Comfort Range EU
The Rail Collection – Comfort Range EU material offers operators, interior designers, OEM’s and seat manufacturers within the European rail industry a wide variety of trending stock colours to choose from, with competitive lead times to support the supply chain demands of fast turn-around projects.
From the high passenger footfall of inter-city rail travel to the extended comfort requirements of national and international rail journeys across Europe, ELeather’s Comfort Range EU material comes in a range of grains and finishes, utilising the versatile properties of leather fibre composite to suit the specific application environment.
Certified to the latest industry standards to ensure passenger safety, ELeather’s Comfort Range EU material is rigorously tested by a 3rd party testing organisation to ensure compliance with EU rail industry fire safety regulations.
PRODUCT BENEFITS
FEATURES | BENEFITS |
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Lightweight | Fuel saving |
Easy to clean | Minimal maintenance |
Hygenic | Better passenger experiences |
Consistent high-quality material provided on 50LM rolls | Higher material yields and easier to process and work with |
Made from natural leather | Comfort and style with look and feel of traditional leather |
Reduced stretch | No bagging or creasing over time and seats stay looking newer for longer |
Versatile | Increased design possibilities such as lamination, embossing, printing and stiching |
Scuff and scratch resistant | Longer lasting with less frequent seat cover changes |
Clean tech manufactured with patented process | Contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable future |
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
TEST | TEST METHOD | UNITS | TYPICAL VALUES |
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Width | – | mm | ≥1400mm |
Softness | IUP 36 | mm | ≥3.2mm |
Colour measurement | EL-MFG-WI113 | – | DL* ± 0.9; Da* ± 0.5; Db* ± 0.5 |
Average thickness | BS EN ISO 2589:2002 | mm | 1.00 – 1.30 mm |
GSM | EL-LSTP-0005 | g/m² | < 650 g/m2 |
Bally flex - dry 50,000 cycles no cracking | BS EN ISO 5402:2002 | Cycles | Pass |
Peel strength | EL-LSTP-0003 Dry | N/cm | ≥12.0 N/cm |
Tensile force MD *1 | BS EN ISO 3376:2002 *1 | N/mm | ≥10.0 N/mm |
Breaking elongation MD | BS EN ISO 3376:2002 | % | ≥20.0 % |
Tensile force CD *1 | BS EN ISO 3376:2002 *1 | N/mm | ≥10.0 N/mm |
Breaking elongation CD | BS EN ISO 3376:2002 | % | ≥ 30.0 % |
Taber abrasion CS10 1kg | BS EN ISO 5470-1:1999 Part 1 | Cycles | >2,000 cycles |
Pigment fastness to light *2 | ISO 4892-2, Cycle 5 and EN ISO 877 | BWS | ≥7 |
Seat cushion ingress / egress | ST-0035 | Cycles | 100,000 |
Seat cushion squirm | ST-0498 ver. 1.7 | Cycles | 50,000 |
Flammability | EN 45545-2 R21 heat release (ISO5660-1) | – | HL3 |
Flammability | EN 45545-2 R21 Ds max (ISO5659-2) | – | HL3 |
Flammability | EN 45545-2 R21 toxicity (ISO5659-2) | – | HL3 |
*1 Procedure as per BS EN ISO 3376:2002 except it is not corrected for thickness as this is not applicable to ELeather
*2 All pigments used meet BWS 7 or higher. Pigments are tested in accordance with ISO 4892-2, Cycle 5 and EN ISO 877, and assessed against BlueWool Scale 1-8 as described in ISO 105 B02, where BWS 8 denotes very high and BWS 1 lowest light fastness. The Fastness to Light of the final ELeather Product is dependant on the colour.