ÖNORM EN 14035-3

This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of aerial wheels and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as aerial wheels in category 3 in EN 14035-2 and which are supplied together with a launching device. It is not applicable to aerial wheels containing pyrotechnic composition that includes any of the following substances: arsenic or arsenic compounds; mixtures containing a mass fraction of chlorates greater than 80 %; mixtures of chlorates with metals; mixtures of chlorates with red phosphorus; mixtures of chlorates with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II); mixtures of chlorates with sulfur; mixtures of chlorates with sulfides; lead or lead compounds; mercury compounds; white phosphorus; picrates or picric acid; potassium chlorate with a mass fraction of bromates greater than 0,15 %; sulfur with an acidity, expressed in mass fraction of sulphuric acid, greater than 0,002 %; zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 m. NOTE In EN 14035-2, aerial wheels are classified as follows: brief description: tubes containing propellant charges, sparks, flame and/or noise producing pyrotechnic compositions, the tubes being fixed to a support ring; principal effects: rotation and ascent, with emission of sparks and flames, producing a visual and/or aural effect in the air. Schemes for type testing of aerial wheels and batch testing of aerial wheels are specified in annex A and annex B respectively.