EN 1946-3 Thermal Performance of Building Products - Special Criteria for the Evaluation of Laboratories Measuring Heat Transfer Properties

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EN 1946-3 Thermal Performance of Building Products - Special Criteria for the Evaluation of Laboratories Measuring Heat Transfer Properties

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, offers precise and rapid testing services within the scope of EN 1946-3 testing. This part of this Standard provides specific technical criteria for the evaluation of laboratories that will perform steady-state heat transfer property measurements using the heat flow meter method in accordance with EN 12667 and EN 12664.

EN 1946-3 Thermal Performance of Building Products - Special Criteria for the Evaluation of Laboratories Measuring Heat Transfer Properties

It complements the common criteria in Part 1. Guidance is given on the organization and content of the equipment manual, calibration and maintenance files and measurement procedure document.

Provides information on mandatory equipment performance specifications, equipment description, and calculations for equipment design and error analysis. Provides information on experimental procedures suitable for evaluating equipment accuracy.

The heat flow meter method is a well-established technique for determining the thermal conductivity and thermal resistance of materials. It involves sandwiching the test material between two plates, and a heat source is applied to one side while measuring the temperature gradient across the material. Heat flux is used to calculate the thermal properties of the material.

This standard provides specific criteria and guidelines that laboratories must meet when making heat transfer property measurements using the heat flow meter method. These criteria ensure the accuracy and reliability of test results.

Laboratories performing these measurements must prove their competence by following the procedures and criteria specified in EN 1946-3. This is important to ensure the quality and consistency of data generated by different laboratories.

The standard may include requirements for quality control, calibration and traceability to international standards to ensure the reliability of the measurement process.

EN 1946-3 serves as a reference for laboratories, manufacturers and regulatory bodies involved in the construction industry. Compliance with this standard helps to accurately characterize building materials in terms of their thermal properties when using the heat flow meter method.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN 1946-3 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.

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