24/1/2012 - First CE marked fire dampers launch in Europe
Oosterzele, 24 January 2012 – Rf-Technologies, a leading European manufacturer of fire resistant products for compartmentation and smoke evacuation, announced today that its range of fire dampers and fire damper cartridges will be CE marked as from 1 February 2012.
Rf-Technologies has received notification of conformity to the European Construction Products Directive for its complete range of European tested fire dampers and fire damper cartridges.
This allows for the CE marking to be affixed on the products.
The CE (Conformité Européenne) marking is a "passport" recognized by all the 27 Member States of the European Union, enabling a product to be placed on the market in any Member State. CE Marking indicates that a product complies with a European technical standard called a harmonised European Norm (EN). These standards have been established to remove technical barriers to trade for construction products. They are the new reference for national standards. Once a manufacturer has demonstrated that its product complies with the requirements of the relevant norm, he can affix the CE marking to the product.
CE marking includes technical information in the form of declared values. Together with the standard, it gives all the information needed by regulators and actors on the construction market to judge whether the product is suitable for a particular intended use in the country in which it is sold, according to the regulations that apply there.
The Construction Products Directive and the more recent Construction Products Regulation set the foundation for CE marking for construction products. Under the Directive, uniform assessment methods of the performance of fire dampers have been compiled in the EN 15650:2010 product standard. Fire dampers are evaluated against criteria that relate to fire resistance, durability and aeraulic performance.
A period of coexistence of one year has begun on 1 September 2011, during which manufacturers of fire dampers are free to apply CE marking or continue to use the old national standards without CE marking. On 1 September 2012, conflicting national standards must be withdrawn and only CE marked fire dampers may be placed on the European market.
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We are proud to offer all stakeholders in the European market more continuity in their construction projects through the availability of the largest range of CE marked fire dampers at this early stage,” said Rf-Technologies Managing Director Bernard Santens. ”
This mark of conformity is an important milestone for our company and our distributors. It further emphasizes our pioneering role as a designer of products that meet the most stringent European standards.”
Fire dampers are installed where air ducts penetrate fire-resistant compartment walls. Their role is to restore the fire resistance grade of the penetrated wall, thus preventing the spread of fire through those ducts by stopping flames, smoke and hot gases in case of fire. Rf-Technologies markets a wide range of fire dampers that have been tested and are certified for all wall types. Their superior aeraulic properties guarantee energy efficiency and acoustic performance.
Rf-Technologies may affix the CE marking on its circular fire dampers CR60, CR120, CR2; its rectangular fire dampers CU-LT, CU-LT-1s, CU2, CU4, CU2-15, CA2; and its fire damper cartridges SC(V) and SC+.
About Rf-Technologies
Rf-Technologies is a prominent European manufacturer of fire resistant solutions for compartmentation and smoke evacuation. The wide product range encompasses fire and smoke evacuation dampers, fire resistant grills, collars and sealing material. Rf-t solutions comply with the strictest European standards and are installed in a large number of buildings across Europe: hospitals, public buildings, hotels and office buildings for instance. Rf-Technologies was founded in 1985 and is still family-owned. The company markets its products through a wide network of partners in over fifteen European countries. It employs 170 people in its two sites in Belgium (headquarters) and Slovakia.
Contact
Rf-Technologies
Cécile Chattlain, Marketing Communication
T : +32 (0)9 363 80 40
E : press@rft.be
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