WCA November 2016

Industry news

cable industry to review its policies to ensure compliance when the regulation becomes mandatory in July 2017. In light of this, cable manufacturers will in most cases need to engage with a Notified Laboratory and/or a Notified Product Certification Body. The CPR training seminars cover the basics of the new requirements that manufacturers, importers and distributors of cable will need to adhere to. BASEC – UK Website : www.basec.org.uk BASEC launches CPR large-scale cable fire test facility

THE British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC) has launched its large-scale vertical ladder fire test used for construction products regulation (CPR), EN 50399, and the full range of vertical ladder tests to the IEC 60332-3-21/25 series to the cable industry. This coincides with the official launch of the European Union’s CPR for cables used in construction, which was announced on 10 th June 2016. This substantial investment, which also includes completion of three new re-configurable fire test chambers for fire resistance and circuit integrity testing, expands BASEC’s capability as the largest dedicated cable-testing facility in Europe and a world leading cable test and certification body. The introduction of CPR for cables will have a significant impact on all construction cable manufacturers, importers and distributors supplying any type of cable that is intended to fit permanently into the structure of a building, including power distribution, final circuit wiring, control and instrumentation and data commu- nications cables (copper and optical) to European markets. The new regulation demands new cable testing/certification as well as CE marking requirements for those supplying cables. With a strict deadline imposed, it is forcing the international

❍ The ladder rack being prepared before the test

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