HOMECPR/Fire-safety cables

 

 

CPR/Fire-safety cable

CPR Introduction

 

 

 

 

6.  What is AVCP?

 

 

 

The Assessment and Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVCP) is a harmonised system defining how to assess products and control the constancy of the assessment results. This system safeguards the reliability and accuracy of the Declaration of Performance.

AVCP requires the manufacturer to carry out internal quality controls as well as to prepare the Declaration of Performance (DoP) for each product. Three different systems are in place for cables as bellows:

System 1+ (Aca, B1ca, B2ca & Cca)

This is the maximum requirement level and corresponds to Euroclasses Aca, B1ca, B2ca and Cca. A Notified Body is an independent organization which has been designated by the national authorities of the EU member states to perform conformity assessment tasks for a given cable type. They must inspect and are responsible for the surveillance, assessment and control of the production, as well as control the execution of initial sample and monitoring tests by the Notified Laboratory. The frequency of the monitoring tests is the highest.

This requires the manufacturer to use a Notified Testing Authority for:

Initial inspection of plant and factory production control
Initial type testing
Issue of Classification Report and Certificate of Constancy of Performance
Surveillance, assessment and evaluation of factory production control, twice per year
Audit testing of samples
The manufacturer must also undertake internal FPC & routine audit testing.

System 3 (Dca & Eca)

This level corresponds to Euroclasses Dca and Eca. This requires the manufacturer to use a Notified Test Laboratory for:

Initial type testing
Issue of Classification Report
The manufacturer must also undertake internal FPC & routine audit testing but the participation of a Notified Body is not compulsory.

System 4 (Fca)

This level corresponds to Euroclass Fca. For the manufacturer, only the preparation of the Declaration of Performance is mandatory, and it corresponds, therefore, to the lowest requirement level .

Manufacturers are able to conduct their own tests and make their own classifications to class Fca

Verification elements Assessment and verification of constancy of performance systems	1+	3	4
	Aca, B1ca, B2ca, Cca	Dca, Eca	Fca
Factory production control	M	M	M
Additional tests on samples taken from factory, in agreement withthe determined test plan	M	-	-
Determination and test of the standard product by tests, calculation or tabulated values	NB	NL	M
Initial factory inspection and factory production control	NB	-	-
Factory monitoring inspection and factory production control	NB	-	-
Tests on samples taken before the product is launched onto the market	NB	-	-

NB Notified Body | NL Notified Laboratory | M Manufacturer.