SSH CEN/TS 13126-1:2006

Building hardware, fittings for windows and door height windows - Requirements and test methods - Part 1: Requirements common to all types of fittings

Scope

This part specifies performance requirements for the strength and durability of fittings for the operation of movable leaves of windows and door height windows including requirements and test methods common to all fittings.

This Technical Specification is applicable to the fittings suitable for windows and door height windows listed in Table 1 and illustrated in normative annex B, whatever the material used for the construction of the window.

Table 1 - Window types

Window type Description Figure

A Side-hung casement inward opening B1
B Side-hung casement outward opening B1
C Bottom-hung casement inward opening and outward opening B2
D Top-hung casement inward opening and outward opening B2
E Tilt and turn casement and turn and tilt casement B3
F Horizontal pivot casement B4
G Vertical pivot casement B4
H Projecting top-hung inward and outward opening casement B5
J Projecting bottom-hung inward and outward opening casement B5
K Top-hung projecting reversible casement B6
L Side-hung projecting reversible casement B7
M Vertical sliding sash B8
N Horizontal sliding sash B9
P Lifting sliding sash B10
Q Folding casement (centre pivot) B11
R Folding outward opening casement (corner pivot) B12
S Folding inward opening casement (corner pivot) B12
T Tilting sliding sash B13
U Top-hung inward opening casement multi-light B14
V Bottom-hung inward opening casement multi-light B14
W Horizontal balanced casement B15

This Technical Specification does not apply to the following: -

Fusible links, fittings for lifting side-hung casements; fittings for windows that remain parallel to their own plane and move perpendicular to it on pantograph type gear, devices that are used for the permanent connection of window frame members to each other, devices that are used for the permanent fixing of complete window assemblies into the structure of a building, mechanisms for the remote operation of windows, whether mechan

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