ISO 12402-7:2020
Personal flotation devices — Part 7: Materials and components — Safety requirements and test methods
This document specifies the minimum requirements for the construction and performance of materials and components of personal flotation devices, as well as the relevant test methods.
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Materials and components
4.1 General
4.1.1 Principles
4.1.2 Sampling
4.1.3 Pass or fail criteria
4.1.4 Units of measurement
4.1.5 Material
4.1.6 Sample conditioning
4.2 Sewing thread
4.2.1 Construction
4.2.2 Performance
4.2.3 Loop breaking strength
4.3 Fabric
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Performance
4.3.3 Colour
4.4 Structural webbing and tie tape
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Torsional stiffness
4.5 Structural lacing
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Construction
4.5.3 Performance
4.6 Structural zippers
4.6.1 Construction
4.6.2 Performance
4.7 Hardware
4.7.1 Webbing closures and adjusters
4.7.2 Lacing closures and adjusters
4.7.3 Multi-eyelet guides
4.8 Foam flotation material
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Performance
4.8.3 Knitted fabric laminated to foam flotation material
4.9 Inflation chamber materials
4.9.1 General
4.9.2 Performance
4.10 Polymeric foam coatings
4.10.1 Construction
4.10.2 Performance
4.11 Inflation systems for hybrid and solely inflatable lifejackets
4.11.1 Construction
4.11.2 Performance
4.11.3 Performance tests using human subjects
4.11.4 Operability test of automatic inflation systems
4.11.5 Operability test of manual inflation systems
4.11.6 Operability test of oral systems
4.11.7 Discharge test of automatic and manual inflation systems
4.11.8 Humid atmosphere test of automatic inflation systems
4.11.9 System durability test of automatic and manual inflation systems
4.11.10 Operability test of over-pressure relief valves
4.11.11 Pull test of automatic and manual inflation systems, and cylinder-seal-indicating cylinders
4.11.12 Window material
4.12 Gas-filled cylinders
4.12.1 Construction
4.12.2 Tests and acceptance criteria
4.12.3 Marking
Annex A (informative) Mildew resistance of materials: Soil burial method
Annex B (informative) Abrasion resistance of cloth: Oscillatory method (Wyzenbeek method)
Annex C (informative) Example of a design drawing
Bibliography
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Materials and components
4.1 General
4.1.1 Principles
4.1.2 Sampling
4.1.3 Pass or fail criteria
4.1.4 Units of measurement
4.1.5 Material
4.1.6 Sample conditioning
4.2 Sewing thread
4.2.1 Construction
4.2.2 Performance
4.2.3 Loop breaking strength
4.3 Fabric
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Performance
4.3.3 Colour
4.4 Structural webbing and tie tape
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Torsional stiffness
4.5 Structural lacing
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Construction
4.5.3 Performance
4.6 Structural zippers
4.6.1 Construction
4.6.2 Performance
4.7 Hardware
4.7.1 Webbing closures and adjusters
4.7.2 Lacing closures and adjusters
4.7.3 Multi-eyelet guides
4.8 Foam flotation material
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Performance
4.8.3 Knitted fabric laminated to foam flotation material
4.9 Inflation chamber materials
4.9.1 General
4.9.2 Performance
4.10 Polymeric foam coatings
4.10.1 Construction
4.10.2 Performance
4.11 Inflation systems for hybrid and solely inflatable lifejackets
4.11.1 Construction
4.11.2 Performance
4.11.3 Performance tests using human subjects
4.11.4 Operability test of automatic inflation systems
4.11.5 Operability test of manual inflation systems
4.11.6 Operability test of oral systems
4.11.7 Discharge test of automatic and manual inflation systems
4.11.8 Humid atmosphere test of automatic inflation systems
4.11.9 System durability test of automatic and manual inflation systems
4.11.10 Operability test of over-pressure relief valves
4.11.11 Pull test of automatic and manual inflation systems, and cylinder-seal-indicating cylinders
4.11.12 Window material
4.12 Gas-filled cylinders
4.12.1 Construction
4.12.2 Tests and acceptance criteria
4.12.3 Marking
Annex A (informative) Mildew resistance of materials: Soil burial method
Annex B (informative) Abrasion resistance of cloth: Oscillatory method (Wyzenbeek method)
Annex C (informative) Example of a design drawing
Bibliography