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BS AU 178a:1992

Withdrawn
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Specification for road vehicle safety glass
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

12-13-2011

Language(s)

English

Published date

02-28-1992

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Glazing characteristics
4. General requirements and application
5. Particular requirements
6. Purpose of the tests
7. Detailed schedule of tests for safety glass
8. Application for approval and procedure on any
     subsequent modification of the product
9. Marking
Appendices
A. General test conditions
B. Toughened glass windscreens
C. Toughened glass windows other than windscreens
D. Ordinary laminated glass windscreens
E. Ordinary laminated glass windows other than
     windscreens
F. Treated laminated glass windscreens
G. Windscreen grouping
H. Thicknesses of glass available to the United
     Kingdom automobile industry
J. Application for approval and procedure on any
     subsequent modification of the product
K. Classification of vehicles according to the
     Commission of the European Communities (EEC/
     Brussels) and the United Nations Economic Commission
     for Europe (UN-ECE/Geneva)
L. Plastics-coated safety glazing
Table
1. Secondary characteristics
2. Tests specified for the categories of glass defined
     in 2.4 and 2.5
3. Readings required for abrasion resistance test
4. The minimum number of products required for a full
     set of approval tests
Figures
1. Maximum height of segments, A-B, measured
     approximately normal to the glass
2. Specified points of impact for windscreens
3. Specified points of impact for toughened glass
     windows other than windscreens
4. Support for ball tests
5. Support for samples (head form test)
6. Support for test pieces (head form test)
7. Head form
8. Diagram of abrading instrument
9. Equipment for measuring scattered light (hazemeter)
10. Deviation at point M on the inner surface of the
     windscreen denoted by alpha
11. Optical distortion: position of zone 1
12. Vision zone 'A'
13. Vision zone 'B'
14. Example of combustion chamber with sample holder
     and drip tray
15. Sample

Specifies requirements for safety glass for installation as windscreens, other windows or as partitions in motor vehicles and trailers. Includes tests. This edition aligns with ECE Regulation 43.

Committee
AUE/1
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 90/77370 DC and BS AU178(1980) (11/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, September 2006. (09/2006)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
44
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn
Supersedes

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