France Standard NF F 16-101:1988/NF F 16-102:1992

France Standard NF F 16-101:1988/NF F 16-102:1992

1. Standard—NF F 16-101:1988/ NF F 16-102:1992 Fire testing to railway components

NFF16-101: Railway Rolling Stock Fire Behavior Choice of Materials

NFF16-102: Railway Rolling Stock Fire Behavior Choice of Materials-Electrical Equipment

2. Standard Brief-- NF F 16-101:1988/ NF F 16-102:1992 Fire testing

The purpose of this standard is to establish rules relating to the choice of materials according to their fire behaviour with regard to reaction to fire, opacity of smoke and toxicity of gases emitted.

This standard is application to all non-metallic materials, with the exception of paintwork where they form part of passenger railcars, cabins, vans, observation railcars, wagons and their trailers, including drivers’ cabins where they exist as well as engine drivers’ cabins.

For electrical equipment it is complemented by NF F 16-102

3. Types of rolling stock-- NF F 16-101:1988/ NF F 16-102:1992 Fire testing

Types of rolling stock are classed into three categories A1, A2 and B.

Category A1 Rolling stock: All rolling stock, including drivers’ cabins, which travel frequently through tunnels.

Category A2 Rolling stock:  Urban and suburban rolling stock, including drivers’ cabins, which travel infrequently through trailers. Main-line sleeper cars.

Category B Rolling stock: Main-line rolling stock with seats, including drivers’ cabins, which travel infrequently through tunnels. Locomotive and lovomotor drivers’ cabins.

4. Test method-- NF F 16-101:1988/ NF F 16-102:1992 Fire testing

4．1         Reaction to fire—M classification

NF P 92-501: Building materials- Reaction to fire tests, radiation test used for rigid material or flexible materials thickness more than 5mm.

NF P 92-503: Electrical burner test used for flexible materials thickness no more than 5mm.

NF P 92-504: speed of spread of flame test used for the materials which are not intended to be glued on a rigid substrate.

NF P 92-505: Dripping test with electrical radiator, used for melting materials.

The combined results of these two tests lead to a classification in five classes M0 to M4.（M0、M1、M2、M3、M4）

4．2         I Classification of Oxygen index

Determination of the oxygen index (0.I), according to the requirements of EN ISO 4589-2

Glow wire test, according to the requirements of EN ISO 60695-2-11

The combined results of these two tests lead to a classification in five classes I0 to I4 (I0、I1、I2、I3、I4)

4．3         F Classification of smoke density and Toxicity

NF X 10-702- fire test methods-smoke emission-test of measurement of specific optical density of smoke by the combustion or the pyrolysis of solid materials

NF X 70-100- Fire behaviour tests—Analysis of pyrolysis and combustion gases-pipe still method.

The combined results of these two tests lead to a classification in five classes F0 to F5 (F0、F1、F2、F3、F4、F5)

4．4         wires and cables testing

Wires and cables shall satisfy test NF C 32-070. Afterwards they are subjected to test NF F 16-101, According to the results, they are classified in four classes A, B ,C and D .

5. NF F 16-101: 1988/NF F 16-102:1992 the main Fire test standard:

6. NF F 16-101: 1988/NF F 16-102:1992 the main concerns:

M Classification : M0-M4 (the combined results of NFP 92-501、NFP 92-503、NFP 92-504、NFP 92-505 lead to the classification)

I Classification:  I0-I4 (the combined results of EN ISO 4589-2、EN60695-2-11 lead to the classification)

F Classification: F0-F5 (the combined results of NFX 70-100、NFX 10-702 lead to the classification)

7. Application NF F16-101/NF F 16-102 Fire testing materials:

Rubber Product、Rubber seal

Ceiling Covering

Walling Covering

Textile、Non-woven fabrics Curtain、Curtain、Adumbral Product

Seat shell、Seat trim

Flooring Covering、PVC Flooring covering

Cable、Cable tie、Cable tube

Foam material、Sponge、Melamine Foam

Paint、Adhesive、Pigment、Varnish

FRP composite materials、SMC sheet

Braided hose、Hose protection

Window、door 、framework

Small parts

Connector、Connected equipment

pipe、corrugate pipe、Heating pipe、Cooling pipe

Other materials

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