EN 494:2012/FprA1

Fibre-cement profiled sheets and fittings - Product specification and test methods

This European Standard specifies the technical requirements and establishes methods of control and test as well as acceptance conditions for fibre-cement profiled sheets and their fibre-cement fittings for one or more the following uses:
- roofing;
- internal wall finishes;
- external wall and ceiling finishes.
For the purpose of this European Standard, fibre-cement profiles sheets are classified according to their height of corrugation and their mechanical characteristics.
This European Standard covers fibre-cement profiled sheets reinforced with fibres of different type as specified in  5.1.1, with and without facotory applied coating.
This European Standard does not include calculations with regard to works, design requirements, installation techniques, wind uplift or rain proofing of the installed sheets.
NOTE: Some of these requirements can be applied, after agreement, to curved sheets for specific applications

Faserzement-Wellplatten und dazugehörige Formteile - Produktspezifikation und Prüfverfahren

Plaques profilées en fibres-ciment et accessoires - Spécifications du produit et méthodes d'essai

Vlaknato-cementne valovite strešne plošče in fazonski kosi - Specifikacija za izdelek in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 91.100.40 - Products in fibre-reinforced cement
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 128 - Roof covering products for discontinuous laying and products for wall cladding
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 128/SC 4 - Fibre cement products for roofing
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 05-May-2015
• Due Date: 25-Mar-2016
• Completion Date: 05-May-2015
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Mandate: M/121 - Mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning the execution of standardization work for harmonized standards on internal and external wall and ceiling finishes
• Mandate: M/122 - Mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning the execution of standardization work for harmonized standards on roof coverings, rooflights, roof windows and ancillary products
• Ref Project: SIST EN 494:2013/kFprA1:2015 - Fibre-cement profiled sheets and fittings - Product specification and test methods

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 494:2012+A1:2015 - Fibre-cement profiled sheets and fittings - Product specification and test methods
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023
• Amends: EN 494:2012 - Fibre-cement profiled sheets and fittings - Product specification and test methods
• Effective Date: 16-Jul-2014

Standards Content (Sample)

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Fibre-cement profiled sheets and fittings - Product specification and test methods
Faserzement-Wellplatten und dazugehörige Formteile - Produktspezifikation und
Prüfverfahren
Plaques profilées en fibres-ciment et accessoires - Spécifications du produit et méthodes
d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 494:2012/FprA1
ICS:
91.060.20 Strehe Roofs
91.100.40 &HPHQWQLL]GHONLRMDþDQL] Products in fibre-reinforced
YODNQL cement
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
EN 494:2012
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
February 2015
ICS 91.100.40
English Version
Fibre-cement profiled sheets and fittings - Product specification
and test methods
Plaques profilées en fibres-ciment et accessoires - Faserzement-Wellplatten und dazugehörige Formteile -
Spécifications du produit et méthodes d'essai Produktspezifikation und Prüfverfahren
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 128.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 494:2012. If this draft becomes an amendment, CEN
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this amendment
into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made
by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has
the same status as the official versions.

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Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Modification to the Foreword .4
2 Modification to Clause 3, Terms and definitions .4
3 Modification to 5.2.2, Categorisation by height of profile .4
4 Modification to 5.2.3, Thickness .4
5 Modification to 5.3.3.2, Deflection .4
6 Modification to 5.6.3, Release of dangerous substances .4
7 Modification to Clause 6, Evaluation of conformity .4
8 Modification to 7.2.1.1.3.1, Measurement of the pitch a . 11
9 Modification to 7.2.1.1.3.2, Measurement of the height of corrugation h . 11
10 Modification to 7.2.1.2.3, Procedure . 11
11 Modification to 7.2.1.3.2, Apparatus . 11
12 Modification to 7.2.1.3.3, Procedure . 11
13 Modification to 7.2.1.4.3, Procedure . 11
14 Modification to 7.2.1.5.3, Procedure . 11
15 Modification to 7.3.2.1.2, Apparatus . 11
16 Modifications to 7.3.2.2.1, Preparation of specimen . 11
17 Modification to 7.3.2.2.2, Apparatus . 12
18 Modification to 7.3.2.2.3, Procedure . 12
19 Modification to 7.3.2.2.4, Expression and interpretation of results . 12
20 Modification to 7.3.3.2, Apparatus . 12
21 Modification to 7.3.4.1.1, Long sheets . 12
22 Modification to 7.3.5.1.1, Long sheets . 12
23 Modification to 7.4.1.1.1, Long sheets . 12
24 Modification to Annex ZA (informative), Clauses of this European Standard addressing the
provisions of the EU Construction Products Directive . 12

Foreword
This document (EN 494:2012/FprA1:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 128 “Roof
covering products for discontinuous laying and products for wall cladding”, the secretariat of which is held by
NBN.
This document is currently submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of the EU Construction Products
Regulation 305/2011.
For relationship with the EU Regulation 305/2011, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
This amendment has been prepared by taking into account the adoption of the Regulation (EU) No 305/2011
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 and replaces Council Directive 89/106/EEC.
1 Modification to the Foreword
Replace the two following paragraphs:
"This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA which is an integral part of this document."
with:
"This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of the EU Construction Products
Regulation 305/2011.
For relationship with the EU Regulation 305/2011, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.".
2 Modification to Clause 3, Terms and definitions
In Definition 3.1, replace "Figures A.1 to A.7" with "Figure A.1".
3 Modification to 5.2.2, Categorisation by height of profile
Replace "Figures A.1 to A.7" with "Figure A.1".
4 Modification to 5.2.3, Thickness
st
In the 1 paragraph, in the two list entries, replace "Figure A.8a" with "Figure A.2" and "Figure A.8b" with
"Figure A.3".
5 Modification to 5.3.3.2, Deflection
Replace "(see Figure A.24)" with "(see Figure A.18)".
6 Modification to 5.6.3, Release of dangerous substances
Replace the whole content of the subclause with the following text:
“National regulations on dangerous substances may require verification and declaration on release, and
sometimes content, when construction products covered by this standard are placed on those markets.
In the absence of European harmonized test methods, verification and declaration on release/content should
be done taking into account national provisions in the place of use.
NOTE An informative database covering European and national provisions on dangerous substances is available at
the Construction website on EUROPA accessed through: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/construction/cpd-ds/.“.
7 Modification to Clause 6, Evaluation of conformity
Replace the whole content of the clause with the following text:
"
6.1 General
The compliance of fibre-cement profiled sheets and fittings with the requirements of this standard and with the
performances declared by the manufacturer in the DoP shall be demonstrated by:
- determination of the product type;
- factory production control by the manufacturer, including product assessment.
The manufacturer shall always retain the overall control and shall have the necessary means to take
responsibility for the conformity of the product with its declared performance(s).
6.2 Type testing
6.2.1 General
Type tests shall be carried out on products as delivered. If several formats or sizes of the same category and
class are being produced from the same composition and by the same production method, type tests only
need to be carried out on one format or size of each nominal thickness.
All characteristics listed in Table 6 shall be subject to type testing, except reaction to fire Class A1 without
testing and external fire performance “deemed to satisfy” products.
Testing of mechanical characteristics is normally carried out with the upper face in compression. If required to
establish a relationship between upper and under face testing where significant differences are expected or if
required for design purposes, the load shall be applied on the under face. Results obtained for under face
testing are not relevant for classification.
Product type determination shall be performed to demonstrate conformity to this standard. Tests previously
performed in accordance with the provisions of this standard (same product, same characteristic(s), test
method, sampling procedure, same attestation of conformity, etc.) may be taken into account. In addition,
product type determination shall be performed for the approval of a new product, or a fundamental change in
formulation or method of manufacture, the effects of which cannot be predicted on the basis of previous
experience.
Whenever a change occurs in the fibre-cement profiled sheet design, the raw material or supplier of
components or the production process, which would change significantly one or more of the characteristics,
the type test shall be performed for the appropriate characteristic(s).
Table 6 — Number of sheets and fittings and compliance criteria
Assessment Number of Compliance
Characteristic Requirement
method samples criteria
5.3.3
At least 10 5.3.3 Tables 3 and
Mechanical resistance (sheets) (excluding 7.3.2
samples 4 apply 4 % AQL
5.3.3.4)
Impact resistance 5.3.3.4 EN 15057 See EN 15057 See EN 15057
Density (sheets) 5.3.2 7.3.1 7.3.1 5.3.2 and 7.3.1
External fire performance (sheets) 5.6.1 7.5.1 7.5.1 7.5.1
Reaction to fire (sheets and fittings) 5.6.2 7.5.2 7.5.2 7.5.2
Water impermeability (sheets) 5.3.4 7.3.3 3 test sheets 5.3.4
Dimensional variations (sheets and At least 10
5.2 7.2 5.2.3 and 5.2.4
fittings samples
Release of dangerous substances
5.6.3 5.6.3  5.6.3
(sheets and fittings)
Warm water (sheets) 5.4.4 7.3.4 20 samples 5.4.4 and 7.3.4.4
Soak/dry (sheets) 5.4.5 7.3.5 20 samples 5.4.5 and 7.3.5.4
Freeze–thaw (sheets) 5.4.2 7.4.1 20 samples 5.4.2 and 7.4.1.4
Freeze–thaw (fittings) 5.4.2 7.4.3 5 samples 5.4.2
Heat-rain (sheets) 5.4.3 7.4.2 12 or 9 samples 5.4.3 and 7.4.2.4

6.2.2 Test samples, testing and compliance criteria
The number of samples of fibre-cement profiled sheets to be tested / assessed shall be in accordance with
Table 6 of this standard.
6.2.3 Test reports
The results of the determination of the product type shall be documented in test reports. All test reports shall
be retained by the manufacturer for at least 10 years after the last date of production of the Fibre-cement
profiled sheets and fittings to which they relate.
6.3 Factory production control (FPC)
6.3.1 General
The manufacturer shall establish, document and maintain an FPC system to ensure that the products placed
on the market comply with the declared performance of the essential characteristics.
The FPC system shall consist of procedures, regular inspections and tests and/or assessments and the use of
the results to control raw and other incoming materials or components, equipment, the production process and
the product.
All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer shall be documented in a
systematic manner in the form of written policies and procedures.
This factory production control system documentation shall ensure a common understanding of the evaluation
of the constancy of performance and enable the achievement of the required product performances and the
effective operation of the production control system to be checked. Facto
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