16 CFR 1633 Flammability Test to Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets
16 CFR 1633 Flammability Test to Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets
16 CFR 1633 Flammability Test to Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets– Standard
16 CFR Part 1633 Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets
16 CFR 1633 Flammability Test to Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets– Purpose
This part 1633 establishes flammability requirements that all mattress sets must meet before sale or introduction into commerce. The purpose of the standard is to reduce deaths and injuries associated with mattress fires by limiting the size of the fire generated by a mattress set during a thirty minute test.
16 CFR 1633 Flammability Test to Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets– Summary of test method
The test method set forth in § 1633.7 measures the flammability (fire test response characteristics) of a mattress specimen by exposing the specimen to a specified flaming ignition source and allowing it to burn freely under well-ventilated, controlled environmental conditions. The flaming ignition source shall be a pair of propane burners. These burners impose differing fluxes for differing times on the top and sides of the specimen. During and after this exposure, measurements shall be made of the time-dependent heat release rate from the specimen, quantifying the energy generated by the fire. The rate of heat release must be measured by means of oxygen consumption calorimetry
16 CFR 1633 Flammability Test to Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets–Technical requirements
The peak rate of heat release shall not exceed 200 kilowatts (‘‘kW’’) at any time within the 30 minute test;
The total heat release shall not exceed 15 megajoules (‘‘MJ’’) for the first 10 minutes of the test.
16 CFR 1633 Flammability Test to Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets - Relative Standard
- 16 CFR PART 1632—STANDARD FOR THE FLAMMABILITY OF MATTRESSES AND MATTRESS PADS
- TB 106 Requirements, Test Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the Resistance of a Mattress or Mattress Pad to Combustion Which May Result from a Smoldering Cigarette
- TB 121 Flammability Test Procedure for Mattresses for Use in High Risk Occupancies
- TB 129 Flammability Test Procedure for Mattresses for Use In Public Buildings
- NFPA 267 Fire characteristics of mattresses and bedding assemblies exposed to flaming ignition source
- ASTM E1590 Standard test method for Fire testing of mattresses (open flame)
- TB 604 Test Procedure and Apparatus for the Open Flame Resistance of Filled Bedclothing
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