National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 12720:2009+A1:2013. It supersedes BS EN 12720:2009 which is withdrawn.

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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee FW/0, Furniture, to Subcommittee FW/0/1 Common Test Methods for Furniture.

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Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 March 2009

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 3 January 2009 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 3 September 2013.

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Foreword

This document (EN 12720:2009+A1:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2014, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2014.

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

This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 2013-09-03. This document supersedes EN 12720:2009.

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Informative Annex B provides details of significant technical changes between this European Standard and the previous edition.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European standard specifies a method for the assessment of the resistance to cold liquids of all rigid furniture surfaces regardless of materials.

It does not apply to leather and textile surfaces.

The test is intended to be carried out on a part of the finished furniture, but can be carried out on test panels of the same material, finished in an identical manner to the finished product, and of a size sufficient to meet the requirements of the test.

The test shall be carried out on unused surfaces.

The type and number of test liquids (Annex A) and the test periods (Table 1) shall be stated in requirement specifications or shall be agreed upon between purchaser and supplier or interested parties.

Annex A (normative) includes a selection of suitable test liquids. Other liquids can be used if required.

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2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Principle

5 Apparatus and materials

5.1 Discs

5.2 Glass Petri dish

5.3 Tweezers

5.4 Absorbent paper or tissue

5.5 Cleaning cloth

5.6 Diffuse light source

5.7 Test liquid

5.8 Deionized or distilled water

5.9 Cleansing solution

5.10 Cleansing agent

6 Preparation and conditioning

6.1 Conditioning

6.2 Test surface

7 Test procedure

7.1 Testing

7.2 Test periods

8 Examination of the test panel

9 Assessment of results

10 Test report

Bibliography

BS EN 12720:2009+A1:2013

Furniture. Assessment of surface resistance to cold liquids

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Mar 2009