ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15791-1 Secondedition 2014-01-15 Plastics Development and use of intermediate-scale fire tests for plastics products Part 1: General guidance Plastiques - Développement et utilisation des essais au feu a une échelle intermédiairepour les produits plastiques Partie 1: Lignes directrices générales Reference number IS015791-1:2014(E) LSO @ IS0 2014 HS under ed without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 15791-1:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 15791-1:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..1 4 Types of plastics and typical products 2 4.1 Generictypes .2 4.2 Typical applications. .2 4.3 Composites .3 4.4 End-use conditions .3 5 Fire scenarios. .3 5.1 General .3 5.2 Ignitionstage .3 5.3 Fire growth stage .3 5.4 Large room fire .4 6 Thermal characteristics of ignition sources ..5 7 Design requirements .10 8 Guidance for intermediate scale tests ..11 9 Examples ofintermediate-scaletestsforplastics products ..12 9.1 IEC 61034-2—3m cube test. .12 9.2 IS0 5658-4 - Vertical flame spread test .12 9.3 IS0 14696 - Intermediate-scale calorimeter (ICAL) test 12 9.4 EN 13823 — Single burning item (SBI) test .12 9.5 IS0 24473-0pen calorimetry 13 9.6 IS0 21367- Medium scale fire test for plastics .13 10 Test report .13 Annex A (normative) Different scale fire tests for obtaining information on fire performance of material and product. .14 Annex B (informative) Example of reference scenarios .17 Bibliography .18 iii se with IS Not for Resale