EN 71-1:2005+ A8

EN 71-1:2005+A8:2009 (E)
Determine whether the casing of toys intended for children too young to sit up unaided has separated into
parts or cracked. Determine whether small parts (8.2, small parts cylinder), hazardous sharp edges (8.11,
sharpness of edges), hazardous sharp points (8.12, sharpness of points) or hazardous driving mechanisms
(4.10.2, driving mechanisms) have become accessible.
8.6 Tip over test (see 4.10.2, 4.22, 5.1, 5.10 and 5.12)
+Place the toy on a horizontal surface as prescribed in 8.5 (drop test) and attempt to tip it over by pushing
the toy slowly past its centre of balance three times, one of which shall be in its most onerous position, by
gradually applying a force, which is not to exceed 120 N, in a horizontal direction and 1 500 mm above the
horizontal surface or at the top edge of the toy for toys less than 1 500 mm in height.
The original point of application relative to the toy shall be maintained, and the force shall remain horizontal,
throughout the test. The vertical position of the point of application relative to the horizontal surface is
permitted to increase during the test.
If a force greater than 120 N is required to bring the toy beyond its centre of balance, or if the vertical position
of the point of application, relative to the horizontal surface, exceeds 1 800 mm, the tip-over test shall be
stopped.
NOTE 1 800 mm corresponds to the length (95 th percentile) of a 14-year-old child.
Toys supplied with anchors and intended to be permanently fixed (e.g. in concrete) when in use according to
the manufacturer's instructions, shall not be subjected to the tip-over test.
Determine whether small parts (8.2, small parts cylinder), hazardous sharp edges (8.11, sharpness of edges),
hazardous sharp points (8.12, sharpness of points) or hazardous driving mechanisms (4.10.2, driving
mechanisms) have become accessible and whether small balls (4.22 and 5.10, small balls) or hemisphericshaped
toys (5.12, hemispheric-shaped toys) have become detached.,
8.7 Impact test (see 4.6, 4.10.2, 4.14.2, 4.22, 5.1, 5.10, 5.12, 5.13 and A.38)
Place the toy in its most onerous position on a plane horizontal steel surface and drop a metallic weight with a
mass of (1 ± 0,02) kg, distributed over an area with a diameter of (80 ± 2) mm, through a distance of
(100 ± 2) mm on to the toy.
Perform the test once.
Determine whether the casing of toys intended for children too young to sit up unaided has separated into
parts or cracked. Determine whether small parts (8.2, small parts cylinder), hazardous sharp edges (8.11,
sharpness of edges), hazardous sharp points (8.12, sharpness of points) or hazardous driving mechanisms
(4.10.2, driving mechanisms) have become accessible.
8.8 Compression test (see 4.6, 4.14.2, 4.22, 5.1, 5.10, 5.12, 5.13 and A.39)
Any accessible area on the surface of a toy that is inaccessible to flat surface contact during the drop test
(8.5) or tip over test (8.6) shall be subjected to a compression test.
Place the toy on a horizontal rigid surface with the part of the toy to be tested uppermost. Apply a
compression force of (110 ± 5) N through a rigid metal disc with a diameter of (30 ± 1,5) mm to the area to be
tested. The perimeter of the disc shall be rounded.
Apply the force gradually within a period of 5 s. Maintain the force for 10 s.
Determine whether the casing of toys intended for children too young to sit up unaided has separated into
parts or cracked. Determine whether small parts (8.2, small parts cylinder), hazardous sharp edges (8.11,
sharpness of edges), hazardous sharp points (8.12, sharpness of points) or hazardous driving mechanisms
(4.10.2, driving mechanisms) have become accessible.
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