EUROPEANSTANDARDEN17396

NORMEEUROPEENNE

EUROP?ISCHENORMJune2020

ICS97.150

EnglishVersion

Resilientfloorcoverings-Quartzvinyltiles-

Specification

Revetementsdesolrésilients-DallesElastischeBodenbel?ge-

enquartz-vinyle-SpécificationsQuartzvinylplatten-Spezifikation

ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon3May2020.

CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographical

referencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.

ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguage

madebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.

CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,

Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,RepublicofNorthMacedonia,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,TurkeyandUnitedKingdom.

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COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION

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CEN-CENELECManagementCentre:RuedelaScience23,B-1040Brussels

◎2020CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedRef.No.EN17396:2020:EworldwideforCENnationalMembers

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ContentsPage

Europeanforeword iii

1Scope 4

2Normativereferences 4

3Termsanddefinitions 4

4Requirements 5

4.1Bindercontent 5

4.2Generalrequirements 5

5Classification 6

6Marking,labellingandpackaging 8

AnnexA(informative)Optionalproperties 9

Bibliography 10

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Europeanforeword

Thisdocument(EN17396:2020)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC134"Resilient,textileandlaminatefloorcovering",thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyNBN.

ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyDecember2020,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyDecember2020.

Attentionisdrawntothepossibilitythatsomeoftheelementsofthisdocumentmaybethesubjectofpatentrights.CENshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.

AccordingtotheCEN-CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganisationsofthefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,

Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Republic

ofNorthMacedonia,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,TurkeyandtheUnitedKingdom.

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1Scope

Thisdocumentspecifiesthecharacteristicsofhomogeneousquartzvinyltilesbasedonpolyvinylchloridebinder,quartzsandasasoleorpartialfiller,withorwithoutatransparent,non-PVCfactoryfinishandsuppliedintileform.

Toencouragetheconsumertomakeaninformedchoice,thisdocumentincludesaclassificationsystem(seeENISO10874)basedonintensityofuse,whichshowswherethesefloorcoveringswillgivesatisfactoryservice.Italsospecifiesrequirementsformarking.

2Normativereferences

Thefollowingdocumentsarereferredtointhetextinsuchawaythatsomeoralloftheircontentconstitutesrequirementsofthisdocument.Fordatedreferences,onlytheeditioncitedapplies.Forundatedreferences,thelatesteditionofthereferenceddocument(includinganyamendments)applies.

ENISO105-B02:2014,Textiles-Testsforcolourfastness-PartBO2:Colourfastnesstoartificiallight:Xenon

arcfadinglamptest(ISO105-BO2:2014)

ENISO10874,Resilient,textileandlaminatefloorcoverings—Classification(ISO10874)

ENISO23997,Resilientfloorcoverings—Determinationofmassperunitarea(ISO23997)

ENISO23999,Resilientfloorcoverings—Determinationofdimensionalstabilityandcurlingafterexposuretoheat(ISO23999)

ENISO24342,Resilientandtextilefloor-coverings—Determinationofsidelength,edgestraightnessandsquarenessoftiles(ISO24342)

ENISO24343-1,Resilientandlaminatefloorcoverings—Determinationofindentationandresidualindentation—Part1:Residualindentation(ISO24343-1)

ENISO24344:2012,Resilientfloorcoverings-Determinationoflexibilityanddeflection(ISO24344:2008)ENISO24346,Resilientfloorcoverings—Determinationofoverallthickness(ISO24346)

ISO4918,Resilient,textileandlaminatefloorcoverings-Castorchairtest

3Termsanddefinitions

Forthepurposesofthisdocument,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply.

ISOandIECmaintainterminologicaldatabasesforuseinstandardizationatthefollowingaddresses:

·IECElectropedia:availableat

/

·ISOOnlinebrowsingplatform:availableat

/obp

3.1

polyvinylchloridefloorcovering

resilientfloorcoveringproducedusingpoly(vinylchloride)asabinder

NOTEThebindershallconsistofoneormoreresinsofpoly(vinylchloride)and/orcopolymersofvinylchloridecompoundedwithsuitableplasticizersandstabilizers.Othersuitablepolymericresinsmaybeincorporatedaspartofthebinder.

3.2

quartzvinyltile

resilientfloorcoveringcomposedofapoly(vinylchloride)binder,quartzsandasasoleorpartialfiller,otherfillersandpigments,whereminimum50%ofthefillersystemisquartzsand

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3.3

homogeneousquartzvinyltile

quartzvinyltilewithoneormorelayersofthesamecompositionandcolourthroughoutitsthicknessNOTETilescanbeunicolororpatterned.

3.4

bindercontent

portionoftheflooringcomposition,consistingofpoly(vinylchloride)resin,plasticizersandstabilizersNOTEBindercontentisexpressedasapercentagemassfractionofthetotalcomposition.

3.5

factoryfinish

transparentcoatingappliedduringthemanufacture,usuallynotthickerthan0,03mm

4Requirements

4.1Bindercontent

Theminimumbindercontentshallbe≥30%.

4.2Generalrequirements

FloortilesdescribedinthisdocumentshallconformtotheappropriategeneralrequirementsspecifiedinTable1whentestedinaccordancewiththemethodsgiventherein.Appropriatemethodstotestoptionalproperties(e.g.electricalresistance,electricalpropensity,effectofstains,andreactiontofire)aregiveninAnnexA.

Table1—Generalrequirements

Characteristic/Property

Requirement

Testmethod

Overallthickness:

-averagemm

-individualresultsmm

Nominalvalue+0,13

-0,10

Averagevalue±0,15

ENISO24346

Sidelength,squarenessandstraightness:

-sidelengthmm

-squarenessandstraightnessforsidelengthmm

≤400mm:

≥400mm:

Deviation≤0,13%ofnominal

lengthupto0,5mmmaximum

Deviationallowedatanypoint

≤0,25

≤0,35

ENISO24342

Massperunitareaing/m2(average)

Nominalvalue+13%

-10%

ENISO23997

Dimensionalstabilityafterexposuretoheata%

≤0,25

ENISO23999

Flexibility

Testusinga?80mmmandrel:

nocracking

ENISO24344:2012,MethodA

Indentation:

residualindentation(average)mm

≤0,1

ENISO24343-1

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Characteristic/Property

Requirement

Testmethod

Effectofcastor

After25000cyclesnodelamina-

tionshalloccur.Nodisturbancetothesurfaceotherthanslightchangeinappearance.

ISO4918

Colourfastnesstoartificiallight

≥6

ENISO105-B02:2014Method3b

aTilesareintendedfordry-jointlayingandgluedinstallation.

bExposeafullsizetestspecimen.Storeafurthertestspecimeninthedark,whichwillconstitutethereferencestandardforassessmentofcolourchanges.

5Classification

TheclassificationschemeforresilientfloorcoveringsisdescribedinENISO10874.TherequirementsforuseofquartzvinyltileinaccordancewiththisschemearespecifiedinTable2.

Table2—Classificationrequirementforlevelofuse

Class

Symbol

Intensityofuse

Overallthickness,nominal

value

mm

Alltypes

Testmethod

ENISO24346

21

22

23

Dom

estic

Moderate/Light

General/Medium

Heavy

1,0

1,5

1,5

Commercial

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Class

Symbol

Intensityofuse

Overallthickness,nominal

value

mm

Alltypes

Testmethod

ENISO24346

31

32

33

34

Moderate

General

Heavy

Veryheavy

1,5

1,5

2,0

2,0

41

42

Lightin

◎O

41

0O

42

dustrial

Moderate

General

1,5

2,0

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Class

Symbol

Intensityofuse

Overallthickness,nominal

value

mm

Alltypes

Testmethod

ENISO24346

43

Heavy

2,0

6Marking,labellingandpackaging

Floorcoveringscoveredbythisdocumentand/ortheirpackagingshallbearthefollowingmarking:

a)numberanddateofthisdocument,i.e.EN17396:2020;

b)manufacturerorsuppliersidentification;

c)productname;

d)colour/patternandbatchnumber;

e)classes/symbolsappropriatefortheproduct;

f)thedimensionsofatileandthearea,insquaremetres,containedinthepackage.

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AnnexA

(informative)

Optionalproperties

Wherethefollowingpropertiesarerequiredforspecificapplications,thefloorcoveringshouldbetestedinaccordancewithappropriatemethods:

—electricalresistance(EN1081);

-electricalpropensity(EN1815);

-effect