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BS EN 16263-2:2015:2016 Edition

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Pyrotechnic articles. Other pyrotechnic articles – Requirements

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This European Standard specifies requirements for the construction and performances of other pyrotechnic articles, except pyrotechnic articles for vehicles, ignition devices and cartridges for powder actuated tools (PAT), of the following generic types:

  • flares;

  • flash devices;

  • gas generators;

  • heaters;

  • other cartridges;

  • pyromechanical devices;

  • rockets and rocket motors;

  • semi-finished pyrotechnic articles;

  • smoke / aerosol generators;

  • sound emitters;

  • pyrotechnic liquid dispersers.

This European Standard does not apply for articles containing pyrotechnic compositions that include any of the following substances:

  • arsenic or arsenic compounds;

  • polychlorobenzenes;

  • mercury compounds;

  • lead compounds (except for those included in ignition devices);

  • white phosphorus;

  • picrates or picric acid.

This European Standard does not apply to pyrotechnic articles that contain detonative explosives other than black powder and/or flash composition, if these detonative explosives:

  • can be easily extracted from the pyrotechnic article, or;

  • can initiate secondary explosives, or;

  • can function in a detonative manner although the article is not designed to detonate and the article belongs to the category P2.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
4 Contents Page
6 European foreword
7 1 Scope
8 2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General and safety requirements
4.1 Incompatible substances
4.2 Safe disposal
4.3 Means of ignition
9 4.4 Safety features
4.5 Toxicity
5 Performance requirements
5.1 Verification of performance
10 5.2 Verification of design
5.3 Verification of labelling and instructions for use
5.4 Resistance to mechanical impact
5.5 Loose pyrotechnic composition after mechanical conditioning and mechanical impact test
11 5.6 Resistance to moisture
5.7 Resistance to high and low temperatures
5.8 Integrity
6 Requirements for semi-finished pyrotechnic articles and rocket motors
6.1 Semi-finished pyrotechnic articles
6.2 Rocket motors
7 Primary pack
12 8 Type testing
8.1 General
8.2 Number of items to be tested
8.2.1 General
Table 1 — Number of items to be tested
8.2.2 Additional items for specific tests
13 8.3 Number of primary packs to be examined
8.4 Test report
9 Batch testing
9.1 General
Table 2 — Applicable requirements in batch testing
9.2 Sampling plans
14 Table 3 — Batch test sampling plan for lot sizes smaller than 35 001
9.3 Unit of product
9.4 Non-conformities
15 Table 4 — Non-conformities
16 9.5 Labelling
9.6 Test report
9.7 Acceptance or rejection of a batch
9.7.1 Non-conforming units
9.7.2 Critical non-conforming units
9.7.3 Major non-conforming units
9.7.4 Minor non-conforming units
9.7.5 Pyrotechnic articles supplied in primary packs
17 Annex A (informative) Overview of essential safety requirements and corresponding clauses of all parts of EN 16263
Table A.1 — Overview of essential safety requirements and corresponding clauses of all parts of EN 16263
18 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2007/23/EC on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between EN 16263–2 and Directive 2007/23/EC on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles
19 Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2013/29/EU on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles
Table ZB.1 — Correspondence between EN 16263–2 and Directive 2013/29/EU on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles
20 Bibliography
BS EN 16263-2:2015
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