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NEN EN 13138-2 : 2014

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The latest, up-to-date edition.

BUOYANT AIDS FOR SWIMMING INSTRUCTION - PART 2: SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS FOR BUOYANT AIDS TO BE HELD

Published date

01-12-2013

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Classification
5 Safety requirements
  5.1 General
  5.2 Buoyancy
  5.3 Safe design
  5.4 Valves and stoppers
  5.5 Materials - mechanical properties
  5.6 Markings - Chemical properties
  5.7 Adhesion of Markings
6 Test methods
  6.1 General
  6.2 Conditioning prior to testing
  6.3 Materials and markings - resistance to chlorinated
       salt water
  6.4 Markings - resistance to saliva
  6.5 Markings - resistance to perspiration
  6.6 Buoyancy characteristics
  6.7 Valves, edges, corners and points
  6.8 Inflatable devices
  6.9 Adhesion of markings
  6.10 Small parts
  6.11 Tests on the properties of materials
7 Warnings and markings on the product
  7.1 General
  7.2 Information supplied by the manufacturer
  7.3 Consumer information at the point of sale
Annex A (normative) Procedures for conditioning of the
        buoyant swimming aid prior to testing
Annex B (normative) Procedures for testing resistance of
        markings to saliva
Annex C (normative) Procedures for testing efficiency of
        non-return valves of inflatable devices
Annex D (normative) Test procedures for seam strength and
        durability of inflatable devices
Annex E (normative) Test procedures for determining the
        puncture resistance of inflatable devices
Bibliography

Defines safety requirements for construction, performance, sizing and marking for swimming devices intended to assist users with movement through the water in the early stages of water awareness, while learning to swim or while learning part of a swimming stroke.

DevelopmentNote
Draft issued in February 2018. (03/2018)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Netherlands Standards
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
EN 13138-2:2014 Identical
NS EN 13138-2 : 2014 Identical
DIN EN 13138-2:2015-02 Identical
UNI EN 13138-2 : 2015 Identical
ONORM EN 13138-2 : 2015 Identical
I.S. EN 13138-2:2014 Identical
SN EN 13138-2:2015 Identical
BS EN 13138-2:2014 Identical
UNE-EN 13138-2:2015 Identical

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