What is BS EN 12545 – Footwear noise test code about?
BS EN 12545 is an International Standard that focuses on common requirements for leather goods manufacturing machines.
BS EN 12545 gives best practices of footwear noise code tests and common requirements.
BS EN 12545 specifies common requirements necessary to carry out efficiently and under standardized conditions the determination, declaration, and verification of the noise emission characteristics of the following leather and imitation leather goods and footwear manufacturing machinery:
- Roughing, scouring, polishing, and trimming machines
- Footwear moulding machines
- Lasting machines
- Nailing machines
Who is BS EN 12545 - Footwear noise test code for?
BS EN 12545 on common requirements for leather goods manufacturing machine is useful for:
- Footwear manufacturing industry
- Leather manufacturing industry
- Leather processing companies
- Regulatory authorities
Why should you use BS EN 12545 - Footwear noise test code?
Footwear primarily serves the purpose to ease locomotion and prevent injuries. Footwear can also be used for fashion and adornment as well as to indicate the status or rank of the person within a social structure. It is essential that the footwear materials undergo various test methods to prove their reliability, efficiency, and class.
BS EN 12545 gives you the specific requirements for noise code tests and guides for use of the noise test codes. It ensures the reproducibility of the determination of noise emission characteristics within specified limits determined by the grade of accuracy of the basic noise measurement standards used.
Noise emission characteristics include emission sound pressure levels at workstations and the sound power level. BS EN 12545 informs that determination of these quantities is necessary for:
- Manufacturers to declare the noise emitted
- Comparing the noise emitted by machines in the family concerned
- Purposes of noise control at source at the design stage
