ANSI Z97.1:2015 pdf download.For safety glazing materials used in buildings -safety performance specifications and methods of test.
ANSI Z97.1 establishes the specifications and methods of test for the safety properties of safety glazing materials (glazing materials designed to promote safety and reduce the likelihood of cutting and piercing injuries when the glazing materials are broken by human contact) as used for all building and architectural purposes.
1.2 Purpose
The purpose of ANSI Z97.1 is to prescribe the minimum safety performance characteristics of safety glazing materials. ANSI Z97.1 affords a basis for; (1) safety standards for adoption in regulations by federal, state, and local regulatory bodies; and
(2) for use by building code officials, architects, designers, specifiers and others as a reference standard. Approval of a material under this standard constitutes acceptance of its safety characteristics and the retention of those characteristics. It is not to be construed as appraisal of its durability or appearance as a glazing material.
1.3 Limitations
1.3.1 Conformance of a material to ANSI Z97.1 demonstrates minimum acceptable safety characteristics of the material in use
1.3.2 Conformance of a material to this standard is not to be construed as an appraisal of its strength, durability or appearance as a glazing material, nor does this standard specify situations in which safety-glazing materials should be used.
1.3.3 ANSI Z97.1 does not address the methods used for the installation of safety glazing materials.
1.3.4 A condition of conformance of a material to this standard is its uniform production so that it will consistently exhibit these safety characteristics.
1.3.5 Monolithic annealed glass, monolithic heat strengthened glass, monolithic chemically strengthened glass, monolithic wired glass (not fire rated) and monolithic fire rated wired glass are not considered safety glazing materials under ANSI Z97.1.
2 Referenced Standards
This standard is intended for use in conjunction with the cited editions of the following standards (see ANNEX X for edition year):
ASTM1 C1036 Standard Specification for Flat Glass
ASTM 01048 Standard Specification for Heat-Strengthened and Fully Tempered Flat Glass
ASTM 01172 Standard Specification for Laminated Architectural Flat Glass
ASTM 01349 Standard Specification for Architectural Flat Glass Clad Polycarbonate
ASTM C1464 Standard Specification for Bent Glass
ASTM D785 Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
ASTM D790 Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Un-reinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Material
ASTM D1003 Standard Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance of Transparent Plastics
ASTM D1435 Standard Practice for Outdoor Weathering of Plastics
ASTM D2240 Standard Test Method for Rubber Property-Durometer Hardness
ASTM D2244 Standard Practice for Calculation of Color Tolerances and Color Differences from Instrumentally Measured Color Coordinates
ASTM D2565 Standard Practice for Xenon Arc Exposure of Plastics Intended for Outdoor Applications
ASTM D4459 Standard Practice for Xenon-Arc Exposure of Plastics Intended for Indoor Applications
ASTM D6110 Standard Test Mehods for Determining the Charpy Impact Resistance of Notched Specimens of Plastics
ASTM E308 Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects by Using the CIE System.ANSI Z97.1 pdf download.