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INDIAN RAILWAYS

SCHEDULE OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

FOR
RUBBERIZED FLOORING FOR USE IN COACHING STOCK
(TENTATIVE)

Month/Year of Revision / Reason for Amendment

S. No. Page No.
issue Amendment
1 Sept.- 2017 - - First issue

Issued By:
Carriage Directorate
Research Designs and Standards Organization
Manak Nagar, Lucknow - 226011.

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INDEX

S. No. DESERIPTION Page No.

0 Foreword 3
SECTION - A
1 Scope 3
2 Requirements 4
3 Sampling and criteria for 8
conformity
4 Marking 9
5 Packing 9
6 Warranty 9
Annexure - I Indentation 10-11
Annexure - II Test for Homogeneity 12

SECTION - B
S. No. Description Page No.
1. Scope 13
2. Requirements 13
3. Plant, Machinery & Infrastructure 13
Requirements
4. Testing Facilities 13
5. Quality Control Requirements 14
6. Documentation 15
7. Training 15

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SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RUBBERIZED FLOORING FOR USE IN

COACHING STOCK (TENTATIVE)

0. FOREWORD

0.1 This schedule is intended to cover the technical requirements/provisions relating to

materials, construction and tests and does not include all the necessary provisions
of the contracts.

0.2 This schedule draws reference to some of the relevant IS and other International
Specifications. Latest versions of these specifications shall be taken as references.

0.3 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this schedule is
complied with, the final value observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test
or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with the IS: 2 (with latest revision).
The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the
same as that of the specified value in this schedule.

0.4 In this schedule, due consideration has been given to the development in the field of
Rubberized flooring for use in coaching stock & process technologies, serviceability
requirements of the Indian Railways & the practices followed in advanced countries
in this field.

0.5 This schedule consists of two sections i.e. Section-A and Section-B. Section-A
covers the technical requirements, methods of sampling and tests of Rubberized
flooring used in coaching stock and Section-B covers infrastructure requirements for
manufacture, testing and quality control at the works of the manufacturers.

SECTION - A

1. SCOPE

1.1 This section covers the technical requirements, methods of sampling and testing of
antiskid superior quality of Rubberized flooring sheets to be used as floor covering
for Indian Railway coaches.

1.2 All the provisions contained in RDSO’s ISO procedures laid down in Document No.
QO-D-7.1-11 dated 19.07.2016 (titled “Vendor – Changes in approved status”) and
subsequent versions/amendments thereof, shall be binding and applicable on the
successful vendor/vendors in the contract floated by Railways to maintain quality of
products supplied to Railways.

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2. REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Material

2.1.1 Any Fire retardant Grade Elastomer shall be suitably compounded so as to conform
to the requirements of this schedule.

2.1.2 The manufacturer shall have a valid tie up in the form of a written Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU)/contract with OEM or any primary manufacturer of Fire
retardant Grade Elastomer covering raw material supplies and technical support
including Quality control.

2.2 Construction

2.2.1 The Rubberized flooring shall be homogeneous single layer. Material consisting of a
single layer with antiskid property manufactured directly to its final thickness (Except
for a possible sanding down) from a mixture of uniform composition. The sheet
composition shall be composed of rubber compound and silicon carbide particles or
any other anti-skid property enhancing material. Same composition, colour and
pattern will extend throughout the thickness of Rubberized flooring.

2.3 Dimension & Tolerances

2.3.1 The length & width of the rolls/sheets shall be as specified by the purchasing
authority. The tolerance in length shall not be less than the nominal value specified.
Tolerance in width shall be + 10/-0 mm. The nominal thickness shall be 2 mm or as
specified by the purchaser. The variation between any two measurements at
different places on the same roll/sheet shall not exceed 0.15 mm. The method of test
of thickness & width shall be as per Clause 3 of IS: 3464.

2.4 Colour and Surface Characteristics

2.4.1 The flooring shall have a uniform wearing characteristics and antiskid property
throughout the thickness. The colour pattern, marbling or mottling, if present, shall
extend through out the full thickness flooring. The colour and the pattern shall match
the sample that is agreed upon by the purchaser and the supplier.

In case of chip design flooring, the chip density on top of wear layer shall be 100-160
chips per 100 cm2 and shall be calculated by taking a sample piece of size 10cm x
10cm from any place from offered roll.

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2.5 Workmanship and Finish

2.5.1 The top surface of rubber flooring material shall be smooth, free from pinholes,
blisters, porosity, blow holes, cracks and other visual defects. The bottom surface
should be suitably design for enhancing sub floor adhesion. The material shall be
free from sulphur bloom and objectionable odour.

2.6 Seam Sealing

2.6.1 The flooring seam shall be properly sealed by any suitable sealing method. The
seam shall be capable of withstanding a minimum tensile load of 24 kg per 30 mm.

2.6.2 Shear strength

The Rubberized flooring shall be pasted with adhesive to ICF specification No.
ICF/M/D/Spec.-075 on compreg and ICF/M/D/Spec.-093 on stainless steel. The dry
shear strength with compreg/stainless steel shall not be less than 25kg/6.25 sq.cm
(average). The wet shear strength shall not be less than 25kg/6.25 sq.cm, in case of
pasted with adhesive on compreg and shall not be less than 20kg/6.25 sq.cm. on
stainless steel.

2.7 Supply of Sealing material

It shall be obligatory on the part of supplier of Rubberized flooring to supply suitable

sealing material for joining of Rubberized flooring. The supplier shall workout the
quantity of sealing material required and shall separately quote for this item while
submitting the tender. The purchaser may however, amend the quantity of sealing
material depending on his requirement.

2.8 Properties of the material

2.8.1 Tests shall be conducted from the finished product as per the methods indicated for
the respective tests and shall conform to the following requirements:

TABLE-1
S. Property Required Test Method
No Value
.
1. Sound absorption 6-10 db ISO 140-8
2. Specific gravity 1.5 ± 0.05 IS:3400
3. Weight (Maximum) 3400gm/m2 EN 430
4. Total thickness 2 +0.2/-0 mm IS:3464
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5. Abrasion: Loss of thickness <0.15 mm EN 660: Part-

II
6. Tensile strength at 1% elongation (Minimum) IS:3400 Part 1
Along the machine direction 70 kgs
Transverse direction 70 kgs
7. Tear strength (Minimum) IS:3400 Part
Along the machine direction 50 N/mm 12
Transverse direction 50 N/mm
8. Indentation (mm) a) At 27 ± 2oC To pass the Annexure-I of
(Maximum) b) At 46 ± 2oC test spec.
9. Residual Indentation (Maximum) 0.05 mm EN ISO
24343-1
10. Flexibility Shall not Appendix ‘A’
break, crack of IS :3464
or show any
other sign of
failure.
11. Heat ageing Variation in IS :3400 Part
tensile 4
strength and
elongation at
break shall
not be differ
by more than
20% from
those
recorded
before ageing
12. Moisture movement (%) change in 0.4 Appendix ‘B’
linear dimensions of IS :3464
13. Dimensional stability Change in EN ISO 23999
any linear
dimension
shall not
exceed
0.25%. After
the test, the
specimen
shall not
show any
signs of
curling.

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14. Colour fastness to daylight Not less than Para 5.3 of

standard 7 IS: 9766
15. *Abrasion resistance (with H18 0.12 cm3 IS:3400 Part 3
abrasion wheel, 1000 gms load and
1000 cycles with tabor equipment)
(Volume loss max. in cubic cm)
16. Homogeneity To pass the Annexure-II of
test spec.
17. Elongation at break (percentage) 150% IS:3400 Part 1
Minimum
18. Slip Resistance (Minimum) R-10 DIN: 51130
19. Hardness (Shore A) 80 + 5 ISO 7619
20. UV Resistance # ASTM F1515
21. Gloss value 30-35 ASTM D523
22. Resistance to Bacteria # ASTM E2180
and G21
23. Resistance to Oil & Grease # ASTM D471
or ISO 1817
24. Resistance to Chemical # IS:3400 Part 6
25. Vibration damping # IS:3400 Part
11
Fire retardant Properties
26. Resistance to spread of flame Appendix 12 of Class A
UIC
564-2 OR
27. Limiting oxygen index IS 13360 Part Min 35
6, section-19
28. Deterioration of visibility due to smoke Appendix-15 of Class A
UIC 564-2 OR
29. Toxicity NCD- 1409 <1
30. *** Heat Release Rate (MARHE i.e. ISO-5660-1 R1 (HL-3)
Maximum Average Rate of Heat
Emission in KW/m2) as specified in EN
45545-2:2013

*Abrasion resistance shall be measured in terms of mass loss. Volume loss

shall be calculated by dividing mass loss by the density.

** The method for testing to be carried out as per R-10 and properties will be HL3 as
per R-1.
# Values are to be proposed by supplier after actual testing on sample.

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3. SAMPLING & CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY

3.1 The tests for all the requirements as laid down in this schedule are mandatory for
product approval.

3.2 All the tests given in table–1 except Sound absorption, Abrasion loss of thickness,
Slip resistance, Heat ageing, Colour fastness to daylight, UV resistance and
Resistance to Bacteria shall be carried out on each lot.

3.3 The tests for Heat ageing and Colour fastness to daylight shall be done once in six
months. However, manufacturers shall carry out these tests for each lot and
maintain the records of tests results. Records of test results should be furnished by
the manufacturer to inspecting agency at the time of inspection.

3.4 The tests for Sound absorption, Abrasion loss of thickness, Slip resistance UV
resistance and Resistance to Bacteria shall be carried out once in a year.

3.5 RDSO may draw the samples for quality checks at its discretion and firm shall
arrange the testing of these samples in a reputed outside laboratory as decided
between RDSO and manufacturer. Testing charges should be borne by the
manufacturer.

The number of samples for the tests (depending on the lot size) is given in the table-
2, both for rolls and sheets.
TABLE-2
Sheet Rolls
i Lot size Upto 1001- Upto 500 501 -
1000 3000 1000
ii No. of samples 20 32 13 20
iii No. of samples for 3 5 2 3
tests

3.1.3 All the samples selected depending upon the lot size shall be examined for visual
observation and dimensional check. Six test specimens shall be tested for the
properties of Tensile test at 1% elongation, Indentation, Residual indentation,
Elongation at break, Flexibility and Weld ability. Three specimens for Abrasion
resistance & Homogeneity and two specimens for Dimensional stability. The
samples for other tests shall be taken as per relevant test methods specified in
table-1.

3.1.4 Minimum one test specimen shall be prepared from each sample selected for tests,
where the No. of specimens is equal to the No. of samples or exceeds the No. of
samples. In case No. of test specimen is less than the No. of samples, selection of

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the samples for preparation of specimen shall be at the discretion of the inspecting
authority.

3.1.5 Each of the test specimens undertaken for tests shall conform to the requirements
as laid down in Table-1. Should the samples fail to meet the requirements, double
the No. of samples from the same lot shall be drawn for retesting. Should any of the
retest samples fail to comply with the requirements, the entire lot shall be rejected.

3.1.6 In the event of rejection after re-testing of the samples, the entire lot offered for
inspection shall be marked 'REJECTED' on the backside at suitable location by hot
stamping.

3.1.7 In the case of rolls, for acceptance test, a sample size of 300 mm shall be cut along
the length to cover the entire width from one end. The rolls from which the sample
has been taken for acceptance test shall be acceptable to the railways. In case of
sheets, the number of sheets mentioned in Table-2 shall be selected. The cost of
short supply shall be borne by the supplier/manufacturer.

4. MARKING

4.1 Each roll/sheet shall be legibly marked on back at a distance of 1 Mts. by hot
stamping or indelible ink with the following details: -
i) Manufacture's initial/trade mark
ii) Batch No.
iii) Year of manufacture.

5. PACKING

The material shall be suitably packed to avoid distortion damage etc. during transit.

6. WARRANTY

6.1 The Rubberized flooring supplied shall be deemed to bear a warranty against
defective materials/workmanship and performance for a minimum a period of 10.5
years from the date of supply or 10 years from the date of fitment whichever is
earlier. The product shall be warranted against any cracking, discolouring/fading and
deformation during service. The thickness of Rubberized flooring after 10 years
service should not be less than 10% of original thickness. In case, the material
shows any defect/fails within the warranty period, it shall be replaced by new one
without any cost

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ANNEXURE-I
INDENTATION

INTRODUCTION

1. Object - To determine the amount of indentation obtained at 27 ± 2oC and 46 ± 2oC

for Rubberized floor sheets/rolls.

2. Indentation at 27 ± 2oC

2.1 Apparatus

2.1.1 Indentation tester - Consisting essentially of a rod with a hemispherical end of 6.35
mm diameter through which a load of mass 9 N (0.9 Kgf) and a load of mass 136 N
(13.6 kgf) can be applied to the surface of the test piece and a dial gauge form which
the amount of indentation can be read.

2.1.2 Flat rigid plate - At least 6.35 mm thick for supporting the test piece during the test.

2.1.3 Water bath - That can maintain the required temperature.

2.2 Test Specimen - The test pieces shall be 150 x 150 mm

2.3 Procedure - The test piece together with the indenting rod shall be maintained at a
temperature of 27 ± 2oC for at least 60 minutes in air or 10 minutes in water prior to
testing. The test piece shall then be placed on the horizontal flat rigid plate with the
base of the indentation tester resting on its surface. The hemispherical end of the
indenting rod shall be applied to the surface of the test piece under a load of 9 N (0.9
kgf) and the reading of the dial gauge noted. An additional load of 127 N (12.7 kgf)
shall then be applied to the indenting rod within 5 seconds and the reading of the
dial gauge 1 minute and 10 minutes after the application of this load shall be noted.
The difference between these readings and the original one shall be the 1 minute
and 10 minutes indentations respectively.

2.4 Report - Readings shall be taken at three scattered points on the test piece and the
average shall be reported.

Average indentation at the end of one minute shall not exceed 0.65mm and no
individual reading shall deviate from the average by more than 0.05mm. In relation
to the one minute indentation figure, the average indentation at end of 10 minutes
shall not exceed 0.85 mm and no individual reading shall deviate from the average
by more than 0.05mm.

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3. Indentation at 46 ± 2oC

3.1 Apparatus -same as 2.1

3.2 Test Specimen - Same as 2.2

3.3 Procedure: - The procedure shall be the same as in 2.3 except that the test piece
and the indenting rod shall be maintained in the water bath at a temperature of 46 ±
2oC for at least 15 minutes prior to testing and the additional load of 127 N (12.7 kgf)
shall be applied to the indenting rod within 5 seconds, and reading of the dial gauge
shall be taken 30 seconds after the application of this load.

3.4 Report: - Readings shall be taken at three scattered points on the test piece and the
average shall be reported.

Average indentation shall not exceed 1.05 mm and no individual reading shall
deviate from the average by more than 0.05mm.

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ANNEXURE-II

TEST FOR HOMOGENEITY

1. This test shall be carried out to check the Homogeneity of the Rubberized
sheets/rolls for full thickness.

2. Test Specimen: Two test specimens of size 100 X 100 mm. the test specimen shall
be cut from the rolls/ sheets randomly selected from the offered lot.

3. Procedure:- The Homogeneity of the Rubberized flooring shall be checked by

removing the material upto the depth of 300 micron (0.30mm) and 600 micron
(0.60mm) of other test specimen by machining/grinding. Homogeneity shall be
visually examined after removal of material after removal of material by
machining/grinding.

4. Report:- The ground/machined surface of test specimen should show uniform shade
similar to top layer and at least 60 chips should be visible on the ground/machined
surface.

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SECTION-B
1. SCOPE

1.1 This section covers the infrastructural requirements for manufacture of Rubberized
flooring used in coaching stock.

2. REQUIREMENTS

2.1 All vendor seeking registration with RDSO shall comply all the requirements
mentioned below.

3. PLANT, MACHINERY AND INFRASTUCTURE REQUIREMENTS

3.1 The manufacturers shall have adequate space and a covered area with cemented
floor to accommodate the following.
a) Damp free place for storage of raw materials
b) Independent manufacturing area for Rubberized Flooring.
c) Inspection area.
3.2 The firm should have at least one No. Kneader of capacity minimum 25 litters.
3.3 The firm should have at least one No. Calander of minimum 2m width.
3.4 The firm should have at least one No. Mixing mill of size minimum14X36 inches.
3.5 The firm should have at least one No. Rotocure sheeting according to calander size.
3.6 The firm should have at least one No. Printing/embossing machine.

4. TESTING FACILITIES:

4.1 The testing lab should have facility for temperature and humidity control.
4.2 The firm should have suitable tensile testing machine with suitable arrangement for
measurement.
4.3 The firm should have suitable testing facility for testing of tear strength and
Homogeneity.
4.4 The firm should have suitable mandrel for testing the properties of flexibility and heat
aging tests.
4.5 The firm should have suitable Indentation tester.
4.6 Firm should have atleast on number gloss meter (600 specular gloss meter)
4.7 The firms should have a suitable tensometer with a recording device, suitable curl
gauge equipped with dial gauge and suitable traveling microscope.
4.8 The firms should have suitable testing facility for testing moisture movement and
Dimensional stability tests.
4.9 The firms should have suitable testing machine to test abrasion resistance.
4.10 The firms should have suitable colour fastness apparatus to test colour fastness to
day light.
4.11 The firm should have a suitable water bath to test indentation tests.

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4.12 The firm should have suitable arrangement for testing of resistance to Oil & Grease
and resistance to chemical.
4.13 The firm should have testing facility to measure the weight of Rubberized flooring in
gm/m2.
4.14 The firm should have suitable testing facilities for the testing of Sound absorption,
Abraision: loss of thickness, Slip resistance, UV resistance, Resistance to Bacteria
and vibration damping as per test methods specified in table-1. In case in-house
testing facilities for above tests are not available, the same may be carried out from
any reputed laboratory as decided between IR/Inspecting Authority and
manufacturer. The cost of testing will be borne by the manufacturer.
4.15 The firm should have in-house testing facilities for conducting tests for Resistance to
spread of flame, Limiting Oxygen Index, Deterioration of visibility due to smoke and
Toxicity and Heat Release Rate.
4.16 The firm should have the following instruments.

a) Micro meters with Digital display/Dial Thickness Gauge

b) Measuring scale
c) Measuring tape
d) Dessicator
e) Shallow tray
4.17 The firm should have arrangement for periodical calibration of all the gauges &
instruments.

5 QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

5.1 The firm should have acquired ISO: 9001- 2000 certification and the product for
which the approval is sought should be broadly covered in the scope of the
certification for manufacture and supply.
5.2 The Quality manual of the firm for ISO: 9001- 2000 should clearly indicate at any
stage the control over manufacturing and testing of the said Railway product.

5.3 There should be a system to ensure the traceability of the product from raw material
stage to finished product stage. The system should also facilitate to identify the raw
material composition from the finish product stage.

5.4 It should be ensured that there is a Quality Assurance Plan for the product detailing
the following various aspects:
• Organisation chart
• Process flow chart
• Stage inspection details from raw materials stage to finish product stage
• Various parameters to be checked and level of acceptance of such parameters
indicated and method to ensure control over them.
• Disposal system of rejected raw material and components.

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5.5 There should be at least one full time technologist having a minimum bachelor’s
degree in relevant field with experience of at least 5 years or a person with diploma
in relevant field with 12 years experience. He should be free from day-to-day
production, testing and quality control responsibilities. He should be mainly
responsible for development of a product, analysis of products, control over raw
material, and corrective action in case of difficulties in achieving the parameters.

5.6 Ensure that the incharge of the Quality Control Section is having a qualification of
minimum bachelor’s degree in the relevant field and has a minimum of 5 years
experience. Alternatively he should be a diploma holder with minimum of 12 years
experience. He should be actively involved in day-to-day activities of quality control /
stage inspection / compliance of QAP etc.

5.7 The firm must ensure that proper analysis is being done on monthly basis to study
the rejections at various internal stages and it is documented.

5.8 The firm should ensure that latest version all the relevant specifications, IS
standards are available with the firm.

6. DOCUMENTATION

Firm shall maintain the following documents/records:

6.1 A well documented Quality Plan.
6.2 Incoming raw material register with Test Certificates references of suppliers and
internal test results.
6.3 Stage inspection results including finished products results.
6.4 Records of internal rejection and its analysis vis-a-vis action plan.
6.5 Records of final products inspection by external agencies (like RDSO), Non–
conformity reports and case analysis as well as action taken thereof.
6.6 Records for maintenance of dies/moulds.
6.7 Ensure that proper systems are available for dealing with customer complaint.

7 TRAINING

7.1 Training needs should be identified for all concerned officials and regular training
shall be organised and imparted on maintenance of machines, quality assurance,
safety parameters etc.

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