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AS 4685.1-2004
[Superseded]Playground equipment, Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods
Specifies general safety requirements for playground equipment covering materials, design and manufacture.
Published: 13/10/2004
Pages: 65
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Objective
1.3 Application
1.4 Referenced documents
1.5 Definitions
2 Safety requirements
2.1 Materials
2.1.1 General
2.1.2 Flammability
2.1.3 Timber and timber products
2.1.4 Metals
2.1.5 Synthetic material
2.1.6 Dangerous substances
2.2 Design and manufacture
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Structural integrity
2.2.2.1 Assessment
2.2.2.2 Calculations
2.2.2.3 Testing
2.2.3 Accessibility for adults
2.2.3.1 General
2.2.3.2 Enclosed equipment
2.2.4 Minimum protection against falling
2.2.4.1 General
2.2.4.2 Handrails
2.2.4.2.1 General
2.2.4.2.2 Height above step nosing
2.2.4.2.3 Handrail clearance
2.2.4.2.4 Height above platform, landing, other equipment or ground
2.2.4.2.5 Diameter
2.2.4.3 Guardrails and barriers
2.2.4.3.1 General
2.2.4.3.2 For a supervised early childhood setting
2.2.4.3.3 For a playground setting (other than a supervised early childhood setting)
2.2.4.4 Strength requirements
2.2.4.5 Grip requirements
2.2.4.6 Grasp requirements
2.2.4.7 Entry and transfer points
2.2.4.8 Unintended access
2.2.5 Finish of equipment
2.2.5.1 Protrusions and sharp edges
2.2.5.2 Rough surfaces
2.2.6 Moving parts
2.2.7 Protection against entrapment
2.2.7.1 General
2.2.7.2 Entrapment of the head and neck
2.2.7.3 Entrapment of clothing
2.2.7.4 Entrapment of the whole body
2.2.7.5 Entrapment of the foot or leg
2.2.7.6 Entrapment of fingers
2.2.8 Zones
2.2.8.1 Determination of zones
2.2.8.1.1 Minimum space
2.2.8.1.2 Dimensions of the free space
2.2.8.1.3 Dimensions of the fall zone
2.2.8.1.4 Free height of fall
2.2.8.2 Protection against injuries in the free space for users undergoing a movement that is forced by the equipment
2.2.8.3 Extent of the falling space
2.2.8.4 Protection against injuries in the falling space
2.2.8.5 Protection against injuries due to other types of movement
2.2.9 Means of access
2.2.9.1 Selection of means of access
2.2.9.2 Ladders
2.2.9.3 Stairs
2.2.9.4 Access ramps
2.2.10 Fittings and fasteners
2.2.11 Consumable components
2.2.12 Ropes
2.2.12.1 Ropes fixed at one end (swinging ropes)
2.2.12.2 Ropes fixed at both ends (climbing ropes)
2.2.12.3 Wire ropes
2.2.12.4 Sheathed wire ropes
2.2.12.5 Fibre ropes (textile type)
2.2.13 Chains
2.2.14 Footings
3 Information to be provided by the manufacturer/supplier
3.1 Information to be provided by the manufacturer of playground equipment
3.1.1 General product information
3.1.2 Pre-information
3.1.3 Installation information
3.1.4 Inspection and maintenance information
3.2 Information to be provided by the manufacturer or supplier of impact attenuating surfacing
3.2.1 Pre-information
3.2.2 Installation
3.2.3 Inspection and maintenance
4 Marking
Appendix A
A1 Scope
A2 Permanent loads
A2.1 General
A2.2 Mass
A2.3 Prestressing loads
A2.4 Mass of water
A3 Variable loads
A3.1 General
A3.2 User loads
A3.2.1 Equations
A3.2.2 All age playgrounds
A3.2.3 Defined age playgrounds
A3.2.4 Anthropometric data
A3.3 Snow loads
A3.4 Wind loads
A3.5 Temperature loads
A3.6 Specific loads
A3.6.1 Swing seats
A3.6.2 Carousels
A3.6.3 Cableways
A3.6.4 Space nets
A3.6.5 Access ladders and stairs
A3.6.6 Barriers and guard rails
A3.6.7 Seats
A4 Numbers of users on the equipment
A4.1 General
A4.2 Number of users on a point
A4.3 Number of users on line type elements
A4.4 Number of users on an area
A4.5 Number of users in a volume
Appendix B
B1 Scope
B2 Requirements
B3 Limit state
B3.1 General
B3.1.1 Equation
B3.1.2 Uncertainties
B3.1.3 Combined loads
B3.2 Ultimate limit states
B3.3 Serviceability
B4 Load combination for static analysis
B5 Example calculation of user loads (without safety factors)
B5.1 General
B5.2 Platform
B5.3 Barrier
B5.4 Ladder
B5.5 Complete structure
B6 Calculation of forces acting on a swing seat
B7 Example calculation of forces acting on a swing (without safety factors)
B7.1 Swinging platform
B7.2 Calculation
B8 Calculation of forces acting on the cable of a cableway
B9 Example calculation of forces acting on a cableway (without safety factors)
B9.1 Data
B9.2 Calculation
Appendix C
C1 Scope
C2 Pass/fail criteria
C3 Test load for equipment
C3.1 Load combinations for testing
C3.2 Independent variable loads
C3.3 Permanent loads
C3.4 Safety factor for test on identical series
C3.5 Safety factor for test on a unique product
C4 Load application
C4.1 Point loads
C4.2 Line loads
C4.3 Area loads
C5 Test report
Appendix D
D1 Scope
D2 Application
D3 Tolerances
D4 Head and neck entrapment
D4.1 Completely bound openings
D4.1.1 Apparatus
D4.1.2 Procedure
D4.2 Partially bound and V-shaped openings
D4.2.1 Apparatus
D4.2.2 Procedure
D4.3 Test report
D5 Entrapment of clothing
D5.1 Apparatus
D5.2 Procedure
D5.2.1 Slides
D5.2.2 Fireman’s poles
D5.2.3 Roofs
D5.3 Test report
D6 Finger entrapment
D6.1 Apparatus
D6.2 Procedure
D6.3 Test report
Appendix E
Appendix F
F1 Scope
F2 Dimensions
F3 Headroom
F4 Handrails
Amendment control sheet
AS 4685.1—2004
Amendment No. 1 (2006)
Correction
Amendment No. 2 (2008)
Revised text
Cited references in this standard
[Withdrawn]
Plastics — Glass filament reinforced plastics (GRP) — Methods of test, Method 22: Method for the determination of hardness by means of a Barcol impressor
[Current]
Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures, Part 2: Test for flammability of materials
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