European foreword

This document (EN 16165:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 339 “Slip resistance of pedestrian surfaces - Methods of evaluation”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2022.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes CEN/TS 16165:2016.

The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:

a) description of test surface used in the barefoot ramp test and the shod ramp test changed;
b) calibration procedure of the test device used in the barefoot ramp test changed;
c) angles of slip for the three standard surfaces used in the barefoot ramp test changed;
d) procedure for verification and correction in the barefoot ramp test changed;
e) description of the test procedure used in the barefoot ramp test changed;
f) description of test footwear used in the shod ramp test changed;
g) angles of slip for the three standard surfaces used in the shod ramp test changed;
h) information when slider pads and slider assemblies shall be re-prepared or discarded added to the pendulum test;
i) description of the verification procedure used in the pendulum test and the tribometer test changed;
j) Reference surfaces for pendulum test and tribometer tests were removed;
k) procedure for the preparation of sliders used in the tribometer test changed.

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BS EN 16165:2021

Determination of slip resistance of pedestrian surfaces. Methods of evaluation

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Published:

28 Feb 2022