EN 14304: Thermal insulation products for building equipment and industrial installations - Factory made flexible elastomeric foam (FEF) products - Specification

Standard: EN 14304 - Thermal insulation products for building equipment and industrial installations - Factory made flexible elastomeric foam (FEF) products - Specification.

Certification: CE Marking

Factory made flexible elastomeric foam (FEF) products for building equipment and industrial installation should meet the requirements as described in the standard EN 14304, which is a harmonized standard under the Construction Products Regulation (EU) 305/2011.

Scope: This European Standard specifies the requirements for factory made flexible elastomeric foam products which are used for the thermal insulation of building equipment and industrial installations with an operating temperature in the range of approximately - 200 °C to + 175 °C.

Below an operating temperature of - 50 °C, tests regarding the suitability of the products in the intended application should be performed. Manufacturer's advice should be heeded in all cases.

The products are manufactured in the form of sheets, tubes, rolls and tapes with or without coating and/or self-adhesive backing and/or different closure systems.

Products covered by this standard are also used in prefabricated thermal insulation systems and composite panels; the performance of systems incorporating these products is not covered.

This European Standard does not specify the required level of a given property that should be achieved by a product to demonstrate fitness for purpose in a particular application. The levels required for a given application can be found in regulations and invitations to tender.

Products with a declared thermal conductivity greater than 0,050 W/(m·K) at 10 °C are not covered by this standard.

This European Standard does not cover products for the insulation of the building structure. The normative part of this European Standard does not cover compressive stress (see D.5).

Related Standards:

• EN 13172: Thermal insulation products — Evaluation of conformity
• EN 13501-1: Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 1: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests.
• EN 13823: Reaction to fire tests for building products — Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item
• EN 12667: Thermal performance of building materials and products — Determination of thermal resistance by means of guarded hot plate and heat flow meter methods — Products of high and medium thermal resistance.

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