Needle Flame

Inscription

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*If more than one company is participating, each of them will have to have an individual application.

If you still have any difficulty, contact us via e-mail: contato@qualabor.com.br, and we will help you in the best way and ensure that your registration is successful!

Objectives

This proficiency assessment program's main objectives are to confirm the competent performance of the laboratory and indicate possibilities for improvements for the Needle Flame test of the IEC IEC 60695-11-5 standard.

Description

The Proficiency Testing Program (PTP) Needle Flame consists of the evaluation of the risk of fire in a needle flame that simulates the effect of small flames that can lead to sample failure. Any accredited or accreditation-seeking laboratory is eligible to participate.

For pre-established conditions of flame contact time with the sample, the following characteristics are evaluated:

• Does the flame or incandescence extinguish after 30 seconds of flame removal?

• Burning time after flame touch (tb).

• Was the sample completely burned?

• Is there any dripping on the tissue paper?

• Is there any combustion on the tissue paper?

• Is there combustion in the sample?

• Did the sample meet the defined criteria?

During the test, the value is expected to vary from 0 to 1000 [s], and may fluctuate according to the material used in the sample. The participant should proceed according to their routine, using the ABNT NBR IEC 60695-11-5 standard as a reference.                                 

For quantitative testing Qualabor follow the following order for assigned value choice priority:

1) Z' – Score with the robust average - In the area of testing there are not clear levels of quality between laboratories for the same test, this way is hard to determine a laboratory with recognition of a higher quality that is accepted by the other participants. The use of an assigned value from a group consensus is the most applicable, In this case determined by the results robust average, which does not require an independent treatment of outliers. To be able to use group consensus with minimal robustness is necessary a group with 4 or more participants. The choice of the z'-score method is due to the same being of greater acceptance by the clients and also by difficulties in calculating uncertainty of measurement by the participants, which is not sensitive to this method.

02) Normalized error with a reference value – When it is not possible to have a group with more than 3 participants the assigned value utilized will be a reference value previously validated with participants and always that exist, this value will be taken through an accredited laboratory, and in this case is given priority to the normalized error because the denominator of z' score is the program standard deviation which has low robustness because there are few participants.

The activities of Qualabor as a proficiency testing provider are carried out with impartiality, structure, and management to ensure such characteristic. Qualabor guarantees that the identity of participants in each program is confidential and only known by those involved in its operation, becoming public only if the participant denies their confidentiality. Qualabor also ensures that all information provided by participants will be treated as confidential.

Qualabor also guarantees that any commercial, financial, or other tensions will not compromise the impartiality of the provider. This is ensured by the "acknowledgment and agreement term" signed by Qualabor's employees who affect the quality of the proficiency program.

Schedule

*This schedule can be modified before the round confirmation for Qualabor, client or regulatory bodies necessity.

Investment

• Investment*: 985 USD/EUR per registration.
• Payment Method: Via bank transfer.

For more information: contato@qualabor.com.br or (+55) 41 4106-8010.

Accreditation

Qualabor is accredited as a provider of proficiency testing (Certificate Number: AP-2654, ANSI National Accreditation Board - USA) under the ISO/IEC 17043 standard for this program.

Reference Standards

Qualabor's QMS is implemented and effectively maintained according ISO/IEC 17043.

EPTIS

EPTIS helps you find a suitable proficiency testing (PT) scheme for your laboratory (a PT scheme is a coherent series of single rounds). For a large number of schemes we have produced data sheets and collected them in the EPTIS database. What is not included in the database is topical information on next PT rounds. When is the next round, and what is the matrix material this time? This information is too dynamic as to be included in the database. But you can find such details for a selection of schemes in our PT calendar.

At present, a listing on the database is only open to PT providers from countries that are covered by our so-called coordinators. They check the plausibility of the data sheet submissions and decide on their publication. They speak the language and are ideally familiar with local PT providers and cultural peculiarities. This helps to safeguard a reasonable level of database quality. There is no cost for PT providers who follow this basic mechanism.

Source: EPTIS

Qualabor register every finished PTs on EPTIS (European Proficiency Testing Information System) database, informing its technical characteristics to anyone who shows interest.

To access this PT’s registration, click in the link below.

https://www.eptis.bam.de/eptis/WebSearch/view/452402