EN 1344-2013 pdf download.Clay pavers – Requirements and test methods.
Initial type testing and type tests, if any, shall be performed for all characteristics included in this standard for which the performances are to be declared:
— at the beginning of the production of a new or modified testing clay payers and accessories (unless those of the same product family), or
at the beginning of a new or modified method of production (where this may affect the declared performances).
Initial type testing and type tests shall be repeated for the appropriate characteristic(s), whenever a change of clay payers and accessories occurs in its design, raw material(s), supplier of the components used, or in the production process (subject to the definition of a product family), which would affect significantly the performance of one or more of the characteristics.
Where materials or components are used for clay payers and accessories, whose characteristics have already been determined, by the material or component supplier, on the basis of compliance with other product standards, these characteristics need not be re-assessed. The specifications of these materials or components shall be documented and included in the inspection scheme for ensuring their compliance.
Components or materials (i.e. products) marked in accordance with appropriate harmonised European specifications may be presumed to have the performances declared with that marking, although this does not replace the responsibility on manufacturer of the clay payers and accessories to ensure that such payers! accessories are correctly designed and their materials or components have the necessary performance values to meet the design.
5.2.2 Sampling, testing and compliance criteria
Sampling, number of specimens, test/assessment methods and compliance criteria for clay payers and accessories tested under ITT and TT shall be in accordance with the relevant test method, as specified together with corresponding requirements.
5.2.3 Test reports
All ITT and TT together with their results shall be documented in test reports. All test reports shall be retained for at least 5 years after the last date of production of the clay payers and accessories to which they relate to.
5.3 Factory production control (FPC)
5.3.1 General
The manufacturer shall establish, document and maintain an FPC system to ensure that the clay payers and accessories placed on the market comply with the declared performances of the stated characteristics for the declared intended use.
The FPC system shall consist of procedures, regular inspections and tests and/or assessments and the use of the results to control raw and other incoming materials or components, equipment, the production process and the clay payers and accessories. All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer shall be documented in a systematic manner in the forn of written policies and procedures.
This production control system documentation shall ensure a common understanding of conformity evaluation and enable the achievement of the characteristics of clay payers and accessories and the effective operation of the production control system to be checked, Factory production control, therefore, shall bring together operational techniques and all measures allowing maintenance and control of the compliance of the clay payers and accessories with this European Standard.
5.3.2 Requirements
5.3.2.1 General
The manufacturer is responsible for organising the effective implementation of the FPC system. Tasks and responsibilities in the production control organisation shall be documented and this documentation shall be kept up-to-date.
The responsibility, authority and the relationship between personnel that manages, performs or verifies work affecting conformity of the clay payers and accessories shall be defined. This applies In particular to the personnel that need to initiate actions preventing non-conformities of the clay payers and accessories from occurring, actions in case of non-conformities and to identify and register such non-conformity problems. Personnel, performing work affecting the conformity of the clay payers and accessories shall be competent on the basis of appropriate education, training, skills and experience for which records shall be maintained.
In each factory the manufacturer may delegate the action to a person having the necessary authority to:
identify procedures to demonstrate conformity of the day payers and accessories at appropriate stages.
— identify and record any instance of non-conformity.
— identify procedures to correct instances of non-conformity.
The manufacturer shall draw up and keep up-to-date documents defining the factory production control. The manufacturer’s documentation and procedures shall be appropriate to the clay payers and accessories and manufacturing process. The FPC system shall achieve an appropriate level of confidence in the conformity of the clay payers and accessories. This involves:
a) the preparation of documented procedures and instructions relating to factory production control operations, in accordance with the requirements of the technical specification to which reference is made:
b) the effective implementation of these procedures and instructions:
c) the recording of these operations and their results;EN 1344-2013 pdf download.
EN 1344-2013 pdf download
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