EN 13274-4:2020

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 13274-4:2001
Oprema za varovanje dihal - Metode preskušanja - 4. del: Preskus s plamenom
Respiratory protective devices - Methods of test - Part 4: Flame test
Atemschutzgeräte - Prüfverfahren - Teil 4: Flammenprüfungen
Appareils de protection respiratoire - Méthodes d'essai - Partie 4: Essais à la flamme
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13274-4:2020
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
13.340.30 Varovalne dihalne naprave Respiratory protective
devices
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13274-4
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2020
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.220.40; 13.340.30 Supersedes EN 13274-4:2001
English Version
Respiratory protective devices - Methods of test - Part 4:
Flame test
Appareils de protection respiratoire - Méthodes d'essai Atemschutzgeräte - Prüfverfahren - Teil 4:
- Partie 4 : Essais à la flamme Flammenprüfungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 8 June 2020.

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
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Pre-requisites . 5
5 Nominal values and tolerances . 5
6 Six burner static test: Method 1 . 6
6.1 Principle . 6
6.2 Test rig . 6
6.3 Procedure. 7
7 Single burner static test: Method 2 . 9
7.1 Principle . 9
7.2 Test rig . 9
7.3 Procedure. 10
8 Single burner dynamic test: Method 3 . 11
8.1 Principle . 11
8.2 Test rig . 11
8.3 Procedure. 12
Bibliography . 13

European foreword
This document (EN 13274-4:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 79 “Respiratory
protective devices”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
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 April 2021, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by April 2021.
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.
This document supersedes EN 13274-4:2001.
The following main technical changes have been made compared to EN 13274-4:2001:
a) Clause 5 amended regarding the estimation of uncertainty;
b) test rig more specified;
c) procedure added to test the visor at an angle of 45 degrees.
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, Turkey and the
United Kingdom
Introduction
This document is intended as a supplement to the specific device standards for respiratory protective
devices. Test methods are specified for complete or parts of devices. If deviations from the test method
given in this document are necessary, these deviations will be specified in the relevant device standard.
1 Scope
This document specifies methods for flame tests to be applied to respiratory protective devices.
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 ISO 16972, Respiratory protective devices - Vocabulary and graphical symbols (ISO 16972)
EN ISO 6941, Textile fabrics - Burning behaviour - Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically
oriented specimens (ISO 6941)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 16972 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
4 Pre-requisites
In order to implement this document, at least the following parameters need to be specified in the
relevant device standard:
— RPD and/or components to be tested;
— test method, 1, 2, or 3;
— number of test samples;
— climatic conditioning;
— any deviations from the test procedure chosen;
— pass/fail criteria.
5 Nominal values and tolerances
Unless otherwise specified, the values stated in this document are expressed as nominal values. Except
for temperature limits, values which are not stated as maxima or minima shall be subject to a tolerance
of ± 5 %. Unless otherwise specified, the ambient conditions for testing shall be between 16
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