Which products require ASTM F963 testing? What are the ASTM F963 testing items?
Date：2024-08-05 09:56:34 Classification
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ASTM F963 is a set of American standards for toy safety. It stipulates the safety requirements that toy products must comply with during the design, production and sales process.
Products tested by ASTM F963 mainly include:
1. Toys designed or mainly targeted at children 12 years old and under.
2. Each component of the toy, including surface coating, base material, cleanliness of liquid, paste, mud, glue and powder, filling materials, sound-making toys, small parts, accessible edges, protrusions, sharp points, Wires or links, nails and fasteners, plastic films, folding devices and hinges, ropes, straps and rubber bands, stability and overload requirements, narrow spaces, wheels, tires, axles, mechanical holes, gaps and Accessibility, simulated guards, rubber pacifiers, pop-up toys, teethers and teething toys, squeezy toys, battery-operated toys, toys intended for placement in cribs or playpens, stuffed toys and beanbags , toys with round ends, cheerleading balls, hemispherical items, yoyo elastic rope toys, magnets, etc.
What are the ASTM F963 testing items?
1. Physical and mechanical testing: including structural integrity of toys, sharp edges, points, small parts, nails and fasteners, wires and rods, packaging films, ropes and rubber bands, wheels, tires and axles, Testing of accessibility of folding devices and hinges, holes, gaps and mechanisms.
2. Sound toy test: Evaluate whether the sound produced by the toy is within a safe range, especially for sound-making toys for children aged 8 to 14 years old.
3. Fire test: ensure the fire resistance of toy materials under specific conditions.
4. Soluble heavy metal content: Detect the content of soluble lead, cadmium, mercury and other heavy metals in toy materials.
5. Total lead content: Evaluate whether the total lead content of all materials in the toy meets the standards.
6. Safety test of battery-operated toys: Ensure that the accessibility of the battery meets safety requirements, including the fixation of the battery cover and the special tools provided with the toy.
7. Cleanliness of filling materials: Evaluate the cleanliness and hygienic condition of toy fillings.
8. Sound level test: Determine whether the sound emitted by the toy exceeds the safety level.
9. Magnetic toy testing: Evaluate the safety of toys containing magnetic parts.
10. Food contact material testing: Ensure the safety of toys when in contact with food and comply with relevant FDA standards.
11. Labeling of hazardous art materials: Evaluate whether art materials meet safety standards and be properly labeled.
12. Phthalates: Detect whether toys contain specific phthalate plasticizers and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
13. Traceability labeling: Ensure that toys comply with CPSC’s traceability labeling requirements.
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