On December 15, 2011, ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) released a new version of the mandatory toy safety standard, ASTM F963-11, aimed at continuously monitoring and addressing toy safety issues. Simultaneously, in accordance with Section 106 of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Promotion Act (CPSIA), ASTM formally notified the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) of this updated version. The CPSC was to confirm its approval or rejection of the updated version within 90 days (March 14, 2012). If the CPSC did not respond within 90 days, the new standard, ASTM F963-11, would become the official toy testing regulation 180 days after its release (June 12, 2012). The main revisions are summarized below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Physical property test<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Toys with spherical ends \u2013 Clearly define the product scope and provide illustrations to ensure consistent testing.\n 1. Revision of total lead content in coatings and other surface coatings: The limit is 90 ppm in accordance with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA); the test method is CPSC-CH-E1003-09 (Coatings and similar coatings). 2. New requirements for heavy metals in substrates: (1) Total lead content in substrates: Applicable to accessible surfaces in 16 CFR 1500.87. No testing is required for non-small items of metal, glass and ceramic, and materials excluded in 16 CFR 1500.88 or 16 CFR 1500.91. Table 1:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n (3) Leached cadmium content (for small metal toys or metal toy components)<\/p>\n\n\n\n – \u4f9d\u64daCPSC-CHE1004-11\u6e2c\u8a66\uff0c\u6eb6\u51fa\u9398\u542b\u91cf\u4e0d\u5f97\u8d85\u904e200 \u03bcg\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Intertek (2012-01-20)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2011 \u5e7412\u670815\u65e5ASTM(\u7f8e\u570b\u8a66\u9a57\u6750\u6599\u5b78\u6703)\u767c\u5e03\u4e86\u65b0\u7248\u7684\u5f37\u5236\u6027\u73a9\u5177\u5b89\u5168\u6a19\u6e96ASTM F963-11\uff0c\u76ee […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-contries-rules"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
2. Stability of riding toys or toy seats \u2013 Specify load placement for front-to-back and lateral stability.\n
3. Squeezable toys \u2013 Narrow the scope of this requirement to only apply to parts of toys with squeezing functionality.\n
4. Elastic rope toys \u2013 Specify the measurement of the length of the elastic rope when it is fully extended during rotation.\n
5. Flammability \u2013 Change \u201cshould\u201d to \u201cshall\u201d to indicate a responsibility.\n
6. Stuffing materials \u2013 In addition to fibrous stuffing, \u201cloose stuffing\u201d includes any other natural or synthetic stuffing materials, such as, but not limited to, hair, foam, feathers, sawdust, and rubber.\n
7. Plastic films \u2013 Expand the scope of this requirement to include plastic bags and films used as packaging materials and for toys or toy parts. 8. Toy Seats \u2013 Define \u201ctoy seats\u201d as stationary toy products with a seat, whose primary function is to provide entertainment for children, and whose play is intended to make children sit in the seat.\n9. Jaw Recesses \u2013 Revise the gauge dimensional requirements to include depth dimensions.\n10. Projectile Toys \u2013 To ensure consistency in laboratory testing, standardize the list of \u201cnon-toy projectiles\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chemical property testing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 The limit is 100 ppm according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA); the test method is based on:
(a) CPSC-CH-E1001-08.1 (metallic materials);
(b) CPSC-CH-CH-E1002-08.1 (non-metallic materials)
(2) Leaching of heavy metals from substrates
\u2013 Applicable to accessible surfaces in 16 CFR 1500.87. Testing is not required for non-small items of metal, glass, and ceramic, or for materials excluded in 16 CFR 1500.88 or 16 CFR 1500.91. 4. Elastic rope toys \u2013 The length of the elastic rope is measured when it is fully extended during rotation.
\u2013 The limit is the same as for leaching of heavy metals from paints and other surface coatings, as shown in Table 1.
\u2013 An additional screening method for total heavy metal content has been added. If the total content is less than the leaching limit for each element, it is considered to meet the requirements for leached heavy metal content. If it exceeds the limit, further leaching heavy metal testing is required.
\u2013 The total heavy metal content screening can accept a maximum of three similar or related materials mixed for testing (e.g., three different colors of PS plastic), but leaching heavy metal testing is not allowed. Furthermore, metals of different compositions cannot be mixed for testing, as this may affect the analytical results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u92bb (Sb)<\/td> 60 ppm<\/td><\/tr> \u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u7837 (As)<\/td> 25 ppm<\/td><\/tr> \u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u92c7 (Ba)<\/td> 1000 ppm<\/td><\/tr> \u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u9398 (Cd)<\/td> 75 ppm<\/td><\/tr> \u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u927b (Cr)<\/td> 60 ppm<\/td><\/tr> \u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u925b (Pb)<\/td> 90 ppm<\/td><\/tr> \u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u6c5e (Hg)<\/td> 60 ppm<\/td><\/tr> \u6eb6\u51fa\u6027\u7852 (Se)<\/td> 500 ppm<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n