Interpretation ID: aiam1118
Fachgruppe 3.2
Bundesanstalt fur Materialprufung (BAM)
Unter Den Eichen 87
1 Berlin 45
West Germany;
Dear Professor Dr. Meckel: This is in reply to your question regarding Standard No. 302 'Flammability of Interior Materials,' in your March 15, 1973, letter to Dr. John D. Hoffman, that has been forwarded to this office. You ask whether the test cabinet described in the standard in the 'only right one'.; While the test cabinet described in Standard No. 302 is not the onl test cabinet that could be used for testing under the standard, whether a material complies with the standard will be determined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by means of this described cabinet. The only requirement of the standard is that the material must be capable of meeting the requirements when tested in the described cabinet. Accordingly, any test results derived from the use of a different cabinet should be correlated with the results that would be obtained from the test cabinet described in the standard.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel