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HYGRO-THERMAL TESTING LABORATORY, INCERC, Iasi Branch |
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Extension of the
laboratory's certification with environmental testing for
construction-related equipment, machines and products according
to the 73/23/CEE, 98/37/CE and 89/106/CEE Directives |
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Financing contract 111/10.08.2006 |
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Summary This research project aims at developing the capacity of the Hygrothermal Testing Laboratory of INCERC - Iasi Branch in the field of construction physics, in order to meet the requirements of the Directive 89/106/CEE - Construction products, which is a laboratory with a unique domain of activity in Romania and South-Eastern and Central Europe. Another objective of our project is the extension of the certification domain for performing tests in areas regulated under CEE Directives, which are of major interest for national and European development. The main domains to be extended are those concerned with equipment (low voltage - regulated domain no. 1 according to Annex 1 of the Law 608/2001), industrial machines (regulated domain no. 6) and means of transport. The achievement of the project creates conditions for the laboratory to become potentially notable in the European Union. The goal of the project is materialized through the following three objectives: 1. extending the range of environmental tests for severity degrees, which cannot be performed in Romania at present; these tests are required by the European standards harmonized and associated to the directives 98/37/CE and 73/23/CE concerning industrial machines and electrical equipment, including large size and high power equipment, applicable to all domains that require functional verification under the impact of climatic factors (cold tests, dry and humid heat tests, temperature variation tests, ice forming tests, etc). 2. assimilating and implementing new methods of testing under the separate or combined action of climatic factors, stipulated in the harmonized European standards associated to the Directive 89/106/CEE for products used in constructions (curtain walls, windows, doors, exterior walls, covers, materials, etc.). 3. improving the performance and quality of apparatuses, equipment and installations specific to performing tests defined in the project proposal.
A. Extension of the certification domain of the Laboratory with environmental testing at climatic parameters, which cannot be performed in Romania at present, according to the harmonized European standards associated to European directives and to the national transposal legislation, applicable to all product categories whose conformity assessment and certification includes climatic qualification (verification of safe functioning in climatic conditions specified by the standard. The directives involved are the following: - Directive 73/23/CEE Low Voltage - Directive 98/37/CE Machinery - Directive 89/106/CEE Construction Products The direct applicability also concerns products regulated under the following directives, with national legislation transposal, namely: - Directive 97/23/CE Pressure Equipments; Directive 99/36/CE Transportable pressure equipment; Directive 87/404/CEE Simple Pressure Vessels; Directive 99/5/CE Radio Equipment and Telecommunication Terminals; Directive 00/9/CE Cable Transportation Installations for Persons The environmental tests mentioned in the first extension goal, performed at climatic parameters, which cannot be performed in Romania at present, are consistent with the following standards: 1. SR EN 60068-2-1+A1+A2 / 1996 Environmental tests. Part 2: Test A: Cold, with extension of the testing temperature domain to values of - 40 oC, - 55 oC and - 65oC 2. SR EN 60068-2-2+A1+A2 / 1997 Environmental tests. Part 2: Test B: Dry heat, with extension of the testing temperature domain to values ranging between + 55 oC and + 200 oC 3. SR EN 60068-2-14 /2001 Environmental tests. Part 2: Temperature variation test, with extension of the testing temperature domain to negative values under - 40 oC and positive values over +55 oC. 4. SR EN 60068-2-5 / 2001 Environmental tests. Part 2: Action of solar radiation test 5. SR EN 60068-2-30 / 2001 Environmental tests. Part 2: Cyclic humid heat test 6. SR CEI 68-2-28 / 1995 Environmental tests. Part 2: Humid heat test. 7. SR EN 60129 +A1 / 1996 Forming of ice layer test. B. Preparation of the material basis for assimilating the new methods of performing tests for determining the thermal transfer and mass properties of natural-size construction elements, of thermal insulation materials, installations, equipments, according to the requirements of Directive 89/106/CEE - Construction Products and to the national transposal legislation. The new methods are consistent with the following standards: - SR EN 1934 / 2004 - Thermal performance of buildings: Determining the thermal resistance by means of flux measurement. - SR EN 12114 / 2004 - Thermal performance of buildings. Air Permeability. Laboratory test method. - SR EN 1946 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 / 2004 standard series - Thermal performance of construction products and components, which regulates measurement methods for thermal transfer properties. - SR EN 12412 - 2, 4 / 2004 standard series - Thermal performance of windows and doors, which regulates measurement methods by means of hygrothermal testing of thermal transfer properties. - SR EN ISO 8497 / 1998 - Thermal insulation. Determining the characteristics of the heat transfer under stationary conditions in thermal insulation for tubes. The stages of the project are the following: Phase 1/2006 - Capitalization study of the initial resources specific to the hygrothermal and environmental testing laboratory. Elaborating the documentation for adapting, extending, assimilating and developing the methods and infrastructure of the laboratory
· Capitalization study of the initial resources specific to the hygrothermal and environmental testing laboratory. · Elaborating the documentation for adapting, extending, assimilating and developing the methods and assessing the necessary infrastructure of the laboratory. Assimilating the new methods of performing hygrothermal and environmental tests, adapted to the requirements of the European directives and of the national transposal legislation
Goals: A- developing the capacity of the laboratory for hygrothermal testing in construction physics in order to meet the requirements of the Directive 89/106/CEE B- extending the certification domain for tests in areas regulated under CEE Directives, according to the series SR EN 60068 - Environmental tests.
Deadline: 12.20.2006 Phase 2/2007 - Designing the development of the laboratory infrastructure with the purpose of extending the domain of available hygrothermal and environmental tests. Assimilating methods according to the requirements of the European directives and of the national legislation for transposal and acquisition of the necessary equipment
Goals: - designing the technical elements for the implementation of the new methods of testing under the separate or combined action of climatic factors, stipulated in the harmonized European standards associated to the Directive 89/106/CEE for products used in constructions - SR EN 1934, SR EN 12114, SR EN 1946, SR EN 12412, SR EN ISO 8497 - designing the technical elements for the implementation of the new methods of environmental testing stipulated by the harmonized European standards in the series SR EN 60068 - Environmental tests. - acquiring equipments, apparatuses, installations, materials and raw materials necessary for the physical support of the capacity development, domain extension, performance and quality improvement of this technical complex.
Deadline: 03.30.2007 Phase 3/2007 - Creating the infrastructure of the laboratory for the extension of the hygrothermal and environmental testing domain. Elaborating and submitting the documentation for the certification extension of the laboratory. Goals: - rehabilitating the infrastructure of the climatic rooms by increasing the thermal efficiency degree of the closing elements; - installing, starting and testing of the entire complex of equipments -apparatuses-stands and new installations; - submitting the certification file to the competent national organism. Deadline: 11.15.2007 Phase 4/2008 - Extension of the laboratory’s certification Goals: - Disseminating the results and informing all the potentially beneficiary factors in Romania and abroad. - Obtaining the certificate for the extension of the laboratory’s certification extension. Deadline: 02.2.2008 |
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