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ASTM F 1915 Document Information:
Title
Standard Test Methods for Glazing for Detention Facilities
ASTM International
Publication Date:
Feb 1, 2005
Scope:
These test methods, including a fire test response method, cover the
apparatus, procedures, and
acceptance conditions for evaluating the normal operational
performance and the performance
characteristics under assault conditions of detention glazing used in
window and door assemblies in
detention and correctional facilities; thus, these test methods only
give an indication of the
performance characteristics of detention glazing in actual service.
Such variables as installation
and maintenance conditions are not considered except as otherwise
included in this test method.
It is the intent of these test methods to help ensure that detention
glazing performs at or above
minimum acceptable levels to restrict inmate passage to unauthorized
areas, to confine inmates, to
delay and frustrate escape attempts and to resist vandalism.
Tools defined in these test methods are representative of similar
tools or materials, which may
become available to inmates within the secure perimeter of detention
and correctional facilities,
and which could be used to inflict similar product damage.
These test methods should not be used to establish or confirm the
absolute prevention of forced
entries or exits. These test methods define five factors (tool,
temperature, techniques, time, and
number of impacts) used to determine resistance to defined attacks.
The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the
standard. The SI values in stated
parentheses are for information only.
In these test methods, the specimens are subjected to one or more
specific sets of laboratory test
conditions. If different test conditions are substituted or the
end-use conditions are changed, it
is not always possible by or from these test methods to predict
changes in the physical attack, or
fire-test-response characteristics measured, or both; therefore, the
results are valid only for the
physical attack, or fire-test-exposure conditions, or both, described
in these test methods.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
if any, associated with its
use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to
establish appropriate safety and
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
Keywords:
- attack weapons
- battering ram
- correctional facility
- detention facility
- fire
- flame exposure
- glazing
- impact test
- impactor (blunt and sharp)
- physical attack
- polycarbonate
- security glass
- security glazing
- security grades
- temperature (cold and warm)
- test assembly
- test criteria
- time (element of)
- torch
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