ANNEX IVConformity assessment procedures

PART IIDESCRIPTION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

MODULE A1 – INTERNAL PRODUCTION CONTROL PLUS SUPERVISED PRODUCT TESTING

4.Product checks for oil retention and detonation resistance

4.4.Detonation resistance test referred to in point 5 under PFC 1(C)(I)(a)(i-ii)(A) in Annex I

4.4.2.Principle

The test sample is confined in a steel tube and subjected to detonation shock from an explosive booster charge. Propagation of the detonation is determined from the degree of crushing of lead cylinders on which the tube rests horizontally during the test.