BS 7175:1989
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Hardcopy , PDF
English
31-07-1989
Foreword
Committees responsible
Methods
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Criteria of ignition
4. General principle
5. Health and safety of operators
6. Apparatus
7. Conditioning and testing
Section two. Pillow and continental quilts tested with
smouldering and flaming ignition sources
8. General
9. Test specimens
10. Ignition sources
11. Test procedures
Section three. Individual bedcovers (including mattress
cases and covers, sheets, pillowslips, blankets, bed-
spreads and continental quilt covers) tested with
smouldering and flaming ignition sources
12. General
13. Test specimens
14. Ignition sources
15. Test procedures
Section four. Composite of known bedcovers and pillows
testsed with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
16. General
17. Test specimens
18. Ignition sources
19. Test procedures
Section five. Final examination of test specimens and
test report
20. Final examination
21. Test report
Appendix
A. Preferred test report layout
Tables
1. Tests with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
for pillows and continental quilts
2. Distance of ignition source below test specimen
for pillows and continental quilts
3. Test with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
for individual bedcovers
4. Distance of ignition source below test specimen
for individual bedcovers
5. Tests with smouldering and flaming ignition sources
for composite of known bedcovers and pillows
6. Distance of ignition source below test specimen
for composite of known bedcovers and pillows
Figures
1. Test rig
2. Test rig and mineral wool fibre pad
3. Position of ignition sources for pillows and
continental quilts
4. Position of ignition sources for bedcovers
5. Position of ignition sources for composite of known
bedcovers and pillows
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