p o h S - e S A ILN a i v y p o C y l n o w Exigences pourlessacsdecouchage ie Requirements forsleepingbags v e r Anforderungen anSchlafsäcke P - ILNAS-EN 13537:2012 2012 : 13537 05/2012 EN - S A ILN ILNAS-EN 13537:2012 p o h S - e S A https://portail-qualite.public.lu/fr/normes-normalisation/participer-normalisation.html - - - CENELEC) andInternational(ISO,IEC)standards: participate forFREEinthedevelopmentofLuxembourgish(ILNAS),European(CEN, Every interestedparty,whichismemberofanorganizationbasedinLuxembourg,can ILNAS-EN 13537:2012. 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A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same ILN a status as the official versions. i v y CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, p o Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, C Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. y l n o w ie v e r P - 2012 : 13537 EN - S A ILN EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels © 2012 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 13537:2012: E worldwide for CEN national Members. EN 13537:2012 (E) ILNAS-EN 13537:2012 Contents Page Foreword ..............................................................................................................................................................3 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................4 1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................5 2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................5 3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................6 4 Requirements and test methods ..........................................................................................................7 4.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................7 4.2 Fabrics ....................................................................................................................................................7 4.2.1 Down proofness .....................................................................................................................................7 p 4.2.2 Synthetic fibre proofness .....................................................................................................................7 o h 4.2.3 Mechanical properties ...........................................................................................................................7 S - e 4.3 Filling material ........................................................................................................................................8 S 4.3.1 Feather and/or down .............................................................................................................................8 A 4.3.2 Filling material other than feather and/or down .................................................................................8 ILN 4.4 Finished articles.....................................................................................................................................8 a i 4.4.1 Water vapour permeability index .........................................................................................................8 v y 4.4.2 Inside dimensions..................................................................................................................................8 p o 4.4.3 Total mass ..............................................................................................................................................9 C y 4.4.4 Volume under load.................................................................................................................................9 l n 4.4.5 Thermal properties ................................................................................................................................9 o w 5 Test report ........................................................................................................................................... 14 ie v e r 6 Labelling .............................................................................................................................................. 14 P - 6.1 Graph for the range of utility ............................................................................................................. 14 6.2 Marking ................................................................................................................................................ 15 2012 6.3 Information supplied to the consumer ............................................................................................. 15 : 6.3.1 Mandatory information ....................................................................................................................... 15 6.3.2 Optional information........................................................................................................................... 17 13537 Annex A (normative) Reference values of thermal resistance for calibration ........................................... 18 EN - S Annex B (informative) Precision of test results ............................................................................................ 20 A Annex C (informative) Physiological model for calculation of range of utility .......................................... 21 ILN Annex D (informative) Warning of misuse of temperature rating ............................................................... 26 Annex E (informative) Rationale ..................................................................................................................... 27 2 ILNAS-EN 13537:2012 p o h S - e Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, countries are bound toannounce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, According tothe CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, thenational standards organizations of thefollowing g) based on new research, the extreme temperature limits inTable 1 have been recalculated and amended. f) the easiness of packaging of thesleeping bag,13538-3, as determined hasEN by beendeleted from the e) the thickness and elastic recovery of the sleeping bag, as determined13538-2, by has EN been deleted d) measurement of theinside dimensions of sleeping bags has been included. It was formally specified in c) a pre-treatment has been introduced for thethermal property tests for thesleeping bag; b) the test procedure of the thermal resistance measurement of thesleeping bag with the thermalmanikin a) the calibration of thermal manikins for themeasurement of thermal insulation of asleeping bag has been In comparison with EN 13537:2002, the following changes have been made: This document supersedes EN13537:2002. rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent at the latest by November 2012. text or by endorsement, atthe latest by November 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn This European Standard shall begiven thestatus ofa national standard, either publicationby of anidentical playground and other recreational facilities and equipment”, thesecretariat of which is held by DIN. 136 “Sports, This document (EN 13537:2012) has been prepared