Bsi bs en 15301 1 2007

BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 15301 1 2007 Surfaces for sports areas — Part 1 Determination of rotational resistance The European Standard EN 15301 1 2007 has the status of a British Standard ICS 97 220 10 1[.]

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PR I/ 57, Sur face s for sp or ts ar eas

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So l s s p or t i f s - Pa rt i e 1 : D é t er m i n at i o n d e l a ré s i st a nc e e n

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Spo rt bö de n - Te il 1: Bes ti m m un g de s D re hw i de rs ta nd es

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Contents Pag e

Forew ord 3

1 Scope 4

2 Normativ e Refe renc es 4

3 Pri nc iple 4

4 Ap pa ratus 4

5 T est pi eces 8

6 Conditi oning 9

7 Proc edure 9

8 Calcul at ion and exp res si on of resul ts 9

9 T est report 9

Bibliograph y 10

EN 15 301- 1: 2007 ( E)

Forew ord

T his doc ument ( EN 1 530 1 - 1:200 7) h as b een pre par ed b y T ec h nic a l C om m ittee C EN/T C 217 “ S urfac es for

sports areas ” , the S ecretari at of which is h eld b y B SI

T his European Sta ndard s hal l be g iv en the st at us of a nati ona l s tand ard, ei ther b y pu bl icati on of an ide ntic al

tex t or b y e ndors em ent, at th e l ates t by Se ptem ber 200 7, a nd c onfl ic tin g nati ona l s ta ndards s ha ll b e

with dra wn at th e l atest b y S eptem ber 200 7

Ac c ordin g to th e CE N/C E NEL EC Int erna l Reg ul ati on s, the nat io nal s t a nd ards o rgani zat io ns of the follo win g

countries are b oun d to i m plement this Europ ean Stan dard: Aus tria , Be lg iu m, Bulgaria, Cyprus , C ze c h

Repu bl ic, Denm ark , Es ton ia, F i nl and, F ra nc e, G erm an y, G re ec e, Hu ngar y, Ic ela nd, Ire lan d, Ita l y, La tv i a,

Lith uan ia, Lux embourg, M alta , Net herl ands , N or way, Po lan d, P ort ug al, Rom ani a, S lo vak ia, S lo ve nia , S pai n,

S wed en, S wit zerla nd and Unit ed Kin gdom

1 Sco pe

T his part of EN 1 530 1 s pec ifies methods for determ i ning th e rota tio na l res is ta nc e of s ports s urfaces

T he follo wi ng referenc e d docum ents are in dis pe ns a ble for th e a ppl icat ion of this d ocum ent For dat e d

referenc es , onl y t he ed it i on c ited a pp lies F or un d ated referenc es , the lates t edit ion of the referenc e d

doc um ent ( inc lu din g a n y a m endm ents) appli es

EN 122 29, Surfaces fors p orts areas - Proce dure for the prepara tion ofs ynth etic turfa nd ne edle-punch te s t

pieces

3 Prin ci ple

T he forc e required to in iti at e rotat io nal movem ent of a tes t s ole i n c ont act with the s ports s urface b ei ng t est e d

is m eas ured

4.1 T he apparat us s hal l c ons is t of the foll o wi ng c om pon ent s ( s ee F igure 1)

 T es t foot, c om pris ed of a s teel d is c ( 150 ± 2) m m in di am eter to wh ic h t he appro pria t e t es t s ol e is

m ounted

 Shaft wi th a ttache d l ifting h and les th at are c e ntra ll y at t ac hed t o th e c entre of the s tudd ed d is c

 T wo- han dle d m echanic al to rque wrench with a s c ale m ark ed from 0 Nm to 80 Nm in a max im um of 2 Nm

inc rem ents , that a ttac hes t o the top of the s h aft

 Set of annu lar wei ghts t hat rest c entral l y on the u p per s urface of the s tudd ed d isc all o wi ng free move m ent

of the dis c be neat h th e weig hts T he tota l m ass of the ap parat us ( test foot, sh aft, torque wre nc h an d

weig hts) s hal l b e ( 46 ± 2) k g

 T ripod and gu id e to minim ize an y l atera l movement of the tes t foot during test i n g T he tripod shal l not

rest ric t the free rotati on of the s haft and th e gu ide s h al l inc orp orate a means of hold ing and dro pp ing t he

weig hte d test foot ont o th e tes t s pec im en from a he igh t of ( 60 ± 5) m m

4.2 T he tes t sole s h al l be as s p ec ified in t he pro duc t s pec ific ati on Sta ndard tes t s o le s are as follo ws :

a) F ootba ll s tud t es t s ol e;

Six foot ba ll s tuds

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equa ll y s pac ed on t he bot tom s urfac e of th e tes t foot ( 46 ± 1) m m from t he c entre of the

dis c T he s tuds s hall be as s ho wn i n Fig ure 2, be manufac tured from plas tic and hav e a Shore A h ardne s s o f

( 96 ± 2)

1

1 3 mm n ylon s t u ds sup p li e d by De ca th l on Grou p a re a n exa m p le o f su it abl e pro d uc t s ava il a b le c om me rc ia l l y This

i nfo rm a tio n is g i ve n fo r t he con ven i e nc e o f use rs o f th is E u ro p e an St and a rd an d d o es no t con sti t u te a n e ndo rse me nt by

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EN 15 301- 1: 2007 ( E)

b) Sm ooth rubber s o le;

Sm ooth rubber dis k ( 150 ± 2) m m in diameter and at leas t 5 m m thick T he rubber s hal l be as gi ve n in

T able 1

T abl e 1 — P ro pert i es of s m oot h rubber t est sol e

T emp erat u re ° C

Prop e rt y

Lübk e Res il ie nc e ( % ) 43 to 49 58 to 65 66 to 73 71 to 77 74 to 79

Hardness ( IRHD)

53 to 65

N OTE The rubber c om pos it i on gi ven i n A nnex B of E N 13036-4: 2003 has been found t o be s ati sfact ory

c ) Dimpled rub ber s ol e

2)

Rubb er d is k ( 150 ± 2) m m in di am eter wit h a profile c om pris ed of 55 d im ples ( s tuds ) pos iti one d as s ho wn i n

F igure 3 Each d imple shall be ( 6 ± 1) m m in lengt h and ( 9 ± 1) m m in depth T he rubber us ed t o form the

tes t foot s ha ll be as gi ven i n T able 2

T abl e 2 — P ro pert i es of d im pl ed rubbe r t est sol e

T emp erat u re ° C

Pro pe rt y

2 ) T he dim pled rub ber s o le is s pecificall y m anufac ture d for tes ti ng s p orts s urfaces by Ra pra T ec hno log y L td,

Sha wbur y, Shro ps hire S Y4 4NR, Un ite d Ki ngd om T his inform ation is g iv en for t h e c on ve nie nc e of the us ers

of this Europe an Sta ndard and does n ot c onst itut e a n endors ement of this produc t b y CEN

EN 15 301- 1: 2007 ( E)

Key

1 d i al i ndi ca t ing t orq u e wre nch

2 l i ft ing ha n dl es

3 re l e as e m ec h a ni sm

4 t ri p od

5 wei g h t s

6 t e st fo o t

Fig ure 1 — T est apparat us

Dim ens ions in mill im etres

1 8,0 ±0 ,5

1 2,6 ±0 ,5

Fi gu re 2 — Profi l e of fo ot b al l st u d

Dim ens ions in mill im etres

150 ±2

Fi gure 3 — Di m pl ed rubb er t est sol e, st u d l a yo ut

Unles s ot herwis e s pec ified , the t es t p iec e s ha ll be a p i ec e of the s p orts surfac e m easurin g a m inimum of

1 000 m m x 1 000 m m and prepare d i n ac c ordanc e with t he manufacturer’s ins truct ions S yn t h etic turf an d

need le- p unc h s urfac es s hal l be prep ared in ac c ordan c e wit h E N 12 22 9 an d th e m anufac turer’s i ns truc tio n s

EN 15 301- 1: 2007 ( E)

Cond iti on t he t es t p iec es for a minimum of 3 h at t he tes t tem perature U nl es s otherwis e s pecifie d, t he

lab orator y tes t t em perature s hal l be ( 23 ± 2) ° C Sit e t es ts s hall be m ade u nder t he pre va il i n g c ond it ions

Ens ure t hat t he tes t s o le i s c leared of any i n- fill a nd detrit us As s emble the a p paratus a nd e ns ure th e free

m ovement of the test foot

For s ynth et ic t urf and nee dl e pu nc h s urfac es remove t he torq ue wrenc h and drop the weig hte d tes t foot from a

hei ght of ( 60 ± 5) m m onto the s urface Reatt ac h t h e t orque wre nc h F or a ll othe r form s of s urfac e plac e t h e

appara tus on to t he s urfac e tak ing care no t to dam ag e t he s urfac e

Zero the in dic at or nee dle o n the torqu e wrench Wit hout plac ing a n y ex ces sive v e rtical pres s ure on th e torqu e

wre nc h and wh il e a pp l yi n g m inim um rotat iona l t orqu e to t h e t orqu e wre nc h, tu rn the wre nc h and tes t foot

sm oothl y, wi tho ut s natc h in g, at a nom inal s pee d of rotati on of 12 r/m in unt il movem ent of the tes t foot oc c u rs

and it has ro tate d t hroug h at l east 45 ° Rec ord the m ax im um valu e dis p la yed on t he torqu e wre nc h t o t h e

neares t Nm Mo ve the te s t app aratus a nd r epe at t he proce dure to obt ain fiv e res ults , un les s ot her wis e

spec ified, ens uri ng tha t th e tes t pos iti ons ar e at l eas t 5 0 m m apart ( outs i de edg e o f test foot to ou t side e dge o f

tes t foot) and at l eas t 50 m m from the s ides of the tes t piece If a c ondit ion ing proc e dure is us ed t ha t

produc es a tes t p iec e of les s than 1 00 0 m m x 1 000 m m, mak e a m inim um of three m eas urement s

Calc u late the m ean va lue o f rotation al res is tance

Report t he m ean res ul t to t he n eares t Nm, e.g 4 0 N m

T he tes t report s ha ll inc lud e the follo win g i nforma tion:

 referenc e to th is E urope an Stan dard, i e E N 15 301-1: 2007 ;

 c om plete ide ntific at ion of th e s urfac e tes ted, inc l udi ng i ts loc at ion, area and pre vi o us his tor y;

 test s ole us ed;

 mean valu e of rotat io nal re sist anc e ;

 ind iv id ual tes t res u lts , if req uired

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meas urem ent of slip/s k id res is tance of a s urfac e - T he pend ul um tes t

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