VDLKSWAGENGRDUP

Groupstandard

TL1010Issue2025-02

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Class.No.:55000

Descriptors:flameresistance,flammability,interiorequipment

MaterialsforInteriorEquipment

FlammabilityRequirements

MaterialsRequirementsandTests

Preface

Thisstandardisintended–asfaraspossible–toindicatetheregulatoryrequirementsfortheflammabilityofpartsinthevehicleinterior.

Thesafetylawsandregulationsonwhichthisstandardisbasedmustbetakenfromthe"Bibliogra-phy"section(see

section9

).

Theapplicationofthisstandarddoesnotrelievetheuseroftheirownobligationtoindependentlyassesstheapplicablelegalsituationattherespectivetime.

Previousissues

TL1010:1971-10,1972-04,1972-09,1974-08,1975-09,1985-02,1993-01,1997-05,2008-01

Changes

ThefollowingchangeshavebeenmadetoTL1010:2008-01:

a)Standardcompletelyreworked

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VWNORM-2023-12

Alwaysusethelatestversionofthisstandard.

Thiselectronicallygeneratedstandardisauthenticandvalidwithoutsignature.

Noteontheverbsofobligationwithintherequirementssentences:Both'shall'and'must'aredefinedasbinding.

Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisdocumentmaybeprovidedtothirdpartiesorreproducedwithoutthepriorconsent

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Contents

Page

1

Scope

2

2

Definitions

2

3

Symbols

2

4

Abbreviations

2

5

Designation

3

6

Requirements

3

6.1

General

3

6.2

Burningrate

3

6.3

Flammability

4

6.3.1

Testrequirements

4

6.3.2

Testmethod

4

6.3.3

Specimen

5

6.3.4

Climate

andconditioning

5

7

Evaluation

5

8

Documentation

6

9

Bibliography

8

AppendixA

Standardtestreport

9

1Scope

Thisstandarddefinestherequirementsfortheflammabilityofmaterialsorpartsinthevehicleinte-rioronthebasisofapplicableinternationalsafetylawsandregulations.

Thisstandarddoesnotdefinemarket-specificaccreditation,typeapproval,orcertificationrequire-ments.

Thisstandardappliestoallpartsthattheoccupantmaycomeintocontactwithinthevehicleinteri-orandthespace13mm(0,5inches)behindthecontactablesurfaces.ThevehicleinterioristhespaceofthevehiclethatissuppliedwithfreshairfromtheHVACunit.

Thepurchasercandefinefurtherpartsthatmustcomplywiththerequirementsspecifiedinthisstandard.

2Definitions

ContractorThepartand/orsystemsuppliercommissionedbythepurchaser

PurchaserVolkswagenGroup,brand,orsubsidiary/associatecompany

3Symbols

Requirementsmarkedwithadocumentationbararesubjecttomandatorydocumentation.

4Abbreviations

BRBurningrate

CANTestcancellation5minafterexceedingthefirstmeasurementmarker

DSafetydocumentation:LegalregulationsaswellasVolkswagenGroupreg-ulationsforfunctionallyimportantparts(FIPs)mustbeadheredto.

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DI5Ignited,butdoesnotreachthefirstmeasurementmarkerwithin5min(did

ignite5min)

DNIDidnotignite

LHDvehicleLeft-handdrivevehicle

NBRNoburningrate

RHDvehicleRight-handdrivevehicle

SESelf-extinguishing

5Designation

Thedesignationbelowisusedtobeabletounambiguouslyidentifytheflammabilityspecifiedinthestandard,e.g.,inthedrawing.

FlammabilityasperTL1010

6Requirements

6.1General

Parts/materialsofthevehicleinteriormustcomplywiththerespectivecountry-specificrequire-mentsintheirentirety(

section9

).

Theindividualcountry-specificregulationscanbesimplifiedintoasetofoverarchingrequirements.Ineachindividualcase,thecountry-specificregulationisalwaysbinding.

6.2Burningrate

Detailsondeterminingburningratesmustbetakenfrom

section7

.

Theminimumrequirementslistedbelowmustbemetbyallinvolvedmaterials/partsinthevehicleinterior.

BRi≤100mm/min

(1)

IfalldeterminedindividualvaluesyieldaburningrateofBRi<80mm/min,then,inadditiontoful-fillingtherequirement,thegreatestvaluedeterminedmustbeindicatedasBmaxTL1010inthedocu-mentation(see

section8

).

Ifjustoneofthedeterminedburningrates(fromthe5non-agedspecimensundertest)isBRi≥80mm/min,thefollowingadditionalrequirementapplies:

BstatTL1010=BRm+3σ≤100mm/min(2)

Legend

BRmMeanvalue

σStandarddeviation

IftherequirementBstatTL1010=BRm+3σ≤100mm/minisnotreachedaftertesting5comparable

specimens(materialthickness;layerstructure),30specimensmustbetestedintherespectivetestdirectionforstatisticalreplacementvalidation.Inthiscase,formulaBstatTL1010isnotapplied.

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IfasinglevaluedoesnotmeettherequirementofBRi≤100mm/min,theentirescopetobetesteddoesnotmeettherequirementsofthisstandard.

6.3

6.3.1

Flammability

Testrequirements

Thetestsmustbeassignedtoatestlaboratorythatworksaccordingtotheapplicablestandards,legalregulations,andtestprocedures.

Theflammabilitytestmustbedocumentedforallpartsinthenewcondition.

Fortextilematerialsburningataburningratelargerthan80mm/min,thetestsmustadditionallybeperformedonagedspecimens(168hat[80±2]°C).

Ifthematerialshavedirection-dependentproperties,atleast5specimensmustbetestedinthe

longitudinalandtransversedirections(e.g.,warpandweftdirectionsinthecaseofwovenfabrics).Reductionsinthescopeoftheburningtestsonsimilarpartswhosesurfacesarelaminatedwithsemi-finishedproducts(leather,leatherette,textiles,slushskin,coatingsystems,etc.)ofdifferentcolorandwhentestingleft-handdrive(LHD)/right-handdrive(RHD)vehiclevariantsarepermissi-ble,providedthatthecontractorandthepurchaserhavejointlyagreedonwhichvariantmustun-dergofulltestinganddocumentationandthecontractorconfirmstheOKflammabilityofallothervariants.

Additionalcompilingoftestsforpartsmadeofidenticalmaterialsmustbeagreeduponwiththepurchaser.Part-specifictestreportsmustalwaysbecreated.

Unlessagreedotherwise,thefollowingsequencemustbeadheredto:

Selectionofthecolorvariantofpartswithlaminatedsurfacetobetested:

1.Thesupplierofthesemi-finishedproductmustprovidethetestresultsforallsemi-finishedproductstothecontractor.

2.Basedonthis,thecontractoragreeswiththepurchaseronthevarianttobetestedanddocu-mentedinstalledinthewholepart.Atleastthevariantwiththehighestburningratemustbeselectedintheindividualtestforthisandtestedinstalledinthewholepart.

3.Thecontractorperformstestinganddocumentationforthevariantconfirmedbythepurchas-er.

4.ThecontractorconfirmstheOKflammabilityofallpartnumbers.

TestingofLHD/RHDvehiclevariants

1.TheLHDvehiclevariantmustundergotestinganddocumentation.

2.TheresultsoftheLHDvehiclevariantcanbecarriedoverfortheRHDvehiclevariant(provi-dedthematerialstructuresareidentical).Thisalsoappliestoreflectionsymmetricalvariants(e.g.,leftkneebolsterforrightkneebolster).

3.ThecontractorconfirmstheOKflammabilityofallpartnumbers.

6.3.2Testmethod

TestdevicesandmethodsasperUSregulation571.302,specificallythecorrespondingtestproce-dureTP-302-03

1)

(Chapter12"Compliancetestexecution").

1)

NHTSA–USNationalHighwayTrafficSafetyAdministration

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6.3.3Specimen

Forpartsforwhichitisnotfeasibletoprepareaspecimenofatleast100mminlength,thetestmustbeperformedontestsheets.Thetestsheetsmustbe2mmto3mmthick.

6.3.4Climateandconditioning

Itmustbenotedherethattheclimaticconditions(relativehumidityandtemperature)ofthetestspacevaryfromcountrytocountryintheofficialspecifications.Inordertomeetallspecificationswithasingletestseries,thisresultsinanarrowwindowfortheclimaticconditionsinthetest

space.Beforetheburningtest,thespecimensmustbeconditionedfor24hunderthespecifiedclimaticconditions.Thisincludestheburningtestafteraging.

7Evaluation

TheburningrateBRiiscalculatedasfollowsforeveryburnedspecimen:

(3)

Legend

BRiBurningrateofthetestedspecimen(inmm/min)

DBurningdistance(inmm)

TBurningtimerequiredfortheflametocoverdistanceD(insec-

onds)

TheresultBstatTL1010orBmaxTL1010tobereportedisyieldedfromthefollowing:

1.AlldeterminedburningratesBRi<80mm/min:

BmaxTL1010=BRimax(4)

Legend

BRimaxGreatestindividualvaluedetermined

2.Oneofthedeterminedburningrates(fromthe5specimensundertest)hasaBRi≥80mm/min:

BstatTL1010=BRm+3σ(5)

Legend

σStandarddeviation

Thestandarddeviationσiscalculatedasfollows:

(6)

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ThemeanvalueBRmiscalculatedusingthefollowingequation:

(7)

Legend

BRmMeanvalueoftheburningratesBRi

SpecimenswithoutameasurableburningratearenotfactoredintothecalculationoftheburningrateBstatTL1010.Thismeansthatspecimenswithatestresultofdidnotignite(DNI),self-extinguish-ing(SE),ignitedbutdidnotreachfirstmarkwithin5min(DI5),orSE/noburningrate(NBR)mustnotbeincludedwhencalculatingthemeanvalueBRmandthestandarddeviationσ.TheburningrateBstatTL1010isonlydeterminedincaseswhenatleast3of5specimensofaprocessingdirectionhaveyieldedameasurableburningrate.If,ofthe5specimensundertest,fewerthan3resultinameasurableburningrate,thenanother5specimensofthesameprocessingdirectionmustbetes-ted.MeanvalueBRmandstandarddeviationσarethencalculatedusingallofthemeasurableval-uesfromall10specimens.

Intheeventthatall5specimensofaprocessingdirectiongeneratenomeasurableresults,thentheburningrateBstatTL1010mustnotbedetermined.

┌8┐Documentation

Theindividualresultsfortheindividualpartsmustbedocumentedinstandardtestreport?TL1010_Part_report“(see

appendixA

).

Ifindividualpartsofanassembly(ASSY)areconsolidatedinthedocumentationorifseveralpartsfromonesupplierareconsolidated,thenstandardtestreport?TL1010_Summary_report“(see

appendixA

)mustbeused.

Thetestreport/executionreportofthetestingorganizationisalsopartofthedocumentation.Thisreportcontainsallinformationspecifiedintherequirementsbytheauthorities(see

section9

).

DocumentationoftheflammabilitymustbepreparedasperTechnicalSupplySpecification

TL1010forallaffectedpartnumbers,includingthecolorcode.

ForBstatTL1010andBmaxTL1010,thegreatervalueofthetwoprocessingdirectionsmustalwaysbeindi-cated.

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Thefollowingnomenclatureappliestotheevaluationoftheindividualburningresultsinthecol-umns?Verdict1/TL1010“and?Verdict2/FMVSS“inconnectionwith

figure1

:

–DNIThespecimendidnotigniteaftertheflameexposuretime(15s).

–DI5Thespecimenignites,buttheflamehasnotreachedthefirsttimemarkerafter5min.

–SEThespecimenburns,buttheflameextinguishesbeforethefirsttimemarkerisreached(withinzoneA).

–SE/NBRThespecimenburns,buttheflameextinguisheswithin60safterthestartoftimingandtheburndistanceislessthan50mm(zoneB).

–SE/BRThespecimenburns,buttheflameextinguishesbeforethesecondtimemarkerisreached(withinzoneC);theburningratemustbecalculated.

–BRThespecimenburnsandtheflamegoesbeyondthesecondtimemarker(withinzoneD);theburningratemustbecalculated

2)

.

–CANThespecimenburns,butthetestiscanceledafter5min(theflamehasnotyetreachedmeasurementmarker2).

Thefollowingnomenclatureappliestotheevaluationoftheindividualburningresultsinthecolumn?Verdict3/KVMSS“inconnectionwith

figure1

:

–AThespecimendidnotigniteaftertheflameexposuretime(15s).

–BThespecimenignites,buttheflameextinguishesonitsown(orextinguish-eswithin60s).

–CThespecimenburnsslowlywithoutaflame(ordoesnotburnfartherthan50mm).

–DTestwasabortedafter5minofburningtime.

–B/CThecriteriaofbothBandCapply.

–-Noneofthecriteriaof?A“,?B“,?C“,or?D“apply.

Thefollowingnomenclatureappliestotheevaluationoftheindividualburningresultsinthecolumn?Verdict5/GB8410“inconnectionwith

figure1

:

–AThespecimendidnotigniteaftertheflameexposuretime(15s)ortheflameextinguishesbeforethefirsttimemarker.

–BThespecimenextinguisheswithin60sandburnsnomorethan50mm.

–CThespecimenextinguishesbetweenthefirstandsecondtimemarkers;thecriteriaof?B“donotapply.

–DTheflamereachesthesecondtimemarker.

–ETheflamereachesthefirsttimemarkerwithin15safterignition.

2)Forspecimensthataresmallerthanthestandardspecimenshownin

figure1

,thefollowingappliestocalculatingBR:

–BurningdistanceDisthedistancefromthefirsttimemarkertotheendofthespecimen.

–BurningtimeTisthetimefromthefirsttimemarkertotheendofthespecimen.

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