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AS/NZS ISO 13506.1:2025
[Current]Protective clothing against heat and flame, Part 1: Test method for complete garments - Measurement of transferred energy using an instrumented manikin
AS/NZS ISO 13506.1:2025 identically adopts ISO 13506-1:2024 which specifies the overall requirements, equipment and calculation methods to provide results that can be used for evaluating the performance of complete garments or protective clothing ensembles exposed to short duration flame engulfment
Published: 28/03/2025
Pages: 45
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Overview
4.1 General
4.2 Heat flux - energy balance on the sensor
4.3 Assumptions to achieve the required heat flux
5 Apparatus
5.1 Instrumented manikin
5.2 Posture of the manikin
5.3 Manikin sensors
5.3.1 Principle
5.3.2 Number of manikin sensors
5.3.3 Manikin sensor-measuring capability
5.3.4 Manikin sensor specification
5.3.4.1 Construction
5.3.4.2 Manikin sensor calibration
5.3.4.3 Reactivity
5.3.5 Manikin sensor positioning
5.3.6 Manikin heat flux validation
5.3.6.1 Heat flux definition
5.3.6.2 Exposure heat flux requirements
5.3.6.3 Symmetry
5.4 Data acquisition system
5.5 Computer software program
5.5.1 General
5.5.1.1 For calibration of the flame engulfment from the nude exposure
5.5.1.2 For test specimen measurement
5.5.2 Incident heat flux
5.5.3 Exposure heat flux
5.5.4 Thermal manikin protection factor (TMPF)
5.5.5 Transferred energy
5.5.5.1 General
5.5.5.2 Clipping rules
5.5.5.3 Calculation of transferred energy
5.6 Flame exposure chamber
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Chamber size
5.6.3 Chamber air flow
5.6.4 Chamber isolation
5.6.5 Chamber air exhaust system
5.6.6 Chamber safety devices
5.7 Fuel and delivery system
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Fuel
5.7.3 Fuel delivery and shut-off system
5.7.4 Burner system
5.7.4.1 General
5.7.4.2 Ignition system
5.7.4.3 Burner style
5.7.4.4 Burner positioning
5.7.4.5 Fire suppression system
5.8 Image recording equipment
5.9 Safety checklist
5.10 Laboratory capability demonstration
6 Sampling and test specimens
6.1 General
6.2 Number of test specimens
6.3 Size of test specimen
6.4 Specimen preparation
6.4.1 Conditioning
6.4.2 Optional laundering
6.5 Standard reference garment design
7 Pre-requisites for products implementing this test method
8 Procedure
8.1 Preparation of test apparatus
8.1.1 General
8.1.1.1 Burner operating instructions
8.1.1.2 Personal protection of test operators
8.1.2 Manikin sensor check
8.1.2.1 Manikin sensor routine check (minimum daily)
8.1.2.2 Sensor check after each specimen test
8.1.3 Flame exposure chamber purging
8.1.4 Confirming safe operation conditions and lighting of pilot flames
8.1.5 Gas line charging
8.1.6 Confirmation of nude and garment exposure conditions
8.2 Specimen testing procedure
8.2.1 General
8.2.2 Dressing the manikin
8.2.3 Recording the specimen identification, test conditions and test observations
8.2.4 Starting the image recording system
8.2.5 Setting time for heat transfer data acquisition
8.2.6 Exposure of the test specimen
8.2.7 Recording of specimen response remarks
8.2.8 Calculation of surface incident heat flux and transferred energy
8.2.9 Still images
8.3 Preparing for the next test exposure
9 Test report
9.1 General
9.2 Specimen identification
9.3 Exposure conditions
9.4 Results for each specimen
9.4.1 General
9.4.2 Heat flux data of each manikin sensor
9.4.3 Thermal manikin protection factor
9.4.4 Transferred energy
9.4.5 Other information that may be reported
9.5 Observations
Annex A
A.1
A.2
A.3
A.4
A.5
A.6
A.7
Annex B
B.1
B.2
B.4
B.5
B.6
B.7
Annex C
C.1 Calibration and validation principles
C.2 Sensor energy balance and validated sensor technologies
C.2.1
C.2.2
C.3 Calibration and validation
C.3.1
C.3.2
C.4 System verification
C.4.1
Annex D
D.1 General
D.2 Positioning of the burner stands and burners
D.3 Stand per stand exposures
D.4 Fine tuning using four-second nude exposures
D.5 Manikin exposure calibration
D.5.1
D.5.2
D.5.3
Annex E
E.1 General
E.2 Apparatus status and control
E.3 Process control
E.4 Data acquisition
E.5 Calculations
E.6 Report preparation
E.7 Supporting programs
Bibliography
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