AS/NZS3744.2:1998 ISO8191-2:1988 Australian/New Zealand Standard? Furniture--Assessmentofthe ignitability of upholstered furniture Part 2: Ignition source Match-fiameequivalent AS/NZS 3744.2:1998 ThisJoint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared byJointTechnical Committee CS/86, Burning Behaviour of Textile Products, Floor Coverings_and Furniture. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 31 October 1997and on behalf of the Council of Standards New Zealand on 27October1997.Itwaspublished on5February1998. The following interests are represented on Committee CS/86: Australasian Furnishing Research and Development Institute Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Australian Retailers Association Australian Wool Processors Council Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation Australian Wool TestingAuthority sFederationof Australia Consumers Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia CSIRO. DivisionofBuilding,Construction andEngineering Department of Fair Trading N.S.W.Consumer Protection Agency Federal Bureau of Consumer Affairs (Australia) Furnishers Society of Victoria Furnishing Industry Association of Australia New Zealand FurnitureManufacturers Federation Office of Fair Trading and Business Affairs (Victoria) Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association Research Institute Textile Services (New Zealand) Retail and Wholesale Merchants Association of New Zealand Royal New Zealand Plunket Society Textile Distributors Association Wool Research Organisation of NewZealand New Zealand Standards are subject to periodic review and are kept up to date by the issue of amendments or new editions as necessary.It is important therefore that Standards users ensure that they are in possession of the latest edition, and any amendments thereto. Full details of all Joint Standards and related publications will be found in the Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand Catalogue of Publications;, this information is supplemented each month by.the magazines The Australian Standard' and Standards New Zealand', which subscribing members receive,,and which give details of new publications, new editions and amendments, and of withdrawn Standards Suggestions for improvements to Joint Standards, addressed to the head office of either Standards Australia or Standards New Zealand, are welcomed. Notification, of any inaccuracy or ambiguityfound in a Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard should bemade without delay in order that the matter may be investigated and appropriate action taken. ThisStandardwas issuedindraftformforcommentasDR97187. AS/NZS3744.2:1998 Australian/New Zealand Standard? Furniture--Assessment ofthe ignitability of upholstered furniture Part 2: Ignition source. Match-flame equivalent Originated in New Zealand as pant of NZS 8709.1:1984. -1989 AS 3744.2-1989 and part of Nzs 8709.1:1984 jointly revised. amalgamated and designated AS/NZs 3744.2:1998. PUBLISHEDJOINTLY BY: STANDARDS AUSTRALIA 1.The Crescent, HomebushNSW2140Australia STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND Level 10,RadioNewZealandHouse 155TheTerrace Wellington 6001 New Zeaiand ISBN0733716644