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The Institute was responsible for the safety of the PVC to mold in the oven

Aiju collaborates in the process to create a standard of safety for toys

Drafting PU15/05/2003

The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) is working on the drafting of a new standard on safety of toys, which affects - among others - toys-moulding with plastics and PVC pastes to mold. To develop this standard, the Committee commissioned two years ago at the technological Institute of the toy (AIJU), Alicante, to develop methods of validation for the inspection of the emission of certain products in PVC pastes.

The standard on safety of toys EN 71, chemical toys but not of experimentation, consists of several parts that affect different aspects on the safety of toys. Part 5 of this standard is applicable to all those games that are different from the games of proper experimentation. Games which applies are listed in table 1.

The standard specifies the limitations on the use of certain substances and labelling of the product. The lack of test methods has led to the Working Group of the Committee European of standardisation (CEN) TC52/WG5 carried out the task of developing and validating the precise methods to ensure compliance with the standard. In this regard, the following projects have been developed:

Determination of elements in ceramics.
Plasticizers in pasta shape and tighten to oven.
Emission of benzene, toluene and xylene in PVC pastes to mold in the oven.
Content in styrene for polystyrene granules.
Inorganic and organic substances in games developing photographic.
Organic solvents and chemical Games special organic solvents.
Content in plasticizers in adhesives based solvent and paints and lacquers.
Training agents of films in paints and lacquers.
Modifiers in solvent-based adhesives, paints, lacquers and cleaning agents.

To carry out the project, the tasks were divided between leading laboratories, which were commissioned to develop the methods of testing, and revision Labs, which validates the methods developed by the previous. The technological Institute of the toy (AIJU) has been commissioned to develop the methods of test for determination of the emission of benzene, toluene and xylene in PVC pastes for shaping and hardening furnace and determination of the content of residual styrene in polystyrene granules supplied in games to shape with plastic. They also carried out processes of validation of methods of determination of plasticizers in PVC for molding pastes and the identification of trainers of films modifiers and agents.

The development of all methodologies have been available with a variety of analytical techniques including spectroscopy of Atomic emission, gas chromatography with detection by mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, chromatography of liquids with detection by diode arraynot to mention the chemistry of the reactions with visual detection.

The results of the project have already entered into the process to generate the standard, which is expected to be approved after passing through the necessary formalities

Games shape with plaster

Ceramics and vitreous enamels supplied with Games Workshop miniature

Games from plasticized PVC for shape and tighten to oven

Games with plastic-moulding

Games of inclusion

Game developing photographic

Adhesives, lacquers, varnishes, thinners and cleaning products supplied with the games or that is recommended with them.

Table 1: games which applies in 71-5:

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