EN ISO 12402-9:2006

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2006
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Personal flotation devices - Part 9: Test methods (ISO 12402-9:2006)
Persönliche Auftriebsmittel - Teil 9: Prüfverfahren (ISO 12402-9:2006)
Équipements individuels de flottabilité - Partie 9: Méthodes d'essai (ISO 12402-9:2006)
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 12402-9
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2006
ICS 13.340.70
English Version
Personal flotation devices - Part 9: Test methods (ISO 12402-
9:2006)
Équipements individuels de flottabilité - Partie 9: Méthodes Persönliche Auftriebsmittel - Teil 9: Prüfverfahren (ISO
d'essai (ISO 12402-9:2006) 12402-9:2006)
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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 12402-9:2006) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 162
"Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets", the secretariat of which is
held by DIN, in collaboration with Technical Committee ISO/TC 188 "Small craft".

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 March 2007, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2007.

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(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

ANNEX ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC

This standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association to provide one means of conforming to Essential
Requirements of the New Approach Directive 89/686/EEC.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Communities under that Directive
and has been implemented as a national standard in at least one Member State, compliance with
the normative clauses of this standard, together with the requirements given in the specific
standards, confers, within the limits of the scope of these standards, a presumption of conformity
with the corresponding Essential Requirements of that Directive and associated EFTA regulations.

WARNING — Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the products
falling within the scope of this standard.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 12402-9
First edition
2006-09-01
Personal flotation devices —
Part 9:
Test methods
Équipements individuels de flottabilité —
Partie 9: Méthodes d'essai
Reference number
ISO 12402-9:2006(E)
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ISO 12402-9:2006(E)
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ISO 12402-9:2006(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions. 2
4 Classification of personal flotation devices . 4
5 Test methods. 4
5.1 General. 4
5.2 Sampling and conditioning. 4
5.3 Criteria for passing and failure. 4
5.4 Magnetic properties testing. 5
5.5 Mechanical properties tests . 5
5.6 Human subject performance tests. 18
Annex A (informative) Classification of personal flotation devices. 32
Annex B (normative) Adult reference vest for test-subject disqualification and test-subject group
validation . 34
Annex C (normative) Child reference vest for test subject disqualification and test subject group
validation . 46
Annex D (normative) Infant reference vest for test subject disqualification and test subject group
validation . 55
Annex E (informative) Child manikins. 63
Bibliography . 68

ISO 12402-9:2006(E)
Foreword
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ISO 12402-9 was prepared by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee
CEN/TC 162, Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets, in collaboration with
Technical Committee ISO/TC 188, Small craft, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation
between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
ISO 12402 consists of the following parts, under the general title Personal flotation devices:
⎯ Part 1: Lifejackets for seagoing ships — Safety requirements
⎯ Part 2: Lifejackets, performance level 275 — Safety requirements
⎯ Part 3: Lifejackets, performance level 150 — Safety requirements
⎯ Part 4: Lifejackets, performance level 100 — Safety requirements
⎯ Part 5: Buoyancy aids (level 50) — Safety requirements
⎯ Part 6: Special purpose lifejackets and buoyancy aids — Safety requirements and additional test methods
⎯ Part 7: Materials and components — Safety requirements and test methods
⎯ Part 8: Accessories — Safety requirements and test methods
⎯ Part 9: Test methods
⎯ Part 10: Selection and application of personal flotation devices and other relevant devices
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ISO 12402-9:2006(E)
Introduction
ISO 12402 has been prepared to give guidance on the design and application of personal flotation devices
(hereafter referred to as PFDs) for persons engaged in activities, whether in relation to their work or their
leisure, in or near water. PFDs manufactured, selected, and maintained to this standard should give a
reasonable assurance of safety from drowning to a person who is immersed in water.
Requirements for lifejackets on large, commercial seagoing ships are regulated by the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). ISO 12402-1
addresses lifejackets for seagoing ships.
ISO 12402 allows for the buoyancy of a PFD to be provided by a wide variety of materials or designs, some of
which may require preparation before entering the water (e.g. inflation of chambers by gas from a cylinder or
blown in orally). However, PFDs can be divided into the following two main classes:
⎯ those which provide face up in-water support to the user regardless of physical conditions (lifejackets),
and
⎯ those which require the user to make swimming and other postural movements to position the user with
the face out of the water (buoyancy aids).
Within these main two classes there are a number of levels of support, types of buoyancy, activation methods
for inflatable devices, and auxiliary items (such as location aids), all of which will affect the user‘s probability of
survival. Within the different types of buoyancy allowed, inflatable PFDs either provide full buoyancy without
any user intervention other than arming (i.e. PFDs inflated by a fully automatic method) or require the user to
initiate the inflation. Hybrid PFDs always provide some buoyancy but rely on the same methods as inflatable
PFDs to achieve full buoyancy. With inherently buoyant PFDs, the user only needs to put the PFD on to
achieve the performance of its class.
PFDs that do not require intervention (automatically operating PFDs) are suited to activities where persons
are likely to enter the water unexpectedly; whereas PFDs requiring intervention (e.g. manually inflated PFDs)
are only suitable for use if the user believes there will be sufficient time to produce
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