Tarasafe International Pvt. Ltd.
Budge Budge Trunk Road, P.O. Govindapur,
P.S.Maheshtala
IN-700141 Kolkata
Att: *Mr. Naveen Shinghari
REPORT ISSUED BY THE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF THE TEXTILE
INDUSTRY, AITEX
Nº 2015ID0086
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The test was carried out at :High Current Laboratory located at Polígono
Industrial Fuente del Jarro. C/ Ciudad de Gibraltar, 5; 46988 – Paterna
(Valencia); which property is shared at 50% between research institutes
AITEX and ITE.
Test report Nº2015ID0086
Applicant Tarasafe International Pvt. Ltd.
Budge Budge Trunk Road, P.O. Govindapur, P.S.Maheshtala
IN-700141 Kolkata
Date of Date Test
02/01/2014 Starting: 09/01/2014
reception
Ending: 30/01/2014
Description and identification of samples
- “FABRIC 94109”
Sample description:
Yellow woven fabric, style 94109, fiber content: 49% modacrylic, 41,5% cotton, 5% para-aramid, 4%
polyamide, 0,5% antistatic fiber, with an approximated weight of 250 g/m2, according information supplied
by the customer.
Test Carried out
- ELECTRIC ARC EXPOSURE TEST: DETERMINATION OF THE ARC RATING (ATPV OR
EBT50) OF FLAME RESISTANT MATERIAL CLOTHING
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ELECTRIC ARC EXPOSURE TEST: DETERMINATION OF THE ARC RATING (ATPV OR EBT50) OF
FLAME RESISTANT MATERIAL CLOTHING
Test results
The test program includes minimum of twenty individual panel arc trials.
The following test data was recorded for each trial:
Arc exposure electrical conditions: arc trial number, RMS arc current, peak arc current, arc voltage, arc
duration, energy dissipated in arc, plots of arc current and arc voltage.
Temperature rise response from two monitor sensors for each panel in each trial, plot of average responses
from two monitor sensors.
Pictures after arc exposure.
Video.
Essential test data and test results are presented in the following pages as follows:
Arc rating: ATPV or EBT50 or both and plots of the burn injury probability (ATPV) or break open probability
(EBT50) or both versus Ei.
Heat attenuation factor (HAF) and plot of HAF on Ei.
Test specimen description and order of layer.
Distance from an arc center line to the panel surface.
Subjective evaluation.
Pictures after arc exposure.
Ignition probability value (if determined during testing).
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Standard
ASTM F1959 / F1959M – 12
Test conditions
Date test. 30/01/2014
Arc current (8 ± 1) kA
Stainless steel electrodes, gap of the electrodes (300 ± 5) mm
Distance between the electrodes and sample (300 ± 5) mm
Fuse wire 0.5 mm
Number of samples tested 21
Starting and ending pre-treatment date 09/01/2014 - 09/01/2014
Starting and ending conditioning date 29/01/2014 - 30/01/2014
Conditioning 24 h; 21 ± 1ºC, 65 ± 2 % Hr.
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Reference FABRIC 94109
Sample type
Yellow woven fabric, style 94109, fiber content: 49% modacrylic, 41,5% cotton, 5% para-aramid, 4%
polyamide, 0,5% antistatic fiber, with an approximated weight of 250 g/m2, according information supplied by
the customer.
Pre-treatment
3 washing cycles at 49ºC, according to standard AATCC 135:2012, method 3IV and type Aiii drying
Washed sample weight before test
267,8 g/m2
Deviation from the standard
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ELECTRIC ARC EXPOSURE TEST: DETERMINATION OF THE ARC RATING (ATPV or EBT50) OF FLAME RESISTANT
MATERIAL CLOTHING
Determination of ATPV, 50% of Probability of 2nd degree burn
ATPV: 11,8 cal/cm2
Probability % 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Ei cal/cm2 11,8 11,8 11,8 11,8 11,8 11,8 11,8 11,8 11,8 11,8
ATPV points above 13
ATPV points 20% 11
ATPV points below 8
ATPV points mix zone 0
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Determination of HAF, confidence Intervals 95%
HAF: 81,6 %
% HAF value : 81,6
Upper Confidence Level %: 82,5
Lower Confidence Level %: 80,7
Points above: 8
Points below: 6
Points between: 7
Total Points: 21
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Summary of measured energy and subjective evaluation:
Test Time Cycles Ei SCD HAF Burn Break Open
(ms) 50Hz cal/cm2 cal/cm2 %
1-A 223,8 11,19 13,6 0,31 83,9 Y N
1-B 223,8 11,19 10,1 -0,19 82,1 N N
1-C 223,8 11,19 11,4 -0,12 84,1 N N
2-A 303,2 15,16 18,0 1,38 82,6 Y N
2-B 303,2 15,16 14,7 0,73 81,5 Y N
2-C 303,2 15,16 14,7 0,61 82,6 Y N
3-A 143,6 7,18 7,6 -0,5 82,9 N N
3-B 143,6 7,18 5,9 -0,46 77,3 N N
3-C 143,6 7,18 6,2 -0,47 81,3 N N
4-A 243,6 12,18 11,7 -0,1 83,9 N N
4-B 243,6 12,18 11,8 0,63 78,8 Y N
4-C 243,6 12,18 12,4 0,41 81,0 Y N
5-A 273,4 13,67 16,9 1,16 82,5 Y N
5-B 273,4 13,67 15,4 1,49 78,4 Y N
5-C 273,4 13,67 12,6 0,21 82,3 Y N
6-A 223,4 11,17 13,0 0,55 80,6 Y N
6-B 223,4 11,17 12,9 0,63 79,8 Y N
6-C 223,4 11,17 12,0 0,53 79,0 Y N
7-A 203,6 10,18 10,8 -0,19 84,1 N N
7-B 203,6 10,18 14,2 0,52 83,0 Y N
7-C 203,6 10,18 9,0 -0,24 82,3 N N
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Summary of measured energy and subjective evaluation:
Test After flame Ablation Melting Dripping Charring Embrittlement
1-A 0,4 N N N Y Y
1-B N N N N Y Y
1-C N N N N Y Y
2-A 0,5 N N N Y Y
2-B 0,3 N N N Y Y
2-C 0,2 N N N Y Y
3-A N N N N Y N
3-B N N N N Y N
3-C N N N N Y N
4-A N N N N Y Y
4-B N N N N Y Y
4-C N N N N Y Y
5-A 0,5 N N N Y Y
5-B N N N N Y Y
5-C N N N N Y Y
6-A N N N N Y Y
6-B N N N N Y Y
6-C N N N N Y Y
7-A N N N N Y Y
7-B N N N N Y Y
7-C N N N N Y Y
Y Yes N No
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Calibration shot
INITIAL CALIBRATION
Ei Panel A 7,4 cal/cm2 Ei Panel B 6,6 cal/cm2 Ei Panel C 7,1 cal/cm2
FINAL CALIBRATION
Ei Panel A 8,2 cal/cm2 Ei Panel B 9,1 cal/cm2 Ei Panel C 8,3 cal/cm2
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Shot 1
Current Total RMS (kA) 8,0 Current Peak (kA) 17,8 Arc Voltage (V) 1521,0
Duration (cycles nº) 11,2 Duration (ms) 223,7 Arc Energy (kJ) 708,7
sensor response PANEL A PANEL B PANEL C
Ei 13,63 cal/cm2 10,07 cal/cm2 11,40 cal/cm2
SCD 0,31 cal/cm2 -0,19 cal/cm2 -0,12 cal/cm2
HAF 83,91 % 82,12 % 84,09 %
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Shot 2
Current Total RMS (kA) 8,0 Current Peak (kA) 17,6 Arc Voltage (V) 1521,0
Duration (cycles nº) 15,2 Duration (ms) 303,2 Arc Energy (kJ) 991,4
sensor response PANEL A PANEL B PANEL C
Ei 17,98 cal/cm2 14,73 cal/cm2 14,74 cal/cm2
SCD 1,38 cal/cm2 0,73 cal/cm2 0,61 cal/cm2
HAF 82,61 % 81,54 % 82,58 %
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Shot 3
Current Total RMS (kA) 8,2 Current Peak (kA) 17,4 Arc Voltage (V) 1521,0
Duration (cycles nº) 7,2 Duration (ms) 143,5 Arc Energy (kJ) 476,7
sensor response PANEL A PANEL B PANEL C
Ei 7,61 cal/cm2 5,86 cal/cm2 6,24 cal/cm2
SCD -0,50 cal/cm2 -0,46 cal/cm2 -0,47 cal/cm2
HAF 82,86 % 77,29 % 81,32 %
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Shot 4
Current Total RMS (kA) 8,0 Current Peak (kA) 17,3 Arc Voltage (V) 1524,0
Duration (cycles nº) 12,2 Duration (ms) 243,6 Arc Energy (kJ) 769,4
sensor response PANEL A PANEL B PANEL C
Ei 11,72 cal/cm2 11,81 cal/cm2 12,36 cal/cm2
SCD -0,10 cal/cm2 0,63 cal/cm2 0,41 cal/cm2
HAF 83,88 % 78,77 % 81,02 %
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Shot 5
Current Total RMS (kA) 8,0 Current Peak (kA) 17,5 Arc Voltage (V) 1518,0
Duration (cycles nº) 13,7 Duration (ms) 273,4 Arc Energy (kJ) 895,8
sensor response PANEL A PANEL B PANEL C
Ei 16,89 cal/cm2 15,41 cal/cm2 12,64 cal/cm2
SCD 1,16 cal/cm2 1,49 cal/cm2 0,21 cal/cm2
HAF 82,47 % 78,40 % 82,33 %
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Shot 6
Current Total RMS (kA) 8,1 Current Peak (kA) 17,6 Arc Voltage (V) 1524,0
Duration (cycles nº) 11,2 Duration (ms) 223,4 Arc Energy (kJ) 737,2
Sensor response PANEL A PANEL B PANEL C
Ei 12,97 cal/cm2 12,90 cal/cm2 11,97 cal/cm2
SCD 0,55 cal/cm2 0,63 cal/cm2 0,53 cal/cm2
HAF 80,61 % 79,78 % 78,95 %
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Electrical current and response sensor response:
Shot 7
Current Total RMS (kA) 8,1 Current Peak (kA) 17,8 Arc Voltage (V) 1524,0
Duration (cycles nº) 10,2 Duration (ms) 203,6 Arc Energy (kJ) 652,7
sensor response PANEL A PANEL B PANEL C
Ei 10,82 cal/cm2 14,23 cal/cm2 9,04 cal/cm2
SCD -0,19 cal/cm2 0,52 cal/cm2 -0,24 cal/cm2
HAF 84,12 % 83,02 % 82,33 %
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Tested material pictures:
Original Shot 1 Shot 2
Shot 3 Shot 4 Shot 5
Shot 6 Shot 7
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MATERIAL CLOTHING
Summary of results:
ATPV 11,8 cal/cm2
HAF 81,6 %
FABRIC TESTED ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD ASTM F1959 / F1959M - 12 FULFILLING
THE REQUIREMENTS OF STANDARD ASTM F1506-10a.
ARC RATING
12,0 cal/cm2
NOTE
*According to ASTM F1506, arc rating values below 10 cal/cm2 shall be reported to the nearest 0.1 cal/cm2,
and arc rating values above 10 cal/cm2 shall be reported to the nearest 1 cal/cm2.
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TEST REPORT Nº 2015ID0086
Lucia Martinez
Head of PPE´s department
Digitally signed by LUIS MIRALLES
ESTEVE - NIF:21684919J
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