BSI Standards Publication BS EN 13126 13 2012 Building hardware — Hardware for windows and balcony doors — Requirements and test methods Part 13 Sash balances BS EN 13126 13 2012 BRITISH STANDARD Nati[.]
Trang 1BSI Standards Publication
Building hardware — Hardware for windows and balcony
doors — Requirements and test methods
Part 13: Sash balances
Trang 2This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13126-13:2012.
It supersedes DD CEN/TS 13126-13:2004 which is withdrawn
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/538/4, Building hardware
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary
This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application
© The British Standards Institution 2012 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2012
ISBN 978 0 580 75390 9 ICS 91.190
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 May 2012
Amendments issued since publication
Date Text affected
Trang 3NORME EUROPÉENNE
English Version
Building hardware - Hardware for windows and balcony doors -
Requirements and test methods - Part 13: Sash balances
Quincaillerie pour le bâtiment - Ferrures de fenêtres et
portes-fenêtres - Exigences et méthodes d'essai - Partie 13
: Contrepoids pour mécanismes à guillotine
Baubeschläge - Beschläge für Fenster und Fenstertüren - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren - Teil 13: Ausgleichgewichte für Vertikal-Schiebefenster
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 March 2012
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 CEN-CENELEC 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions
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Trang 4Contents Page
Foreword 3
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions 6
4 Classification .6
4.1 General .6
4.2 Category of use (1 – first digit) 6
4.3 Durability (2 – second digit) 6
4.4 Mass (3 – third digit) 7
4.5 Fire resistance (4 – fourth digit) 7
4.6 Safety in use (5 – fifth digit) 7
4.7 Corrosion resistance (6 – sixth digit) 7
4.8 Security (7 – seventh digit) 7
4.9 Application (8 – eighth digit) 7
4.10 Test Sizes (9 – ninth digit) 7
4.11 Example of classification for sash balances 8
5 Requirements .8
5.1 General .8
5.2 Integrated maximum opening stop 8
5.3 Free movement test 8
5.4 Durability test .9
5.5 Resistance to manually applied load test 9
5.6 Corrosion resistance test .9
6 Test apparatus .9
6.1 Sash balances installed in the test specimen 9
6.2 Test specimens from the sash balance manufacturer 10
6.3 Test rig 10
6.4 Hardware 10
7 Test methods 10
7.1 Samples 10
7.2 Free movement test procedure 10
7.3 Durability test procedure 10
7.4 Resistance to manually applied load test procedure 11
Annex A (normative) Test method diagrams 12
Annex B (normative) Flow Chart of test procedure 13
Bibliography 14
Trang 5Foreword
This document (EN 13126-13:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 33 “Doors, windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR
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 November 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
at the latest by November 2012
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 supersedes CEN/TS 13126-13:2004
The following is a list of the technical changes made since the previous edition of this standard, organised according to their relevant clauses:
a) Clause 3, Terms and definitions:
1) Reduced to two definitions, 3.1 and 3.2;
b) Clause 4, Classification:
1) Three new grades added as per Table 2 in 4.9;
2) Window test sizes specified within EN 13126-13 as per Table 1 in 4.10;
3) Example of classification added in 4.11;
c) Clause 5, Requirements:
1) Requirements in the whole of Clause 5: completely revised;
2) New test procedures added:
i) Integrated maximum opening stop in 5.2;
ii) Free movement test in 5.3;
iii) Durability test in 5.4;
iv) Resistance to manually applied load test in 5.5 and 3 new grades added;
v) Corrosion resistance test in 5.6;
d) Clause 6, Test apparatus:
1) Requirements in the whole of Clause 6: completely revised;
e) Clause 7, Test methods:
1) Test methods in the whole of Clause 7: completely revised;
2) Reduction in the number of test samples in 7.1
Trang 6A full contribution to the preparation of this European Standard has been made by the European manufacturers´ organisation ‘ARGE’ and National Standards institutions
This European Standard is one of a series of European Standards for building hardware products It is divided into seventeen parts to incorporate all types of windows and balcony doors:
EN 13126-1, Building hardware Hardware for windows and door height windows Requirements and test methods Part 1: Requirements common to all types of hardware;
windows Part 2: Window fastener handles;
EN 13126-3, Building hardware Hardware for windows and door-height windows Requirements and test methods Part 3: Handles, primarily for Tilt&Turn, Tilt-First and Turn-Only hardware;
windows Part 4: Espagnolettes;
EN 13126-5, Building hardware Hardware for windows and door height windows Requirements and test methods Part 5: Devices that restrict the opening of windows and door height windows;
windows Part 6: Variable geometry stay hinges (with or without a friction stay);
EN 13126-7, Building hardware Requirements and test methods for windows and door height windows
Part 7: Finger catches;
windows Part 8: Tilt&Turn, Tilt-First and Turn-Only hardware;
prEN 13126-9, Building hardware Hardware for windows and door height windows Requirements and test methods Part 9: Hardware for horizontal and vertical pivot windows;
windows Part 10: Arm-balancing systems;
windows Part 11: Top hung projecting reversible hardware;
windows Part 12: Side hung projecting reversible hardware;
EN 13126-13, Building hardware — Hardware for windows and balcony doors —Requirements and test methods Part 13: Sash balances;
EN 13126-14, Building hardware — Hardware for windows and balcony doors Requirements and test methods — Part 14: Sash fasteners;
windows Part 15: Rollers for horizontal sliding and sliding folding windows and doors;
windows Part 16: Hardware for Lift&Slide windows and doors;
windows Part 17: Hardware for Tilt&Slide windows and doors;
Trang 7 prEN 13126-18, Building hardware Specifications for the fittings for the operation of windows and door height windows Part 18: Requirements and test procedures for durability, strength, security and functionality of Fan light openers for windows and door height windows;
windows Part 19: Sliding Closing Devices
Informative Annex A of EN 13126-1:2011 gives detailed schedules of the elements of components of the seventeen parts of this European Standard
Informative Annex B of EN 13126-1:2011 details, in connection with Annex A of the same standard, the concerned parts and their reference to the relevant widow types
Normative and informative annexes to all parts of this European Standard are indicated in the contents of the seventeen parts
The performance tests incorporated in this standard are considered to be reproducible and as such will provide a consistent and objective assessment of the performance of these products throughout CEN-CENELEC Member States
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, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, 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
Trang 81 Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for durability, strength, security and functionality of sash balances
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies
EN 1670, Building hardware Corrosion resistance Requirements and test methods
EN 12519:2004, Windows and pedestrian doors Terminology
EN 13126-1:2011, Building hardware Hardware for windows and door height windows Requirements and test methods Part 1: Requirements common to all types of hardware
EN 13126-5, Building hardware Hardware for windows and door height windows Requirements and test methods Part 5: Devices that restrict the opening of windows and door height windows
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 13126-1:2011, EN 12519:2004 and the following apply
3.1
sash balance
device, generally fitted in a pair and used to counter-balance the mass of a vertically moving sash throughout its full travel
3.2
manually applied force
externally applied vertical force required to cause movement of the sliding sash when the sash balances are mounted in the test specimen
4 Classification
4.1 General
The classification for sash balances shall be in accordance with the requirements of Clause 4 of
EN 13126-1:2011
4.2 Category of use (1 – first digit)
No marking is required for the category of use in accordance with 4.2 of EN 13126-1:2011
4.3 Durability (2 – second digit)
Grades shall be in accordance with 4.3 of EN 13126-1:2011
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The mass shall be the actual mass of the test sash
4.5 Fire resistance (4 – fourth digit)
One grade shall be identified in accordance with 4.5 of EN 13126-1:2011
grade 0: no requirements
4.6 Safety in use (5 – fifth digit)
One grade shall be identified in accordance with 4.6 of EN 13126-1:2011
grade 1: The sash balance shall conform to the requirements of EN 13126-1
4.7 Corrosion resistance (6 – sixth digit)
Grades shall be in accordance with 4.7 of EN 13126-1:2011
4.8 Security (7 – seventh digit)
No marking is required for the category of security in accordance with 4.8 of EN 13126-1:2011
4.9 Application (8 – eighth digit)
The eighth digit shall be assigned in accordance with Table 2
NOTE Table 2 shows the grades “13/1”, “13/2”, “13/3”, “13/4” “13/5”, “13/6”, “13/7” and “13/8”, which indicate the part
of the standard which was used for testing the sash balances and their rating
4.10 Test Sizes (9 – ninth digit)
The ninth digit shall show the test sizes in accordance with 4.10 of EN 13126-1:2011 as follows:
S.W 1) in mm / S.H.2 ) in mm
EXAMPLE 1 100 S.W x 1 200 S.H
Table 1 Test sash size and mass Test size A Test size B Test size C
800 x 1 100 1 100 x 1 200 1 500 x 1 000
1) S.W = sash width
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The example above denotes sash balances which have the following classifications:
Digit 4 fire resistance grade 0 (no requirements)
Digit 6 corrosion resistance grade 3
Digit 8 applicable part grade 13/5; tested in accordance with part 13 of this standard, and rated
as requiring an applied force of >30% test mass to initiate movement
S.H = sash height
5 Requirements
5.1 General
The requirements for sash balances shall be in accordance with Clause 5 of EN 13126-1:2011
NOTE Where a sash balance is adjustable, it should be set according to the manufacturer's recommendations
5.2 Integrated maximum opening stop
Where sash balances are fitted with an integrated maximum opening stop, the opening stop shall also be tested in accordance with EN 13126-5
5.3 Free movement test
The test specified in 7.2 shall be used to ensure the sash balances can support the mass of the sash
Upon completion of the free movement test in accordance with 7.2, the maximum travel distance shall not exceed 25 mm
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The test specified in 7.3 shall be used to ensure the sash balances are capable of continued operation after cycling in accordance with grades specified in 7.3, and with regard given to normal maintenance
Upon completion of the durability test in accordance with 7.3, the sash balances shall continue to function normally
5.5 Resistance to manually applied load test
The test specified in 7.4 shall be used to ensure the sash balances are graded in relation to the ease of sash movement
Upon completion of the manually applied load test in accordance with 7.4, the manually applied force shall not exceed the value given in Table 2
Table 2 Manually Applied Forces
(% maximum test mass)
5.6 Corrosion resistance test
The sash balance shall be tested and classified in accordance with EN 1670
6 Test apparatus
6.1 Sash balances installed in the test specimen
The sash balances shall be installed in the test specimen for testing in accordance with Clause 6 of
EN 13126-1:2011
NOTE Please note the manufacturer’s fixing instructions
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The test specimens shall be accompanied by a drawing of the profile cross-section All relevant maintenance and operation information shall be enclosed with the test specimen; it shall also contain the necessary test specimen installation information for the windows
6.3 Test rig
The test shall be conducted on a test rig which corresponds in function and shape to the window for which the sash balance is intended
6.4 Hardware
The tested sash balance shall conform to the manufacturer's recommendation for size and mass of the test specimen
7 Test methods
7.1 Samples
Three samples shall be used for testing in accordance with this European Standard
Sample B - corrosion test
Sample C - retained for reference control
NOTE 1 Sample B should only be required if the manufacturer of the sash balance cannot supply a test report in accordance with EN 1670
NOTE 2 Sample C should be retained by the test institute for the duration of the validity of the test report
7.2 Free movement test procedure
Position the sliding sash with the sash (50 ± 1) mm from the fully closed position (see Figure A.1 for top sliding sash; see Figure A.3 for bottom sliding sash)
Remove all external forces and record any movement of the sliding sash over a period of 60 s
Position the sliding sash with the sash (50 ± 1) mm from the fully open position (see Figure A.2 for top sliding sash; see Figure A.4 for bottom sliding sash)
Remove all external forces and record any movement of the sliding sash over a period of 60 s
NOTE The fully open position may be determined by maximum opening stops
Acceptance criteria are in accordance with 8.4 of EN 13126-1:2011, and 5.3 of this standard
7.3 Durability test procedure
The sash balance(s) shall be mounted
NOTE 1 Please note the manufacturer’s fitting instructions