Existing ASTM F963-08 more articles under revision, waiting for the toy industry manufacturers, importers, consumers, third-party testing lab and CPSC (consultative status) ASTM Working Committee composed of the final resolutions and vote. By CPSIA regulations, ASTM F963, any amendments to the assessment by the CPSC, CPSC will vote within 90 days whether there is opposition. If no objections to the amendments, new standards may be ASTM F963-2011 will become mandatory toy safety standards. If there is opposition , only the CPSC to accept the amendment in order to become a statutory requirement (under the CPSIA ASTMF963 standard is mandatory).

July 20, 2011, CPSC voted without dissent to approve mandatory third party testing to ensure the safety of a children's toy, although the U.S. toy has been played since February 2009 are required to comply with the mandatory third-party testing requirements, the Committee taking into account the allow time to facilitate the manufacturers, importers and suppliers to implement its own brand of third-party toy testing and certification will be mandatory third-party testing and certification requirements postponed to December 31, 2011 started.

ASTM F963-08 version of the latest proposed amendments briefly summarized as follows:

Spherical end of the stamp injury risk: no significant changes; only increase the legend and the title changed to "a spherical end of the related toys."

Toy seat defined: a seat with play value, not just a chair.

Ride-on toys and seats stability: To clarify the changes in seat design and testing methods, including forward, backward and side directions, toys seats also need stability test.

Ride-on toys and seats overload requirements: To clarify the "Toy seat" being included in the standard, although the furniture for exemption from this standard; increase the overloading of specific test methods and laboratory tests show that the method of the past remain the same.

Plastic film: title changed,The plastic film has all the requirements, not just for the packaging. Test method modified to eliminate duplicate content.

Soft stuffed toys exemption: the rattles, squeeze toys, teething rattle device provisions revised federal regulations and EN71 and the specific shape and size required to maintain the same toys, soft stuffed toys in the hard parts also need to meet this requirement.

Into the jaw: the test template to the third dimension size standard size, the template to be completely through the opening.

Rope and flying devices: resistivity to resistance, consistent with the EN71 and use accurate written expression, only the terminology changes.

Flammability: Terms A4.6.3.6 for testing to determine where the results of the test sample from the "should" to "must", this requirement may be from the "recommended" to "instructions."

Squeeze toys with the ring: only the part with only extrusion functions must meet the template requirements, non-extruded parts need to meet this requirement, such as squeeze toys on the ring does not require testing.

New exemptions: the "continuous inflatable products" and "juvenile products" within the terms of an increase to 1.4.

Yo-yo: revised measurement of the rope stretching when the rotation length of the test method.

Back into the toy box F963: the requirements for toy box is not CPSIA deleted, toy box requirements coupled with back ASTM F963.

Flying Objects: Combining ISO and EN71 standards; proposed if the ejection distance of less than 300mm, you only need to check the small parts, sharp points, sharp edges and have suction cups on the requirements of a bullet for the kinetic energy of projectiles smaller than 0.08J, The radius of at least 2mm of the request is a test template in place, requiring a variety of shapes can not pass through the end of the test template, and requires edge/corner radius of at least 0.25mm. temporary prepared projectiles have been proposed for maintaining a consistent test sex.

Heavy metal requirements: to increase the substrate lead requirements, requirements included lead CPSIA Other soluble heavy metal limits with EN71. Exemption can not touch or suck the substrate can not be imported and exempted non-small parts of metal, glass and ceramics, At the same time to follow up 16CFR1500.91 the exemption specifically 6 years of age and are more likely to mouth toys contacts on small parts of cadmium metal with special requirements to increase the total content of heavy metals in the screening method, when the total content of less than when the soluble content can not test the soluble heavy metal content of heavy metal content to allow the total mix testing, but soluble migration test does not allow the laboratory can choose to verify the accuracy of other methods, such as XRF testing.

Bath toy poke injury risk: the stamp of bath toys increased risk of injury subsidiary chapters; increase Appendix guidance bath toys manufacturers will minimize potential damage, mainly on account of toys floating in the bath tub or stay in the bottom due to the vertical, causing the hard part stamp injury.

Magnets and magnetic components: the definition of "flux density" to "flux index"; get rid of normal use before the judge, only to see after the abuse, even if toys do not contain dangerous magnets and magnet components, as long as its large magnetic flux at 50, they are required to include this information packaging or instructions for wooden toys, play toys, or on the water with the mouthpiece of the toys tested by immersion. clarify the toys in a variety of combinations of magnets and metal loop test.

The above list is the ASTM F963 major changes in the content, not including errors or minor editorial changes in the above list of some of the themes continued discussion, before issuing the final standard will still be subject to change.

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