National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12272‑1:2002.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/510, Road materials, to Subcommittee B/510/2, Surface dressing, sprays and slurry surfacing, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible 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 subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

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This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Building and Civil Engineering Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 27 March 2002

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 29 and a back cover.

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This European Standard was approved by CEN on 9 November 2001.

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 12272‑1:2002 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 227 "Road materials", 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2002, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2004.

In this standard the annexes A and C are normative and the annexes B and D informative.

This European Standard is one of a series of standards as listed below:

EN 12272‑1, Surface dressing - Test methods - Part 1: Rate of spread and accuracy of spread of binder and chippings.

prEN 12272-2, Surface dressing - Test methods - Part 2: Visual assessment of defects.

prEN 12272-3, Surface dressing - Test methods - Part 3: Determination of binder aggregate adhesivity by the vialit plate shock test method; German version prEN 12272-3:1997.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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 test methods for determining the rates of spread and accuracy of spread of binder and chippings of a surface dressing on a section of road at a given time. It is also applicable to surface dressings on airfields and other trafficked areas.

The test methods are used on site to check the ability of binder sprayers and chipping spreaders to meet the intended rates of spread and tolerances and coefficients of variation.

The test methods for measuring the rates of spread and accuracy of spread of binders and chippings are not applicable to combined chipping-binder spreaders.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Determination of the rate of spread of binder

4.1 Principle

4.2 Apparatus

4.3 Procedure

4.4 Expression of results

4.5 Test report

5 Determination of the rate of spread of chippings

5.1 Principle

5.2 Apparatus

5.3 Procedure

5.4 Determination of the rate of spread of chippings by volume

5.5 Determination of the rate of spread of chippings by mass

5.6 Test report

6 Determination of the accuracy of spread of binder

6.1 Principle

6.2 Apparatus

6.3 Procedure

6.4 Expression of results

6.5 Test report

7 Determination of the accuracy of spread of chippings

7.1 Principle

7.2 Apparatus

7.3 Procedure

7.4 Expression of results

7.5 Test report

BS EN 12272-1:2002

Surface dressing. Test methods - Rate of spread and accuracy of spread of binder and chippings

Published:

27 Mar 2002

Withdrawn:

11 Nov 2025