New requirement

CE marking becomes a mandatory requirement in the UK for technical insulation products made and sold in the EU from 1st July 2013. Under the Construction Products Regulation 2011 (CPR), it will become obligatory for manufacturers to apply CE marking to any products which are covered by a harmonised European standard (hEN) or European Technical Assessment. The recently agreed harmonised standard for technical insulation products has a new European fire classification which includes an assessment for smoke development and the burning droplets associated with insulation materials.

Armacell's Armaflex Ultima range of flexible insulation material has a fire class BL -s1, d0 (in tube form, or B -s2, d0 in sheet form) rating within the harmonised technical insulation materials classification. It is said to exhibit 10 times less smoke development compared to a standard elastomeric product, and exhibits zero tolerance toward the development of burning droplets or particles in fire conditions.