Papers / Articles
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The role of the European Construction Products Directive in supporting the application of improved low fire hazard cables », presented at Jicable’11 conference by Jan Schutten and Philippe Trombert, Europacable.
The objective of this paper is to present the impact of the implementation of the European Construction Products Directive (CPD) for electric cables, including the fire performance classification criteria and attestation of conformity systems.
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The role of the European Construction Products Directive in supporting the application of improved low fire hazard cables », presented at Jicable’11 conference by Jan Schutten and Philippe Trombert, Europacable.
Slides presentation given at the conference
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« Assessment of the reaction to fire performance of electric cables under the EU Construction Products Directive », presented at Jicable’11 conference by Terry Journeaux, Europacable.
The objective of this paper is to present the development and verification of the new multi-criteria test method, described in the EN 50399 standard and provided with a secure technical background through the major CEMAC II project.
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« Assessment of the reaction to fire performance of electric cables under the EU Construction Products Directive », presented at Jicable’11 conference by Terry Journeaux, Europacable.
Slides presentation given at the conference
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CPD operation: the route to CE Marking under the CPD and the local activity to introduce the Euroclassification in National Regulations” by Terry Journeaux - CEMACII Project Leader
The objective of this paper is to give an overview of the development, current status and possible future direction of the way that cable manufacturers address the hazards of combustion products when electric cables are burnt. The cable industry approach and current position has been largely customer driven and the industry provides products with a wide range of reaction to fire performance to reflect the varying customer requirements