What Does The Hula Hoop Inspection Standard Include?

Hula hoop, even a toy, is a kind of fitness equipment. It originated from the 20th century and is a kind of wooden circular toy popular among children in North America. At that time, its use method was to put it on the buttocks and play around. Later, people began to replace the wooden hoop with lighter and more colorful polyethylene materials, and promoted the play method from the buttocks to the waist in advertisements.

Hula hoop is suitable for a wide range of people, and people can buy it through various channels. Nowadays, people are always overwhelmed by various colors and materials. So how should people choose a safe and compliant hula hoop? How does the factory check the product quality of hula hoop? What is the inspection standard of hula hoop in the industry?

CQI combined daily work and compiled relevant industry inspection standards, and compiled this hula hoop inspection standard.

This paper briefly introduces the product classification, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, instructions for use, packaging, transportation and storage of hula hoop.

This paper meets the basic requirements of CQI inspection for hula hoop inspection.

Hula Hoop Classification

Usually hula hoop is made up of individual components, which can be spliced at will, and is usually made of NBR foam tube.

Now the common hula hoops on the market are:

Traditional hula hoop (soft and hard), multifunctional spring hula hoop, foldable hula hoop.

Hula Hoop Inspection Standards And Raw Material Requirements

All accessories of hula hoop shall be made of materials conforming to national standards.

Hula Hoop Inspection Standards And Inspection Requirements

1.Appearance requirements

(1) The appearance of the product shall be free from serious deformation, uniform in color, clean and pollution-free. The exposed surface shall be free of defects such as flash, burr and blistering. There should be no obvious difference in the colors of splicing single segments of the same color, and the special requirements should be implemented in the supply and demand contract.

(2) The accessible surface of the whole hula hoop should be smooth without obvious flash, edges and burrs.

2.Assembly performance

(1) The splicing places of hula hoops should be basically symmetrical without obvious dislocation, and the height difference between two different single segments at the splicing place should be no more than 5 mm..

(2) The splicing places of hula hoops should be firm and not loose after normal splicing, and the flatness deviation of the whole hula hoops should be no more than 50 mm..

(3) After splicing, the roundness deviation of the whole hula hoop in the natural state should be no more than 25mm. The pull-out force of a single splice should be not less than 20N.

(4) The spliced hula hoop has been subjected to free drop test at any position with a height of 1.0mm for 3 times at room temperature, and the hula hoop should not come loose or have defects that affect its use.

3.Massage bump (applicable to functional hula hoop)

(1) Massage bumps should be moderate in hardness and comply with the design requirements, and special requirements should be implemented according to the supply and demand contract.

(2) The massage bump is firmly connected with the hula hoop body and should not fall off during normal use.

Hula Hoop Inspection Standards And Test Methods

1.Specifications, dimensions and form and position tolerances

(1) The outer diameter of the hula hoop, the diameter of the connecting single section and the dislocation size of the splicing place shall be detected by measuring tools with corresponding accuracy according to the provisions of GB/T 3177, and the detection result of the dislocation size shall be accurate to 6.5mm, and the detection result of other sizes shall be accurate to 1 mm..

(2) The flatness deviation and roundness deviation of the integral hula hoop should be flat on the flat plate before testing, and then tested according to the corresponding provisions of GB/T1958.

2.Pull-out force of single splice joint

The pull-out force of a single spliced joint shall be tested on a tensile testing machine according to the provisions of GB1040 under the condition of clamping and hanging with a proper fixture, and the tensile speed shall be controlled within the range of 30mm/min and 5mm/min.

3.Drop test

The sample freely falls to the cement floor from the height of 1m. After this test, it is not allowed to fall off or break.

4.Appearance requirements

Visual inspection and sensory test under natural light.

Whether all accessories of hula hoop have peculiar smell or not shall be inspected and judged by sensory method, and the raw materials used shall be judged by inspection of material purchase certificate.

Hula Hoop Inspection Standards And Inspection Rules

CQI performs full inspection or random inspection according to the inspection rules specified by customers.

Hula Hoop Inspection Standards–Signs, Packaging, Transportation And Storage

Step 1 mark

The product name, model, manufacturer’s name, address, trademark, implementation standard number, telephone number, instruction manual or certificate of conformity should be on the outer packaging. Graphical signs for packaging, storage and transportation shall comply with GB/T191.

Step 2 pack

Packed in cartons or other packaging methods agreed by both parties. Special packaging shall be agreed by the supplier and the buyer.

Step 3 transport

Products should be handled with care during transportation to prevent mechanical collision and sun and rain.

Step 4 store

Products should be stored in a clean, cool, dry and ventilated warehouse, properly stacked, more than 2 meters away from the heat source. The storage environment temperature shall not be higher than 60℃. Products should be far away from inflammable and explosive materials, and there should be no acid or other harmful gases in the surrounding air.

Please note that the normative documents cited in this article are

Graphical signs of GB/T191 packaging, storage and transportation

GB5296.7 Instructions for Use of Consumer Goods

Q_TSTY 276-2017 enterprise standard

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