This European Standard specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of shot tubes and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as shot tubes in categories 2 and 3 in EN 14035-2.
It is not applicable to shot tubes containing pyrotechnic composition which 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 as mass fraction of sulfuric acid, greater than 0,002 %;
— zirconium with a particle size of less than 40 µm.
NOTE In EN 14035-2, shot tubes are classified as follows:
— brief description: tube containing propellant charge and a pyrotechnic unit, with or without a transmitting fuse;
— principal effects: ejection of the pyrotechnic unit, producing a visual and/or aural effect in the air.
Schemes for type testing of shot tubes and batch testing of shot tubes are specified in Annex A and Annex B respectively.