NBN EN 1176-1 : 2008
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PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SURFACING - PART 1: GENERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS
01-12-2013
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Safety requirements
4.1 Materials
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Flammability
4.1.3 Timber and associated products
4.1.4 Metals
4.1.5 Synthetics
4.1.6 Dangerous substances
4.2 Design and manufacture
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Structural integrity
4.2.3 Accessibility for adults
4.2.4 Protection against falling
4.2.5 Finish of equipment
4.2.6 Moving parts
4.2.7 Protection against entrapment
4.2.8 Zones
4.2.9 Means of access
4.2.10 Connections
4.2.11 Consumable components
4.2.12 Ropes
4.2.13 Chains
4.2.14 Foundations
5 Test methods and reports
6 Information to be provided by the manufacturer/supplier
6.1 General product information
6.2 Pre-information
6.3 Installation information
6.4 Inspection and maintenance information
7 Marking
Annex A (normative) - Loads
A.1 Permanent loads
A.2 Variable loads
A.3 Number of users on the equipment
Annex B (normative) - Method of calculation of structural
integrity
B.1 General principles limit state
B.2 Load combinations for static analysis
B.3 Worked example of the calculation of user loads
(without safety factors)
B.4 Calculation of forces acting on a swing
B.5 Worked examples for forces acting on a swing
(without safety factors)
B.6 Calculation of forces acting on the cable of a
cableway
B.7 Worked example for forces acting on a cableway
(without safety factors)
Annex C (normative) - Physical testing of structural integrity
C.1 Pass/fall criteria
C.2 Test load for equipment
C.3 Load application
C.4 Test report
Annex D (normative) - Test methods for entrapment
D.1 General
D.2 Head and neck entrapment
D.3 Entrapment of clothing
D.4 Finger entrapment
Annex E (informative) - Spiral and helical stairs
Annex F (informative) - Overview of possible entrapment
situations
Annex G (informative) - A-deviations
Figures
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