This document specifies requirements for the construction, performance, primary packaging and labelling of wheels and the corresponding test methods. It is applicable to fireworks which are classified as wheels in categories 2 and 3 in EN 14035-2.
It is not applicable to wheels containing report composition. It is not applicable to 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 µm.
NOTE In EN 14035-2, wheels are classified as follows:
— brief description: non-metallic tube or tubes containing pyrotechnic composition and provided with a means of attaching it to a support so it can rotate;
— principal effects: rotation around a fixed point or axis and emission of sparks and flames, with or without aural effect(s).
Schemes for type testing of wheels and batch testing of wheels are specified in annex A and annex B respectively.