European foreword

This document (EN 15185:2023) 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2024.

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 EN 15185:2011.

Compared with EN 15185:2011, the following modifications have been made:

a) deviations of 5.4 “Test apparatus” modified and additional bullet regarding table rotary speed added;
b) revision of 7.2 “Calibration of abrasive paper” and formula added for calculating a correction factor;
c) revision of title 7.4.2 to “Foil, uncoated and coated laminate and melamine faced boards”;
d) revision of title 7.4.4 to “Transparent lacquers on wood or lignocellulosic-substrates” and modified IP;
e) completion of the statement on A.3.4 “Alignment - Dual head abrader”;
f) Annex C deleted;
g) the significant changes in the revised edition are now given in the European foreword;
h) Bibliography updated;
i) document editorially revised in its entirety.

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

BS EN 15185:2023

Furniture. Assessment of the surface resistance to abrasion

Current

Published:

31 Jan 2024