What is BS EN 17394-2 about?
BS EN 17394-2 discusses textiles and textile products of children’s clothing. BS EN 17394-2 defines a test method for the security of attachment of functional and decorative buttons to clothing including garments such as gloves, hats, scarves, hosiery, ties, and textile belts.
Note1: BS EN 17394-2 does not apply to:
- Childcare articles
- Shoes, boots, and similar footwear
- Toys
- Other articles sold with clothing
Note2: Disguise costumes including carnival costumes are examples of clothing that are also toys and fall within the scope of the Toy Safety Directive.
Note3: The scope of BS EN 17394-2 is limited to sewn-on buttons, toggle buttons, and tack buttons.
Who is BS EN 17394-2 for?
BS EN 17394-2 on the safety of children's clothing is useful for:
- Children’s clothing manufacturers and suppliers
Why should you use BS EN 17394-2?
BS EN 17394-2 aim is to assess the attachment strength of buttons.
BS EN 17394-2 provides a reference method of test for compliance assessment. BS EN 17394-2 provides performance specifications for children’s clothing is under development.
BS EN 17394-2 provides a laboratory-based method that is designed for testing the security of attachments of buttons of all kinds, both functional and decorative. That helps you to test finished garments or garment assemblies at the relevant stages of garment design and production which is used for producing quality gloves, hats, scarves, hosiery, ties, textile belt, and other garments with safety.
BS EN 17394-2 specifies the method for determination of removal force of buttons that will guide you on how the button pull test is used to determine the pulling strength of any type of button and snaps in the apparel industry.