Toys

Safety tested – creating trust – for children's sake.

With the wide variety of toys available on markets world-wide, comprehensive and expert testing is required, in accordance with national and international regulations and standards.

The main areas are safety tests in accordance with the EC Directive (88/378/EWG), the ASTM regulations and the German Food Stuff and Animal Feed Statute Book (LFGB).

Examples:

	Tensile Test
	Flammability (teddy bear)
	Sampling for saliva resistance (according to LFGB)
	Electromagnetic compatibility Test

Mechanical/physical tests in acc. with EN 71 Part 1

• Tensile test
• Tip test
• Loading stress test
• Fatigue durability
• Noise measurement
• Magnetic forces

Flammability, in acc. with EN 71, Part 2

Chemical tests in acc. with EN 71, Parts 3 - 5

• Migration of heavy metals

Health safety in acc. with the German Food Stuff and Animal Feed Statute Book

• Resistance to saliva and perspiration
• Determination of softeners
• Hygiene and micro-biological tests

Electrical safety read more

• Electrical toys according European Toy Directive 88/378/EEC
• Toy transformers
• Toy lamps
• Battery chargers
• Technical standards
• Standards: current developments and transition time

Electromagnetic compatibility(EMC)

• Interference emission and interference immunity

Radio controlled toys

• Test acc. to R&TTE Directive

Hygiene examinations and assessments

• Improving the design from a micro-biological and hygenic aspect (e.g. cleanability)
• Examining the materials used for susceptibility to germination, or resistance to bacteria and moulds
• Resistance to bacteria and fungi

Test marks

Further information

• Electrical safety
• Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
• Outstanding play value



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Contact

Karlheinz Hieronymus Dipl.-Ing. (FH) TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH Tillystraße 2 90431 Nuremberg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 911 655-58 41 Fax:     +49 (0) 911 655-58 43 eMail: karlheinz.hieronymus@lga.de

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