Wood-based panels - Melamine faced boards for interior uses - Definition, requirements and classification

This document specifies the surface requirements and dimensional tolerances for decorative melamine faced boards for interior use which are common for particleboards, extruded particleboards fibreboards and sandwich boards for furniture.
This document does not apply to boards laminated with so called priming foils or finish foils and laminates according to EN 438 1.
This document does not apply to laminate floor coverings.
Melamine faced wood-based boards in accordance with this document can be referred to as MFB.

Holzwerkstoffe - Melaminbeschichtete Platten zur Verwendung im Innenbereich - Definition, Anforderungen und Klassifizierung

Dieses Dokument legt die Anforderungen an die Oberfläche und die Maßtoleranzen für dekorative melaminbeschichtete Platten zur Verwendung im Innenbereich fest, für die üblicherweise Spanplatten, Strangpressplatten, Faserplatten und Sandwichplatten für Möbel verwendet werden.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Platten, die mit sogenannten Grundierfolien, Finishfolien oder mit Schichtpressstoffplatten nach EN 438 1 beschichtet sind.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Laminatboden.
Melaminbeschichtete Holzwerkstoffe in Übereinstimmung mit diesem Dokument können als MFB bezeichnet werden.

Panneaux à base de bois - Panneaux surfacés mélaminés pour usages intérieurs - Définition, exigences et classification

Le présent document indique les caractéristiques de surface et les tolérances dimensionnelles associées aux panneaux surfacés mélaminés décoratifs pour usage en intérieur, qui sont communes aux panneaux de particules, aux panneaux de particules extrudés, aux panneaux de fibres et aux panneaux sandwiches pour meubles.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux panneaux revêtus par des couches d'apprêt ou des papiers décors secs (« finish foil ») et des plaques de stratifié conformes à l'EN 438 1.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux revêtements de sols stratifiés.
Les panneaux à base de bois surfacés mélaminés conformes au présent document peuvent être désignés par PSM (MFB).

Lesne plošče - Z melaminom oplemenitene plošče za notranje prostore - Definicija, zahteve in klasifikacija

Ta dokument določa zahteve glede površin in dimenzijska odstopanja za dekorativne, z melaminom oplemenitene plošče za notranje prostore, ki so običajne za iverne plošče, ekstrudirane iverne plošče in sendvič plošče za pohištvo.
Ta dokument se ne uporablja za plošče, laminirane s tako imenovanimi osnovnimi prevlekami ali zaključnimi prevlekami in laminati v skladu s standardom EN 438-1.
Ta dokument se ne uporablja za laminatne talne obloge.
Z melaminom oplemenitene lesne plošče se lahko v skladu s tem dokumentom imenujejo MFB.

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Published
Public Enquiry End Date
19-Jun-2020
Publication Date
13-Jan-2022
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
29-Dec-2021
Due Date
05-Mar-2022
Completion Date
14-Jan-2022

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 14322:2022
01-februar-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 14322:2017
Lesne plošče - Z melaminom oplemenitene plošče za notranje prostore - Definicija,
zahteve in klasifikacija
Wood-based panels - Melamine faced boards for interior uses - Definition, requirements
and classification
Holzwerkstoffe - Melaminbeschichtete Platten zur Verwendung im Innenbereich -
Definition, Anforderungen und Klassifizierung
Panneaux à base de bois - Panneaux surfacés mélaminés pour usages intérieurs -
Définition, exigences et classification
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 14322:2021
ICS:
79.060.01 Lesne plošče na splošno Wood-based panels in
general
SIST EN 14322:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EN 14322
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

November 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 79.060.20 Supersedes EN 14322:2017
English Version

Wood-based panels - Melamine faced boards for interior
uses - Definition, requirements and classification
Panneaux à base de bois - Panneaux surfacés Holzwerkstoffe - Melaminbeschichtete Platten zur
mélaminés pour usages intérieurs - Définition, Verwendung im Innenbereich - Definition,
exigences et classification Anforderungen und Klassifizierung
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 October 2021.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.





EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2021 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 14322:2021 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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SIST EN 14322:2022
EN 14322:2021 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Requirements . 5
5 Appearance . 6
5.1 Colour comparison . 6
5.2 Surface texture . 6
6 Classification by resistance to abrasion . 6
7 Verification of compliance . 7
7.1 General. 7
7.2 Factory production control . 7
7.3 External control . 7
8 Marking . 7
Annex A (normative) Supplementary properties. 8
Annex B (normative) Formaldehyde release . 9
Bibliography . 10

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SIST EN 14322:2022
EN 14322:2021 (E)
European foreword
This document (EN 14322:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 112 “Wood-based
panels”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by May 2022.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 14322:2017.
Compared to EN 14322:2017 the following modifications have been made:
a) spectral measurement technology added as an option in 5.1 to determine colour matching.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
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SIST EN 14322:2022
EN 14322:2021 (E)
1 Scope
This document specifies the surface requirements and dimensional tolerances for decorative melamine
faced boards for interior use which are common for particleboards, extruded particleboards
fibreboards and sandwich boards for furniture.
This document is not applicable to boards laminated with so called priming foils or finish foils and
laminates according to EN 438-1 and EN 438-2.
This document is not applicable to laminate floor coverings.
Melamine faced wood-based boards in accordance with this document can be referred to as MFB.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 311, Wood-based panels - Surface soundness - Test method
EN 320, Particleboards and fibreboards - Determination of resistance to axial withdrawal of screws
EN 717-1, Wood-based panels - Determination of formaldehyde release - Part 1: Formaldehyde emission
by the chamber method
EN 14323:2021, Wood-based panels - Melamine faced boards for interior uses - Test methods
EN ISO 11664-6, Colorimetry - Part 6: CIEDE2000 Colour-difference formula (ISO/CIE 11664-6)
EN ISO 12460-3, Wood-based panels - Determination of formaldehyde release - Part 3: Gas analysis
method (ISO 12460-3)
ISO 13655, Graphic technology - Spectral measurement and colorimetric computation for graphic arts
images
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
melamine faced board
MFB
board manufactured by directly applying uncured aminoplastic resin impregnated papers to one or
both faces of board substrates and achieving bonding and curing in the same process using heat and
pressure but without the use of an intermediate adhesive
Note 1 to entry: The resin of the surface layer is an aminoplastic resin
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 14322:2020
01-junij-2020
Lesne plošče - Z melaminom oplemenitene plošče za notranje prostore - Definicija,
zahteve in klasifikacija
Wood-based panels - Melamine faced boards for interior uses - Definition, requirements
and classification
Holzwerkstoffe - Melaminbeschichtete Platten zur Verwendung im Innenbereich -
Definition, Anforderungen und Klassifizierung
Panneaux à base de bois - Panneaux surfacés mélaminés pour usages intérieurs -
Définition, exigences et classification
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 14322
ICS:
79.060.01 Lesne plošče na splošno Wood-based panels in
general
oSIST prEN 14322:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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oSIST prEN 14322:2020


DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 14322
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

April 2020
ICS 79.060.20 Will supersede EN 14322:2017
English Version

Wood-based panels - Melamine faced boards for interior
uses - Definition, requirements and classification
Panneaux à base de bois - Panneaux surfacés Holzwerkstoffe - Melaminbeschichtete Platten zur
mélaminés pour usages intérieurs - Définition, Verwendung im Innenbereich - Definition,
exigences et classification Anforderungen und Klassifizierung
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 112.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2020 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 14322:2020 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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oSIST prEN 14322:2020
prEN 14322:2020 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Requirements . 5
5 Appearance . 6
5.1 Colour matching . 6
5.2 Surface texture . 6
6 Classification by resistance to abrasion . 6
7 Verification of compliance . 7
7.1 General . 7
7.2 Factory production control . 7
7.3 External control . 7
8 Marking . 7
Annex A (normative) Supplementary properties . 8
Annex B (normative) Formaldehyde release . 9
Bibliography . 10
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oSIST prEN 14322:2020
prEN 14322:2020 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 14322:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC “Wood-based
panels”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 14322:2017.
Compared to EN 14322:2017 the following modifications have been made:
a) spatially resolved spectral measurement technology added as an option in 5.1 to determine colour
matching.
3

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oSIST prEN 14322:2020
prEN 14322:2020 (E)
1 Scope
This document specifies the surface requirements and dimensional tolerances for decorative melamine
faced boards for interior use which are common for particleboards, extruded particleboards
fibreboards and sandwich boards for furniture.
This document does not apply to boards laminated with so called priming foils or finish foils and
laminates according to EN 438-1.
This document does not apply to laminate floor coverings.
Melamine faced wood-based boards in accordance with this document can be referred to as MFB.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 311, Wood-based panels — Surface soundness — Test method
EN 320, Particleboards and fibreboards — Determination of resistance to axial withdrawal of screws
EN 717-1, Wood-based panels — Determination of formaldehyde release — Part 1: Formaldehyde
emission by the chamber method
EN 14323, Wood-based panels — Melamine faced boards for interior uses — Test methods
EN ISO 12460-3, Wood-based panels — Determination of formaldehyde release — Part 3: Gas analysis
method (ISO 12460-3)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
melamine faced board
MFB
board manufactured by directly applying uncured aminoplastic resin impregnated papers to one or
both faces of board substrates and achieving bonding and curing in the same process using heat and
pressure but without the use of an intermediate adhesive
Note 1 to entry: The resin of the surface layer is an aminoplastic resin (mainly melamine resin).
Note 2 to entry: The board surfaces can be smooth or structured on one or both faces and the outer surfaces
having decorative colours or design.
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