BRITISH STANDARD BS EN

13706-1:2002

Reinforced plastics
composites —
Specifications for
pultruded profiles —
Part 1: Designation

The European Standard EN 13706-1:2002 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 83.120; 83.140.99

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 13706-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM November 2002

ICS 83.120; 83.140.99

English version

Reinforced plastics composites - Specifications for pultruded

profiles - Part 1: Designation

Composites en plastiques renforcés - Spécifications pour Verstärkte Kunststoffverbundwerkstoffe - Spezifikationen

les profilés pultrudés - Partie 1: Désignation für pultrudierte Profile - Teil 1: Bezeichnung

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 September 2002.

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
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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 Management Centre has the same status as the official
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Contents

page
Foreword......................................................................................................................................................................3
1 Scope ..............................................................................................................................................................4
2 Normative references ....................................................................................................................................4
3 Terms and definitions....................................................................................................................................4
4 Designation System.......................................................................................................................................5
4.1 General............................................................................................................................................................5
4.2 Data block 1 ....................................................................................................................................................5
4.3 Data block 2 ....................................................................................................................................................6
4.4 Data block 3 ....................................................................................................................................................6
5 Example designation .....................................................................................................................................7

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Foreword
This document (EN 13706-1:2002) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN /TC 249 "Plastics", the
secretariat of which is held by IBN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by May 2003, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by
May 2003.

Part 1 of this European Standard, EN 13706, establishes a data-block system for the designation of profiles made
by the pultrusion process from fibre reinforced plastic composites using a format and coding system established by
the International Standards Organisation (ISO) which is common to most fibre reinforced thermoset and
thermoplastic materials. The system is intended to be applied only to materials ready for use.

The designation system is based on the premise that pultruded profiles can be divided into generic families based
on the polymer matrix used, the nature of the reinforcement and the in-service performance required.

The system is intended for the designation of a particular profile (or a small group of similar profiles) within a
generic family.

It is not intended to specify by this system the chemical composition or the volumetric content of the materials
making up the profile but to designate the profile for identification purposes only. It is the responsibility of the
producer of the profile to provide the appropriate designation.

The data-block system is also the basis for the specification given in Parts 2 and 3 of this standard.

EN 13706 consists of the following parts, under the general title Reinforced plastics composites - Specifications for
pultruded profiles.

 Part 1 : Designation

 Part 2 : Methods of test and general requirements

 Part 3 : Specific requirements

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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1 Scope
1.1 This Part 1 of EN 13706 establishes a data block system for the designation of pultruded profiles made from
fibre reinforced plastics composites.

1.2 The types of pultruded profiles are differentiated from each other by a classification system based on
information about type of polymer matrix used, the reinforcement material, the type of reinforcement and the
additional in-service performance features (e.g. fire retardancy, UV stability).

1.3 This European Standard is applicable to pultruded profiles made from fibre reinforced plastics composites
only. It applies to materials ready for use in the form of straight lengths of section, or in coils, for structural
applications (see clause 3.3 EN 13706-2:2002).

This European Standard does not apply to the following types of pultruded profile :

 profiles designed primarily for their electrical properties ;

 profiles which are classified as non-structural, that is having properties below the minimum required to conform
to the grade E17 (see Table 1 of clause 4.4, EN 13706-3:2002).

1.4 This Part 1 of EN 13706 does not provide engineering data, performance data or data on service conditions
which can be required to specify a profile for a particular application. If such additional properties are required,
when ever possible, they shall be determined in accordance with the test methods specified in Part 2 of EN 13706.

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 (including amendments).

EN 13706-2:2002, Reinforced plastics composites — Specifications for pultruded profiles — Part 2: Methods of test
and general requirements.

EN 13706-3:2002, Reinforced plastics composites — Specifications for pultruded profiles — Part 3: Specific
requirements.

EN ISO 472:2001, Plastics – Vocabulary (ISO 472:1999).

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 472:2001 apply. Additional
terms and definitions are defined in clause 3 of EN 13706-2:2002.

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4 Designation System

4.1 General

This designation system for pultruded profiles is based on the standardised pattern given below. It is applicable to
specifications described in Part 3 of EN 13706.

Designation
Identity block
Description block European Individual block item
(optional) Standard
Number block Data Data Data Data Data
block 1 block 2 block 3 block 4 block 5

For unambiguous coding, the individual-item block is subdivided into a maximum of 5 data blocks comprising the
following information :

 the description block shall be separated from the standard number block by a comma ;

 spaces shall be inserted between blocks ;

 the first character in the first individual item block shall be a dash ;

 individual item blocks shall be separated from each other by a comma ;

 if a data block is not used, this shall be indicated by two commas (,,).

NOTE This standardised pattern is a modification of the frame text given in ISO 1043-2, adapted to the designation of
these reinforced products.

In this standard the Description block shall use the term “Pultrusion”.

4.2 Data block 1

In this data block, the profile shape is represented by a single code letter in position 1 and in position 2 the
reinforcement material is represented by a single code letter for each type of reinforcement employed with the
order of the letters determined by their relative fibre volume content in the profile. In position 3, any additional
process used in the profile is given by a single code letter. The code letters used are given in Table 1.

Table 1 — Code letter terms in Data Block 1

Position 1 Position 2 Position 3

Profile Shape Reinforcement Material Additional Processes
B Box Section A Aramid-fibre V Surface veil
I I Beam C Carbon-fibre C Surface coating
L Angle G Glass-fibre P Peel-ply
O Round Tube P Polyethylene fibre Z Other
T T Section Z Other
U Channel
W Wide Flange Beam
Z Other shapes

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4.3 Data block 2

In this data block, the resin system employed is represented by a single code letter in position 1.

The code letters used are given in Table 2.

For the purposes of this designation the code letter I includes Isophthalic and Terephthalic resin and the code
letter O includes Orthophthalic and Tetrahydrophthalic based resin systems.

Table 2 — Code letter in Data Block 2 for resin types

Code letter Polymer Type

O Orthophthalic polyester
I Isophthalic polyester
V Vinyl ester
E Epoxy
P Phenolic
A Acrylic
D DCPD (dicyclopentadiene) resins
T Thermoplastic
Z Other

In position 2, specific non-structural properties required to meet the general service conditions for which the profile
is designed shall be designated by an identification letter in accordance with Table 3. More than one of these
properties may be combined within an individual pultruded section. This is shown by including the designatory letter
for each property without a space between them. In this case the letters should be written in the order given in
Table 3.

Table 3 — Code letters in Data Block 2 for the specific property of the resin

Code Letter Property

F Fire retardant
U UV stabilised
Z Other

These properties may be achieved by the addition of additives to the resin formulation. Different additives may be
used to achieve similar properties in the profile. The choice of additives should not be seen in isolation because
they may affect other properties of the profile. This designation does not differentiate between different additives
neither does it quantify the level of performance. The minimum properties given in Part 3 of EN 13706 shall be
maintained in the presence of these resin modifications.

4.4 Data block 3

In this data block the code number for the grade of the profile, as listed in EN 13706-3:2002, Specific Requirements
(see Table 1 of clause 4.4), shall be given.

NOTE The code number relates directly to the Effective Flexural Modulus of the full section profile determined in
accordance with the method given in clause 6 of EN 13706-2:2002. Two grades, E17 or E23, are currently defined.

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5 Example designation
A designation for box section profile in a glass-fibre reinforced, fire retardant isophthalic, using a surface veil.

Pultrusion EN 13706 -BGV, IF, E23,,,,

Description Pultrusion

ISO Standard EN 13706

Data Block 1 (shape and reinforcement) box section

glass fibre reinforcement

surface veil

Data Block 2 (resin and specific properties) isophthalic polyester

fire retardant

Data Block 3 (mechanical properties) effective flexural modulus 23Gpa and other minimum
values shown in part 3 item 4.4

Data Block 4 no indication

Data Block 5 no indication

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