EN ISO 9994:2019 PDF

Overview - EN ISO 9994:2019 (Lighters - Safety specification)

EN ISO 9994:2019 (identical to ISO 9994:2018) is the CEN-endorsed European standard that defines safety requirements for flame-producing lighters - commonly sold as cigarette lighters, cigar lighters and pipe lighters. The standard is intended to ensure a reasonable degree of safety for normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse. It supersedes EN ISO 9994:2006 and was prepared by ISO/TC 61 in collaboration with CEN/TC 355.

Scope highlights:

• Applies to consumer lighters (cigarette, cigar, pipe lighters)
• Excludes matches and devices intended solely for igniting other materials
• Covers design, structural integrity, performance and marking/instructions

Key topics and technical requirements

EN ISO 9994:2019 sets out functional and structural requirements and detailed test methods. Major technical topics include:

• Functional requirements

  • Flame generation and controllability
  • Flame height (adjustable and non-adjustable lighters)
  • Flame extinction behavior
  • Resistance to spitting, sputtering and flaring

• Structural integrity

  • Compatibility with fuel and resistance to fuel loss or leakage
  • Resistance to dropping, elevated temperature and internal pressure
  • Burning behaviour and resistance to cyclic or continuous burning

• Measurement and test methods

  • Test specimen preparation and sequencing
  • Apparatus and procedures for flame height, spitting/sputtering, flame extinction
  • Fuel compatibility, refilling tests, volumetric fuel displacement
  • Drop, elevated-temperature, internal-pressure, cyclic and continuous burning tests

• Instructions and warnings

  • Required user information, labeling and safety warnings for safe use and foreseeable misuse

(These technical topics are described in the standard’s clauses and Section 6 test-method details.)

Applications - who uses EN ISO 9994:2019

This lighter safety specification is used by:

• Product manufacturers and designers - to design compliant lighters and select materials
• Test laboratories - to perform standardized tests and certify products
• Regulatory bodies and conformity assessors - for market surveillance and compliance checks
• Procurement and quality teams - to specify safer products for retail markets
• Safety engineers and product managers - to prepare instructions, warnings and risk assessments

Related standards and implementation

• EN ISO 9994:2019 endorses ISO 9994:2018; national standards bodies adopt the text as a national standard.
• Manufacturers should consider other consumer product safety and transport-of-dangerous-goods regulations when implementing requirements.

Keywords: EN ISO 9994:2019, ISO 9994:2018, lighter safety specification, lighter safety standard, candle/pipe/cigar lighter testing, flame-producing product safety.