EN 913-2008 pdf download.Gymnastic equipment-General safety requirements and test methods.
a) crushing;
b) shearing;
C) cutting and severing;
d) entanglement and trapping;
e) impact;
f) stabbing or puncture;
g) friction and abrasion;
h) insufficient mechanical strength:
I) use of unsuitable material;
j) unintended movement, including sliding;
k) unsuitable ergonomic design:
I) fire:
m) wrong or missing information.
5 General safety requirements
5.1 Surface finish
There shall be no protruding nails, projecting wire rope terminations or pointed or sharp-edged components. Rough surfaces should not present any risk of injury. All welds shall be smooth. Protruding bolt threads within any accessible part of the equipment shall be permanently covered, e.g. dome headed nuts. Nuts and bolt heads that project less than 8 mm are permitted in non accessible parts, provided they are free from burrs,
Corners, edges and projecting parts within the space occupied by the user that protrude more than 8 mm, and which are not shielded by adjacent areas that are not more than 25 mm from the end of the projecting part, shall be rounded off. The minimum radius of the curve shall be 3 mm.
Figure 1 shows examples of protection for nuts and bolts and permissib’e protruding parts. Figure 2 shows examples of non-permissible protruding parts.
NOTE This requirement Is intended only to prevent injuries caused by unintended contact with components.
— where components of equipment are able to move relative to each other or to the floor, either by design or through deflection or bending under load, no entrapment point shall be created by such movement.
These requirements shall be assessed by carrying out a visual inspection and measurement using the methods specified in Annex A.
No danger of head and neck entrapment is considered to exist where the lowest part of the circumference of an opening is less than 600 mm above floor level. Where an item of equipment may be used at different heights or in different orientations, all possible heights and orientations must be considered.
These requirements also apply to all parts used during adjustment and transportation of equipment.
5.2.2 UnintentIonal dropping
Where a transport system is used, it shall not be possible for the equipment to drop when loaded at one end with a minimum weight of 750 N.
When a transport system encounters a threshold the mechanism shall not be able to disengage or drop unintentionally.
5.3 Stability and strength
5.3.1 General
Unless specified elsewhere in individual equipment standards, verification of the stability and strength of equipment shall be achieved by engineering calculation or by testing In accordance with the procedures specified in Annex B.
5.3.2 Stability
For stability testing where the normal action produces a destabilising force in a horizontal direction, e.g. vautting. the theoretical horizontal test force shall be calculated using the formula given In B. 1.7. The calculation shall give a result which is 35 % of the self weight of the equipment or 50 N, whichever is the greater.
Unless specified elsewhere in individual equipment standards, for equipment with unfixed body sections an actual test shall be carried out with a theoretical horizontal test force of 65 % of the theoretical test force calculated according to the formula given in B.1.7, or 50 N, whichever is the greater. Unfixed body sections shall not become separated.
5.3.3 Strength
When tested in accordance with Annex B, equipment shall not collapse or fracture, or show any permanent deformation that would result in an additional safety hazard as described in the standard.
5.4 Adjustment devices
Any adjustment devices shall prevent accidental changes during use of the device or the equipment.
None of the operating levers shall protrude into the users free space.
This shall be assessed by carrying out a visual inspection and operation of the adjustment device.
5.5 Shock absorption of top padding
When tested in accordance with the method specified in Annex C, the peak acceleration shall not exceed
500 mIs2, if not specified in other, Individual equipment standards.
6 Marking
All gymnastic equipment shall bear the following marking:
a) number of the relevant European Standard;
b) name, trademark or other means of identification of the manufacturer, retailer or importer
c) year of manufacture;
d) number of users for which the equipment is intended.EN 913-2008 pdf download.
EN 913-2008 pdf download
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