Madeira-260 updated EN 11611 and EN 11612 Certificate | XM Textiles

Alicante, ES – JULY 22, 2021 – XM FireLine announced today its Madeira-260 flame retardant fabric has been certified by the Aitex (Spain) to EN 11611 and EN 11612 safety standards.

MADEIRA-260

Madeira-260 is a pure cotton flame-retardant protective fabric made of a long-staple pure cotton. This fabric can be used for everyday flame-retardant workwear such as FR-pants, FR-jackets, FR-bibs, and FR-overalls.

EN 11611 and EN 11612 certification involved tests for Heat resistance, Limited flame spread, Tensile strength, Tear Resistance, Convective, Contact and Radiant heat, Molten iron splash, Domestic washing 5 cycles at 60C.

Now we can say Madeira-260 has reached high level of durability and performance to PASS the certification and go to the clients.

Madeira-260: EN 11612 (A1, A2, B1, C1, E3, F1), EN 11611 (Class 1) (5×60°C)

Flame	Melting	Direction	Shrink (-)/Elongation (+)
No	No	Warp Weft	-0.4% -0.2%
No	No	Warp Weft	-0.6% -0.1%
No	No	Warp Weft	-0.7% -0.5%

PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING TO EN ISO 11612:2015 – Pass

Pre-Treatment As received

Specimen	1	2	3	4	5	6
Direction		Warp			Weft
Flaming to top or either side edge	No	No	No	No	No	No
After flame time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afterglow time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melting	No	No	No	No	No	No
Loose waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Inflammation of the filter paper detached from waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hole formation	No	No	No	No	No	No

Pre-Treatment 5 washing cycles at 60ºC, according to standard EN ISO 6330:2012, method 6N and type F drying (tumble dry)

Specimen	1	2	3	4	5	6
Direction		Warp			Weft
Flaming to top or either side edge	No	No	No	No	No	No
After flame time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afterglow time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melting	No	No	No	No	No	No
Loose waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Inflammation of the filter paper detached from waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hole formation	No	No	No	No	No	No

PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING TO EN ISO 11612:2015 A1 – Pass
PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING TO EN ISO 11611:2015 A1 – Pass

Pre-Treatment As received

Specimen	1	2	3	4	5	6
Direction		Warp			Weft
Flaming to top or either side edge	No	No	No	No	No	No
After flame time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afterglow time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melting	No	No	No	No	No	No
Loose waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Inflammation of the filter paper detached from waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hole formation	No	No	No	No	No	No

Pre-Treatment 5 washing cycles at 60ºC, according to standard EN ISO 6330:2012, method 6N and type F drying (tumble dry)

Specimen	1	2	3	4	5	6
Direction		Warp			Weft
Flaming to top or either side edge	No	No	No	No	No	No
After flame time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afterglow time (s)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melting	No	No	No	No	No	No
Loose waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Inflammation of the filter paper detached from waste	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hole formation	No	No	No	No	No	No

PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING TO EN ISO 11612:2015 A2 – Pass
PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING TO EN ISO 11611:2015 A2 – Pass

Direction	Maximum average load (N)	C.V. (%)	Average elongation (%)	C.V. (%)
Lengthwise	1100	2.0	12.0	2.0
	1100		12.5
	1100 1100		12.5 12.5
	1100		13.0
	1100		12.5
Crosswise	510	6.0	15.0	6.8
	500		15.0
	550 560		14.5 15.0
	570		14.5
	590		17.0

REQUISITE ACCORDING TO STANDARD EN ISO 11611:2015 – Pass

REQUISITE ACCORDING TO STANDARD EN ISO 11612:2015 – Pass

Tear	Average load (N)	C.V. (%)
Warp	28	3.0
	29
	27 28
	28
	27
Weft	27	2.7
	25
	26 26
	26
	26

REQUISITE ACCORDING TO STANDARD EN ISO 11611:2015 – Pass

REQUISITE ACCORDING TO STANDARD EN ISO 11612:2015 – Pass

Specimen	Range HTIª 12 values(s)	Range HTIª 24 values(s)
1	4.1	5.5
2	4.5	5.6
3	4.6	5.5
Classification value	4.1	5.5
Average	4.4	5.5

PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING TO EN ISO 11612:2015 B1 – Pass

Specimen	Range HTIª 12 values(s)	Range HTIª 24 values(s)	TF (%)
1	7.8	14.0	53.2
2	7.7	19.9	53.2
3	7.6	13.9	54.1
Classification value	7.6	13.7	54.1
Average	7.7	13.9	53.5

PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD EN ISO 11612:2015 C1 – Pass

Mass of metal used (g)	Mass of metal pouring (g)	Ignition	Puncture	Metal adhered to fabric	Assessment of PVC film
202	202	No	No	No	Not Damaged
203	203	No	No	No	Not Damaged
202	202	No	No	No	Not Damaged
202	202	No	No	No	Not Damaged

PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING WITH STANDARD EN ISO 11612:2015 E3 – Pass

Specimen	Contact temperature (ºC)	Threshold time (s)
1	250	7.99
2	250	8.07
3	250	7.72
Classification value	250	7.7
Average	250	7.9

PERFORMANCE LEVEL ACCORDING TO EN ISO 11612:2015 F1 – Pass

FR fabric Madeira-260 is designed to bring new level of comfort for all the wearers of FR-clothing. We do hope our clients appreciate its style and comfort. More information about the fabric you can find on product page.