This Technical Specification specifies test methods and their relevant parameters and test conditions to be used in determining selected properties of wood-plastics composites, usually called WPC, materials and products. It is applicable to cellular or non-cellular WPC materials processed through plastics processing techniques, as defined in Clause 3.
The properties have been selected from the test methods usually used in the plastics and wood fields.
These test methods are primarily intended to be used for the characterisation of WPC materials (see CEN/TS 15534-2 [1]) and WPC products (see CEN/TS 15534-3 [2]).
NOTE This document may be revised when other parts of CEN/TS 15534 are being amended or added.
The purpose of this document is to provide test methods to assess a wide range of performance characteristics for WPC materials and products. But, all the characteristics listed in this part of CEN/TS 15534 are not necessarily to be assessed for a given application.
This Technical Specification takes into account the current state of the art and is intended to be used by WPC material suppliers and converters. No limitation has been introduced for the content of cellulosic materials.
DD CEN/TS 15534-1:2007 Referenced Document
EN 117:2005 Wood preservatives - Determination of toxic values against Reticulitermes species (European termites) (Laboratory method)
EN 310 Wood-based panels; determination of modulus of elasticity in bending and of bending strength
EN 317 Particleboards and fibreboards; determination of swelling in thickness after immersion in water
EN 318 Wood based panels - Determination of dimensional changes associated with changes in relative humidity
EN 321 Wood-based panels - Determination of moisture resistance under cyclic test conditions*， 2024-04-18 Update
DD CEN/TS 15534-1:2007 history
2007DD CEN/TS 15534-1:2007 Wood-plastics composites (WPC) — Part 1: Test methods for characterisation of WPC materials and products