BS 7175: Fire test to bedcovers and pillows

1.       BS 7175: Fire test for bedcovers and pillows - Standard Title：

BS 7175:1989：Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources

2.       BS 7175: Fire test for bedcovers and pillows - Standard Brief：

BS 7175 describes methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows when subjected to smouldering and flaming types of ignition sources of differing severities.

3.  BS 7175: Fire test for bedcovers and pillows - Products Scope：

This British Standard describes methods of test for the ignitability of following products:

> Bedcovers

> Pillows

4.       BS 7175: Fire test for bedcovers and pillows - Test Method：

The materials to be tested and the ignition sources shall be conditioned immediately before the test for 72 h in indoor ambient conditions and then for at least 16 h in an atmosphere having a temperature of 20 ± 5 °C and a relative humidity of 65 ± 5 %.

BS 7175, for the testing, a draught-free environment having a temperature of 15 °C to 30 °C and a relative humidity of 55 ± 20° shall be used. If the test is not carried out immediately after conditioning, place the conditioned specimens in a sealed container until the start of the test. Begin testing each specimen within 10 min of removing it from either the conditioning atmosphere or the sealed container.

5.       BS 7175: Fire test for bedcovers and pillows - Material under products scope:

> Continental quilts

> Pillows

> Continental quilts

> Individual bedcovers

> Mattress cases

> Mattress covers,

> Sheets,

> Pillowslips,

> Blankets,

> Bedspreads

> Continental quilt covers

6.   BS 7175: Fire test for bedcovers and pillows - Reference Standard:

> BS 5803, Thermal insulation for pitched roof spaces in dwellings.

> BS 5803-1, Specification for man-made mineral fibre thermal insulation mats.

> BS 5852, Fire tests for furniture.

> BS 5852-1, Methods of test for the ignitability by smokers’ materials of upholstered composites for seating.

> BS 5852-2, Methods of test for the ignitability of upholstered composites for seating by flaming sources.

> BS 6807: Methods of test for the ignitability of mattresses with primary and secondary sources of ignition1).