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BS EN 15947-5:2022

BS EN 15947-5:2022

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Pyrotechnic articles. Fireworks, Categories F1, F2 and F3 – Requirements for construction and performance

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BSI 2022 36
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This document specifies requirements for construction and performance of firework and primary packs and selection packs. It is applicable to firework of the categories F1, F2 and F3 as defined by Article 6 Paragraph (1) clause (a) subclause (i) to (iii) of Directive 2013/29/EU. This document is not applicable for fireworks containing detonative explosives other than black powder or flash composition or pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances: – arsenic or arsenic compounds; – hexachlorobenzene; – lead or lead compounds; – mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %; – mixtures of chlorates with metals; – mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus (except when used in Christmas crackers, party poppers or snaps); – mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate (II); – mixtures of chlorates with sulphur (these mixtures are allowed for friction heads only); – mixtures of chlorates with sulphides; – mercury compounds; – nitrocellulose with a mass fraction of nitrogen of more than 12,6 %. – picrates or picric acid; – potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %; – sulphur with an acidity, expressed in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; – white phosphorus; – zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 µm. This document does not apply to fireworks intended to be kept or used at temperatures below −20 °C or above 50 °C.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 undefined
10 1 Scope
11 2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Construction
4.1 Construction materials (type test and batch test)
4.1.1 General requirements
4.1.2 Specific requirements
12 4.2 Length of handle and pull string (type test and batch test)
13 4.3 Permitted elements in battery, battery requiring external support, combination and combination requiring external support (type test and batch test)
4.4 Dimensions for mini rocket (type test and batch test)
14 4.5 Specific requirements for compound firework (type test and batch test)
4.6 Specific requirements for fireworks which eject pyrotechnic units with end closures (type test)
5 Pyrotechnic composition (type test)
18 6 Means of initiation
6.1 Permitted means of initiation (type test and batch test)
20 6.2 Protection of means of initiation (type test and batch test)
6.3 Attachment of means of initiation and resistance to ignition by an abrasive surface (type test and batch test)
6.4 Requirements for means of initiation (type test and batch test)
6.4.1 General requirements
21 6.4.2 Specific requirements
7 Performance
7.1 Properties to be checked before functioning tests
7.1.1 Loose pyrotechnic composition after mechanical conditioning (type test)
7.1.2 Integrity (type test and batch test)
7.1.2.1 General requirements
7.1.2.2 Specific requirements
22 7.1.3 Stabilization of flight (type test and batch test)
7.1.4 Other requirements (type test)
7.2 Properties to be checked during functioning tests (type test and batch test)
7.2.1 Principal effects
7.2.2 Functioning
7.2.3 Angle of ascent or flight
23 7.2.4 Motion
7.2.5 Stability during functioning
24 7.2.6 Height of explosion
7.2.7 Sound pressure level
7.2.8 Explosions and other failures
25 7.2.9 Burning or incandescent matter
7.2.10 Extinguishing of flames
27 7.2.11 Debris and projected debris
7.2.11.1 Debris
7.2.11.2 Projected debris
7.2.12 Burning rate of composition
28 7.2.13 Pull-string or strip
7.3 Properties to be checked after functioning tests (type test and batch test)
7.3.1 Droop
7.3.2 Plastics body
7.3.3 Tube containing the propellant charge for rocket and report rocket
8 Primary pack or selection pack (type test and batch test)
9 Type testing
9.1 General
30 9.2 Specific requirements for primary packs to be examined
10 Batch testing
10.1 General
10.2 Sampling plans
10.3 Unit of product
31 10.4 Nonconformities
33 10.5 Acceptance or rejection of a batch
10.5.1 Nonconforming units
10.5.2 Critical nonconforming units
10.5.3 Major nonconforming units
10.5.4 Minor nonconforming units
10.5.5 Fireworks supplied in primary packs or selection packs
34 Annex ZA (informative)Relationship between this European Standard and the essential safety requirements of Directive 2013/29/EU aimed to be covered

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