BRITISH STANDARD BS EN

1128:1996
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Cement-bonded
particleboards —
Determination of hard
body impact resistance

The European Standard EN 1128:1995 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 79.060.20
 BS EN 1128:1996

Committees responsible for this

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British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted to Technical

Committee B/541, Wood-based panels, upon which the following bodies were
represented:

A.P.A. (Engineered Wood Association)

Association of British Plywood and Veneer Manufacturers
British Woodworking Federation
Chartered Institute of Building
Co-ordinator for Timber and Timber Products
Council of the Forest Industries of British Columbia
Department of the Environment (Building Research Establishment)
Finnish Plywood International
Flat Roofing Contractors’ Advisory Board
Forestry Commission
Furniture Industry Research Association
Institution of Structural Engineers
Local Authority Organizations
Mineral Bonded Board Products Federation
National Federation of Roofing Contractors
National House-building Council
National Panel Products Association
Royal Institute of British Architects
Structural Board Association
Timber Research and Development Association
Timber Trade Federation
Wood Panel Products Federation
Zurich Municipal Building Guarantee

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Sector Board
for Building and Civil
Engineering, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Board and
comes into effect on Amendments issued since publication
15 May 1996

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Amd. No. Date Comments

The following BSI references

relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference B/541
Draft for comment 93/106771 DC

ISBN 0 580 25342 2

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Contents
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Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
National foreword ii
Foreword 2
Text of EN 1128 3
List of references Inside back cover

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National foreword
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This British Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee B/541 and is
the English language version of EN 1128:1995 Cement-bonded particleboards —
Determination of hard body impact resistance, published by the European
Committee for Standardization (CEN).
EN 1128 was produced as a result of international discussions in which the UK
took an active part.
The principle of this method is technically equivalent to clause 21 of BS 5669
Particleboard — Part 1: Methods of sampling, conditioning and test, which will be
withdrawn in accordance with CEN provisions within 6 months of the completion
of the full package of standards covering particleboards and related test methods.
These standards are:
EN 120 EN 311 EN 312-7 EN 326-1 EN 1328
EN 300 EN 312-1 EN 322 EN 633
EN 309 EN 312-2 EN 323 EN 634-1
EN 310 EN 312-3 EN 324-1 EN 634-2
EN 317 EN 312-5 EN 324-2 EN 1087-1
EN 319 EN 312-6 EN 325 EN 1128

EN 1128 is part of a series of standards within the above package covering

cement-bonded particleboards and related test methods. The series consists of:
EN 1328 EN 634-2 EN 324-2 EN 322
EN 1128 EN 633 EN 324-1 EN 310
EN 634-1 EN 325 EN 323

Cross-reference

Publication referred to Corresponding British Standard

EN 326-1 BS EN 326 Wood-based panels — Sampling, cutting and

inspection
Part 1:1994 Sampling and cutting of test pieces and
expression of test results

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the EN title page, pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.

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 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 1128
NORME EUROPÉENNE
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October 1995
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 79.060.20

Descriptors: Particle boards, binders: materials, cements, thickness, tests, determination, shock resistance

English version

Cement-bonded particleboards — Determination of hard

body impact resistance

Panneaux de particules liées au ciment — Zementgebundene Spanplatten — Bestimmung

Détermination de la résistance au choc de corps des Stoßwiderstandes mit einem harten Körper
dur

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1995-09-18. CEN members

are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any
CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French,
German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels

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Foreword Contents
This European Standard has been prepared by the Page
Technical Committee CEN/TC 112, Wood-based Foreword 2
panels, of which the Secretariat is held by DIN.
1 Scope 3
This European Standard shall be given the status of
2 Normative references 3
a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by 3 Principle 3
April 1996, and conflicting national standards shall 4 Apparatus 3
be withdrawn at the latest by April 1996. 5 Test pieces 3
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal 6 Procedure 3
Regulations the following countries are bound to
implement this European Standard: Austria, 7 Expression of results 4
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, 8 Test report 4
Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Annex A (informative) Bibliography 8
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Figure 1 — Example of impact test
Switzerland and the United Kingdom. apparatus 5
Figure 2 — Example of steel frame
(cross-section) with clamped test piece 6
Figure 3 — Example of steel collar
showing approximate positions of
clamping points 7
Figure 4 — Point of impact for testing
jointed test pieces 7

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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies a method of
determining the hard body impact resistance of
cement-bonded particleboards with a nominal
thickness equal to or greater than 9 mm.
2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or
undated reference, provisions from other
publications. These normative references are cited
at the appropriate places in the text and the
publications are listed hereafter. For dated
references, subsequent amendments to or revisions
of any of these publications apply to this European
Standard only when incorporated in it by
amendment or revision. For undated references the
latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
EN 326-1, Wood-based panels — Sampling, cutting
and inspection — Part 1: Sampling and cutting of
test pieces and expression of test results.
3 Principle
The resistance to hard body impact is determined by
the free dropping, from progressively increased
heights, of a hard body with a defined mass onto a
rigidly clamped test piece until the test piece is
penetrated or cracked.
4 Apparatus
The apparatus shall comprise a frame which at its
base will have means of clamping the test piece in a
horizontal position, so that there is no possibility of
vibration. This can be achieved using a collar which
is clamped to the frame. When the test piece is
clamped the free distance between its underside and
the bottom of the frame shall be at least 50 mm.
The free space between the supports shall
be (290 ± 5) mm. The upper part of the frame is
provided with guides enabling the falling body fixed
on a soft non-alloy steel rod to fall freely and
vertically onto the centre of the test piece.
The falling body shall have a hemispherical
extremity with a radius of (25 ± 0,5) mm and a
mass (m) of (4,5 ± 0,05) kg, including the associated
parts.
The frame or guide(s) should be marked at intervals
of 25 mm to enable the height from which the body
is dropped to be measured.
An example of the type of apparatus is given
in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3. In Figure 1, the
guides are fitted with ball bearings to ensure free
fall.
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5 Test pieces
5.1 Sampling and cutting
Sampling and cutting of test pieces shall be carried
out in accordance with EN 326-1, with values
of m (test pieces per panel) = 4 and n (panels) = 5,
i.e. 20 test pieces.
5.2 Dimensions of test pieces
The test pieces shall be square with a side
dimension of (310 ± 5) mm. Where a jointed test
piece is to be tested, it shall be assembled so that the
point of impact will be on the grooved haft of the test
piece and 30 mm from the joint line showing on the
upper surface of the test piece as shown in Figure 4.
Where the joint is glued, it should be allowed to cure
before conditioning and testing.
5.3 Conditioning
The test pieces shall be conditioned to constant
mass in an atmosphere with a relative humidity
of (65 ± 5) % and a temperature of (20 ± 2) °C.
NOTE Constant mass is considered to be reached when the
results of two successive weighing operations, carried out at an
interval of 24 h, do not differ by more than 0,1 % of the mass of
the test piece.
6 Procedure
Position the test apparatus on a level, solid, rigid
floor, e.g. concrete. Clamp the test piece to the
supporting frame so that it overlaps all four sides
equally by not less than 7 mm (see Figure 2).
Raise the falling body 25 mm above the surface of
the test piece and allow it to drop freely. The falling
body or its guide rod, should be caught after impact
so that the falling body shall not bounce and strike
the test piece a second time.
Repeat this step, but increase the drop-height
by 25 mm each time until the falling body either
penetrates the test piece leaving a clearly visible
hole, or leaves a series of cracks (see notes 1 and 2).
Record this height.
NOTE 1 Penetration has occurred if, on removal of the test
piece from the frame, light can been seen through it at any point
around the hemispherical indentation produced by the falling
body.
NOTE 2 Exceptionally, cracks can appear, radiating from the
point of impact, before the test piece is penetrated. In this case,
the drop-height that first produces such cracks is taken as the
final measurement.
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7 Expression of results
The impact resistance IR of the test piece in
millimetres per millimetre of thickness shall be
calculated from the equation:
– 25
IR = H
-------------------
t
where

H is the drop-height required to produce

failure of the test piece by penetration or
cracking (in millimetres);
t is the nominal thickness of the test piece
(in millimetres).

The result for each test piece, as well as the mean for
the 20 test pieces, shall be expressed to two
significant figures.

8 Test report
This shall be as described in EN 326-1, including the
type of failure.

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Figure 1 — Example of impact test apparatus

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Figure 2 — Example of steel frame (cross-section) with clamped test piece

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Figure 3 — Example of steel collar showing approximate positions of clamping points

Figure 4 — Point of impact for testing jointed test pieces

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Annex A (informative)
Bibliography
EN 325, Wood-based panels — Determination of dimensions of test pieces.
EN 633, Cement-bonded particleboards — Definition and classification.
EN 634-2, Cement-bonded particleboards — Specifications — Part 2: Requirements for OPC bonded
particleboards for use in dry, humid and exterior conditions1).

1)
At present at the draft stage.

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See national foreword.
List of references
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