal bar. See definitions.
The performance tests incorporated in this standard are considered to be reproducible and, as such,
will provide a consistent and objective assessment of the performance of these electrically controlled
escape exit systems throughout CEN Member States.
Due to the wide range of electrically controlled escape exit systems, the reader is advised to refer to
the scope and the detailed contents of this European Standard for coverage but, for information and
general guide, this revised European Standard deals with:
• electrically controlled escape exit systems designed to be used in emergency situations, where
people are familiar with the exit and its hardware and therefore a panic situation is most unlikely
to develop;
• electrically controlled escape exit systems for use on hinged or pivoted door leaves only;
• a range of electrically controlled escape exit systems including those for use on double doorsets;
• specific configurations of electrically controlled escape exit systems (see Annex G);
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