EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of EN 15664-1 test. This European Standard specifies a procedure for determining the release of metals from metallic materials used in construction products intended to come into contact with potable water.
The test can be used for three purposes:
The main application of metallic materials in water supply is in domestic plumbing. The test method given in this standard is designed to provide information on the release of metals from metallic materials into drinking water over time. The test is based on a program that simulates conditions in a local distribution system, based on successive periods of transient flow and stagnation once in a rig.
The test conditions are more relevant than continuous flow or settling and wetting tests and are applicable to all metallic materials in distribution systems.
Test pieces or test pipes of a material with a certain geometry and certain surface properties are installed on a test rig that is operated for a period of time under controlled conditions of water quality, temperature and flow regime.
During the entire test, water samples are taken and analyzed for the concentrations of the relevant metals at the specified operating periods after the specified stagnation periods.
Except for the tested materials, all materials used in the test equipment that come into contact with the test water shall be inert for the purposes of the test. Precautions shall be taken to ensure that there is no transformation or contamination on the surface of test pieces or pipes during installation preparation or during installation itself. The materials to be tested will be in the form of pipes or test pieces. If the material used for the test is intended for use in pipes and other applications, the material should be tested as a pipe.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN 15664-1 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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