scope:

*This test shall apply to upholstered furniture mock-ups.

Mock-up testing is used in assessing the relative resistance to continuing combustion of individual materials used in furniture, such as cover fabrics, filling materials, and welt tape, in realistic combinations and in an ideal geometric arrangement of the seat cushions, back, and arms of furniture items.

Purpose. This test method is designed to evaluate the ignition resistance of upholstered furniture when exposed to smoldering cigarettes under specified conditions.

Application.

This method is intended to measure the performance of upholstered furniture under conditions of exposure to a smoldering cigarette, which shall be accomplished by testing furniture mock-ups.

This method shall not be used to measure the performance of upholstered furniture under conditions of open flame exposure and does not indicate whether the furniture will resist the propagation of flame under severe fire exposure or when tested in a manner that differs substantially from this test standard.

The results obtained with a material assembly that is tested in mock-up using this method shall not necessarily indicate the performance of the same material assembly in other geometric configurations.