EN 14313: Thermal insulation products for building equipment and industrial installations - Factory made polyethylene foam (PEF) products - Specification

Standard: Thermal insulation products for building equipment and industrial installations - Factory made polyethylene foam (PEF) products - Specification.

Certification: CE Marking

Factory made polyethylene foam (PEF) products for building equipment and industrial installation should meet the requirements as described in the standard EN 14313, which is a harmonized standard under the Construction Products Regulation (EU) 305/2011.

Scope: This European Standard specifies the requirements for factory made flexible polyethylene foam products which are used for the thermal insulation of building equipment and industrial installations with an operating temperature in the range of approximately - 80 °C to + 150 °C.

Tensile stress in the insulation product should be avoided when applying PEF. This is even more important when applying PEF on lines with operating temperatures between - 50 °C and - 80 °C. The tensile stress should be kept at the minimum by applying the foam “under pressure”, i.e. cutting the parts in a generous way. Manufacturer’s advice should be heeded in all cases.

The products are manufactured in the form of tubes, profiles, sheets, 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 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 standard does not cover products for the insulation of the building structure. The normative part of this standard does not cover compressive stress (see C.4).

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.
• EN 12939, Thermal performance of building materials and products — Determination of thermal resistance by means of guarded hot plate and heat flow meter methods — Thick products of high and medium thermal resistance

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