TESTING AND CERTIFICATION

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• Type testing
  • According to the Gas Appliance Directive (90/396/EEC)
  • According to the Pressure Equipment Directive (97/23/EEC)
  • According to the Efficiency Directive (92/42/EEC)
  • According to the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC)
  • According to the Low Voltage Directive (72/23/EEC)
  • According to the national standards and directives
• Gas specific auditing
• Additional tests for the DVGW Quality Mark
• Additional tests for the Ecolabel Blauer Engel (Blue Angel)
• Additional testing of QM-systems
• Gas specific testimonial
• Evaluation of components according to ATEX
• Testing of components
  • Gas shut-off valves for gas installation, distribution and gas transmission
  • Gas shut-off valves of PE-HD and metal transition joints (PE-HD)
  • Gas tapping valves
  • Gas-Anbohrarmaturen
  • Gas pressure regulators
  • Safety shut-off valves/pressure relief valves
  • Connections for pipes
  • Pipe caps
  • Isolating joints
  • Gas hoses and corrugated stainless steel tubing systems
  • Components for appliances (solenoid valves, pressure regulators, flame failure devices, pressure switches, temperature control devices, limiters and cut-off, gas/air ratio controls (mechanical and electronic))
  • Gas meters
  • Mechanical resistance of housings
• Testing of Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Safety relevant EMC phenomena (EN 60335-2-102)
  • Emission according to generic standard (EN 61000-6-3-4)
  • Emission according to generic standard (EN 61000-6-1/-2)
  • Immunity against electromagnetic fields
  • Electrostatic discharges (ESD)
  • Immunity against fast transient bursts
  • Immunity against voltage surges
  • Immunity against conducted disturbances
  • Immunity against voltage fluctuation, voltage drop, voltage interruption
• Testing of Gas Appliances
  • Wall hanging and floor standing gas boilers, condensing boilers
  • Household cooking appliances
  • Space heaters and gas fired insets
  • Gas appliances for commercial catering, equipment, bakeries, butcheries, laundries
  • Water heaters
  • Camping gas appliances/gas appliances for vehicles
  • Radiant heaters including efficiency measurement
  • Refrigerating and cooling appliances
  • Air heaters
  • Testing of flue systems
  • Fuel cells
  • Oil boiler
  • Micro-CHP systems
• Testing of Electronic Components and Electrical Safety
  • Burner control systems (EN 298, EN 230, EN 60730-2-5)
  • Testing of fault behaviour of electric and electronic components
  • Electrical equipment of furnaces (EN 50156)
  • Electrical equipment of non-electric heated appliances (EN 60335)
  • Automatic electrical controls (EN 60730)
  • Protection by enclosure (IP-Code) (EN 60529)
  • Safety of machines (EN 60204)
  • Temperature sensing regulation and limiting control (EN 14597)
  • Software of safety components (EN 60730-1, Annex I; EN 60335-1, Annex R)
• Testing of non metallic materials
  • Elastomeric sealing materials and materials for diaphragms
  • Gasket materials based on synthetic fibres, graphite, PTFE and rubber/cork
  • Lubricants for gas valves
  • LPG-hoses, laboratory hoses and safety hoses
  • Sealing material and leak detector spray
  • Corrosion protection tapes
• Testing of metallic materials
  • Tensile strength/elongation at break
  • Impact tests (at different ambient temperatures)
  • Composition/crystal structure