16CFR1632.6 Consumer Product Safety Commission– Standard Title:
16CFR1632.6：Consumer Product Safety Commission - Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads
16CFR1632.6 Consumer Product Safety Commission– Scope
This procedure may be used to verify acceptable equivalency if a mattress or mattress pad manufacturer wishes to change the ticking used on a particular mattress or mattress pad prototype without conducting a prototype test as specified in 16CFR 1632.4 or 6CFR1632.5. The procedure includes a ticking classification test that may be used by a ticking, mattress or mattress pad manufacturer or by a distributor of ticking.
16CFR1632.6 Consumer Product Safety Commission–Ticking classification.
A ticking prototype is classified as Class A, Class B, or Class C, in accordance with the
following schedules.
(i) Class A—A ticking prototype is classified as Class A when three specimens, tested in accordance with 16CFR1632.6(e), meet the test criterion in 16 CFR 1632.6(d)(2) when the ticking is tested directly over the cotton felt on the test box.
(ii) Class B—A ticking prototype is classified as Class B when three specimens,
tested according to 16 CFR 1632.6(e), meet the test criterion in 16 CFR 1632.6(d)(2)
when the ticking is tested on a 1⁄4 inch ±1⁄32 inch (6.3 mm ±.8 mm) thick urethane
foam pad covering the cotton felt on the test box.
(iii) Class C—A ticking prototype is classified as Class C when any specimen tested according to § 1632.6(e), fails to meet the test criterion in 16 CFR 1632.6(d)(2) when the ticking is tested on a 1⁄4 inch ±1⁄32 inch (6.3 mm ±.8 mm) thick urethane foam pad covering the cotton felt on the test box.
16CFR1632.6 Consumer Product Safety Commission–Relative Standard
〉16 CFR Part 1633 Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattresses and Mattress/ Foundation Sets
〉TB 106 Requirements, Test Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the Resistance of a Mattress or Mattress Pad to Combustion Which May Result from a Smoldering Cigarette
〉TB 121 Flammability Test Procedure for Mattresses for Use in High Risk Occupancies
〉TB 129 Flammability Test Procedure for Mattresses for Use In Public Buildings
〉NFPA 267 Fire characteristics of mattresses and bedding assemblies exposed to flaming ignition source
〉ASTM E1590 Standard test method for Fire testing of mattresses (open flame)
〉TB 604 Test Procedure and Apparatus for the Open Flame Resistance of Filled Bedclothing