American CA117 fire protection standard
American CA117 is a widely used one-time fire protection standard in the United States. It does not require to be tested after washing. It is applicable to most textiles exported to the United States. The new CA117 standard is compared with the old CA117 standard, However, it has not yet been announced when the new standard will be adopted. (1) the standard has been used for 30 years. Because of its great practical value, it is ready to be promoted in the United States after completing some supplements. (2) The standard is based on the reality after fully studying the causes of fire, so it is more scientific. The test source is cigarette burning (smoldering) test, imitation match ignition test and imitation of a certain amount of newspaper ignition test, which is consistent with the actual foam fire scene. (3) The test index is more intuitive, the investment of the test instrument is not large, and the operation is convenient. The enterprise can carry out inspection and test in production and delivery. (4) In the classification, the old California CA117 standard is recommended for the occasions with lower requirements, and the new California standard is recommended for the occasions with higher requirements (the new standard improves the vertical combustion index and increases the butane combustion test simulating a certain amount of newspaper ignition). (5) At present, most domestic manufacturers are familiar with CA117 standard in California. With the increase of export volume of products, adopting this standard can avoid technical trade barriers caused by different technical regulations. [1]
British BS5852 fire protection standard
Scope of application: background knowledge of upholstered furniture: BS5852 can be divided into two parts according to the release time. The first part of BS5852 released in 1979 mainly defines the test standards of fire source 0 and fire source 1. At the same time, 30 minutes of water immersion test must be conducted before the test. -In 1990, the supplementary flame retardant standard defined the test standard of No. 2 to No. 7 fire sources.