The proposal to ban PFAS presented by the European Chemicals Agency ECHA envisages banning all compounds in this substance class, which contains well over 10,000 substances, with transional periods of between 18 months and 12 years. The material PTFE (CAS number 9002-84-0) would also be affected by a blanket ban!
Marking and testing institutes
5.1 Marking Fabric expansion joints which comply with these quality and test specifications may be identified with the following quality mark: 5.2 List of testing institutes
Quality monitoring
The quality monitoring consists of– an initial inspection,– monitoring by the manufacturer (internal monitoring) and – monitoring by an independent centre (external monitoring). 4.1 Initial inspection The initial inspection of the fabric expansion joints consists of tests performed by an independent test centre (independent monitoring inspection). See Section 4.3 for the scope of the initial […]
Quality and test specifications for multiply fabric expansion joints
3.1 Quality specifications Multiply fabric expansion joints and their connectors must comply with the following requirements. 3.1.1 Materials 3.1.2 Material data sheet The material data sheet must contain at least the following characteristic data of all the materials used. 3.1.3 Production data sheet The production data sheet must list the same materials used for the […]
Quality and test specifications for single-ply fabric expansion joints
2.1 Quality specifications Single-ply fabric expansion joints must comply with the following requirements. 2.1.1 Materials 2.1.2 Material data sheet The material data sheet must contain at least the following characteristic data of the elastomers/thermoplasts: 2.1.3 Production data sheet The production data sheet must list the same materials used for the fabric expansion joint as are […]
Quality levels and test specifications for fabric expansion joints
Excerpt: General 1.1 Definition of terms These quality and test specifications apply to fabric expansion joints. Fabric expansion joints are materials which canbe easily deformed in three dimensions by the application of slight pressure. Fabric expansion joints rnust be designed to absorb such movements as notified to the manufacturer in all spatial dimensions, magnitudes and […]