Good morning, Does anyone have info or a possible contact that can provide details on the possible equivalency of the China Agency testing and the related UL recognition flammability rating program? A proposed alternate insulation foam being considered for local sourcing in China does not currently have a UL flammability recognition. It was tested by a Chinese agency with passing results noted in their report. The Supplier has a Test Report according to China state Plastic Standard GB10800-89 , which was issued by State Fire Protection Equipment Quality Administration & Examination Centre in China. Our local contact was told the level 1 flame resistance of GB10800-89 is equivalent to UL94 HF-1. Also, he was told that the China non-electrical suppliers, such as plastics, foam, rubber suppliers etc, mainly still use China State Standard for quality control. And that their product qualities are usually tested by Government Quality Administration & Examination Department instead of 3rd party. The tests are conducted according to State Standard instead of 3rd party standard. Chinese agency used the test standards GB 8333-87, "Hard foam burning performance test method- Vertical burning method" and China state Plastic Standard GB10800-89. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Regards, Paul J. Smith Standards Engineer Thermo Electron Corporation Bioscience Technologies Div. This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
