National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13630‑12:2002.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CII/61, Explosives for civil uses, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

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Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 8 May 2003

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 11 July 2002.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 13630‑12:2002) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 321 "Explosives for civil uses", the secretariat of which is held by AENOR.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2003, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2003.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This European Standard is one of a series of standards on Explosives for civil uses – Detonating cords and safety fuses. The other parts of this series are:

Annex A of this document is informative.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies methods for determining the burning duration of safety fuses.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Apparatus

4.1 Climatic conditioning chamber

4.2 Supporting device

4.3 Steel tube

4.4 Stopwatch

4.5 Sand

4.6 Means of igniting the safety fuse

5 Test pieces

6 Procedure

6.1 Conditioning of test pieces

6.2 Unconfined test

6.3 Confined test

7 Test report

BS EN 13630-12:2002

Explosives for civil uses. Detonating cords and safety fuses - Determination of burning duration of safety fuses

Published:

8 May 2003

Withdrawn:

6 Oct 2025