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Proficiency Testing FINAL REPORT

15E29 Glow wire & Needle

flame test

Proficiency Testing Provider Certificate Number 3189-02.

We gratefully express our thanks to IECEE CTL WG2 for their support. In particular, thanks to Hubert Bachl for his assistance.

Revision 1: Equipment audit program status report added.

Program Coordinator: Ingrid Flemming IFM Quality Services Pty Ltd PO Box 877 Ingleburn NSW 2565 Australia Tel: +61 (0)2 9618 3311 Fax: +61 (0)2 9618 3355 Email: [email protected] Samples Dispatched: 5 August 2015 Results Due: 18 September 2015 Report Issued: 18 December 2015

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Operational Summary

NUMBER OF ROUNDS AND FREQUENCY OF TESTING

Glow wire and needle testing proficiency testing programs operate approximately every 3 years.

APPLICABLE STANDARDS

• IEC 60695-11-5

• IEC 60695-2-10

SAMPLE CONTENT, MANUFACTURE AND ASSURANCE OF SAMPLE INTERGRITY

Samples A and B were intended for glow wire testing and consisted of 7 white and 7 clear plastic plaques

respectively. Samples C and D were intended for needle flame testing and consisted of 4 clear and 4 grey

plastic plaques respectively. Every unit in each sample was sourced from the same production batch.

Samples were sent to an accredited laboratory for homogeneity evaluations. Samples met the required

criteria for homogeneity.

METHOD OF DISPATCH

All samples were sent via express national/international courier.

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE

Please refer to the assessment criteria on the following pages.

CONFIDENTIALITY

The identity of participants and any identifying information supplied by participants is treated as confidential.

Appropriate policies and procedures have been put into place to ensure this confidentiality is maintained.

Please refer to http://www.ifmqs.com.au/ifm_policy_on_confidentiality.htm for the detailed policy.

TEST INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions applicable to this testing round may be found at:

http://www.ifmqs.com.au/proficiency/instructions/15e29_Instructions.pdf

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Should individual test results be required, these will be provided upon request.

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

Where corrective action is required, participants are advised to start as soon as possible. CB scheme and

accredited laboratories are expected to register any required action items in their internal quality

management system in accordance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005.

Participants are referred to IFM’s website for policies relating to participant appeal of assessments and

IFM’s role in monitoring corrective actions (http://www.ifmqs.com.au/ifm_terms_and_conditions.htm).

IFM Quality Services will monitor the completion of corrective actions for a period of 3 months from the date

of issue of this report. After this time, IFM will refer any remaining open items for CB scheme laboratories

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http://www.ifmqs.com.au/proficiency/instructions/15e29_Instructions.pdf

http://www.ifmqs.com.au/ifm_terms_and_conditions.htm



to the IECEE secretariat for continuation of this monitoring activity and possible issue of a General Non-

Conformity Report.

Please note that corrective actions will only be accepted where evidence is submitted which demonstrates

compliance with all items in ISO/IEC 17025:2005 §4.11 AND 4.12, including registration of the items in the

company’s quality management system, however named.

Actions will be closed by IFM only after all required items have been satisfied, namely:

♦ Indication that review of the results has occurred (17025:2005 §4.10 and 4.11.1),

♦ Corrective action registration reference/code in the laboratory’s quality management system is

provided,

♦ Determination of root cause has been conducted (17025:2005 §4.11.2). Hints and tips relating

to acceptance of root cause can be found on:

http://www.ifmqs.com.au/proficiency/references/QRD003-01_From_Direct_to_Root_Cause.pdf

♦ The selection and conduct of corrective actions has been undertaken (17025:2005 §4.11.3),

♦ The success of corrective actions has been confirmed (17025:2005 §4.11.4) and

♦ Preventive actions have been developed and implemented (17025:2005 §4.12)

In cases where voluminous data is generated, a summary in English, on Company letterhead may be

submitted together with summarized findings for the above dot-points.

♦ It is the laboratory’s responsibility to ensure they maintain (on-site) accurate records of the

conduct of their corrective actions and copies of the reports. As is the case with all non-

conformities, these reports and information should be reviewed by the laboratory’s

management, internal and external assessors.

♦ It is the responsibility of the relevant NCB and/or accreditation body to review the corrective

action reports during on-site assessments to confirm the technical relevance of any findings

and actions.

♦ As IFM’s role is only to monitor completion of the corrective action process, individual

laboratory submissions will not be held by IFM after the submitted reports have been sighted,

checked and logged.

Corrective actions are to be submitted via email to [email protected]

http://www.ifmqs.com.au/proficiency/references/QRD003-01_From_Direct_to_Root_Cause.pdf

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Available tests Assessment Criteria

Enumerative Tests at 840 °C, 900 °C and 960 °C:

• Time to Ignite

For enumerative tests, robust statistics are applied in order to determine a Z score for each result. Acceptable Z scores are |Z|<3.00.The statistically acceptable high and low was rounded to the nearest 0.5 sec conforming to clause 9 of IEC60695-1-11:2004. Whenever possible, non-numeric results are assessed by applying pass/fail assessments without issue of Z scores.

Variations to the normal assessment procedure will be detailed in the discussion.

Yes/No response at 840 °C, 900 °C and 960 °C:

• Ignition (occurrence of ignition)

• Flame persistent, when samples ignited

• Ignition of specified layer

Participants are assessed against the consensus result when 75% consensus is achieved.

Available Tests

GLOW WIRE TEST

Available tests Assessment Criteria

Enumerative Tests:

• Flame burn time

Participants’ results are grouped into results less than or greater than 30 seconds. Consensus results are used for assessment. 75% or greater consensus is preferred.

Variations to the normal assessment procedure will be detailed in the discussion.

Yes/No response:

• Ignition

• Ignition of specified layer Participants are assessed against the consensus result when 75% consensus is achieved.

NEEDLE FLAME TEST

Participation Summary

⇒ 119 organisations enrolled

Equipment Audit

⇒ 66 laboratories are required to follow up for glow wire test

⇒ 40 laboratories are required to follow up for needle flame test

Proficiency Test

⇒ 115 organisations participated

⇒ 179 sets of results were submitted

⇒ 5817 individual test results were received

⇒ 3077 results were assessed

⇒ 2740 results were not assessed

⇒ 77 results were assessed as outliers



Equipment Audit

For each question, the total number of responses requiring follow-up are shown in Table 1 (Glow Wire Test)

and Table 2 (Needle Flame Test).

TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF RESPONSES REQUIRING FOLLOW-UP : GLOW WIRE TEST

Question Number

What is the concentration of Nickel in the glow wire loop? 1 What is the concentration of chromium in the glow wire loop? 1

The diameter of a straight section of the loop wire is 3 Has the glow wire loop been annealed? 3

Is there a feedback mechanism to maintain temperature during the test 23 When operational position of the glow wire loop is 0 The force that the loop applies to a test sample is 7

What is the maximum penetration that the loop can exert on a sample? 5 Check the tip of the glow wire loop. Are there any cracks on the tip? 6

The thermocouple placed in the pocket hole at the back of glow wire tip is type: (J, K, T etc) 1

The class of the above thermocouple type is 4 The diameter of the above thermocouple is 1

The distance of the tip of the above thermocouple to the end of the pocket hole is 0

When the test specimen is in position, what is the distance from the specimen to the front of the chamber? 4

When the test specimen is in position, what is the distance from the specimen to the left side of the chamber? 2

Perform a silver foil check. At what temperature does the silver foil melt? 6 Is the chamber a draught free location for performing the test? 9

Is the chamber vented to remove smoke and fumes? 0 If yes above, when does venting take place? 1 The amount of light falling on the specimen is 5

The resolution of the timing device used for this test is 14 How often is the glow wire tip cleaned? 11

How often is the glow wire tip checked for damage? 28 Does the check for damage include inspection for cracks? 4

Does the check for damage include inspection for contamination of thermocouple/pocket hole? 12

Is the specimen held vertically? 1

Is the glow wire tip applied centrally to the specimen? 0

Have precautions been made to protect staff from risks of burning/fire 1

Have precautions been made to protect staff from the risks of electric shock 1

Have precautions been made to protect staff from inhalation of smoke/toxic products 2

Have precautions been made to protect staff from exposure to toxic residues 4



TABLE 2: SUMMARY OF RESPONSES REQUIRING FOLLOW-UP : NEEDLE FLAME TEST

Question Number

What is the length of the burner? 0 What is the diameter of the bore? 10

What gas is supplied to the burner? 1 What is the purity of the gas supplied to the burner? 1

Is air supplied to the burner during use or calibration? 15

How long is the burner allowed to reach equilibrium before performing tests? 9 The minimum frequency of performing copper block confirmatory test is dictated by: 0

Perform the confirmatory procedure as described in Annex A of IEC60695--11-5. How long does it take for the temperature to ascend to 700 degrees C from 100 degrees C? 2

The background against which the flame is viewed is: 4

The volume inside the test chamber is 1

Is the chamber free of draught? 5

Can the chamber can be completely closed? 4

Can the chamber be vented to extract fumes? 0

If Yes, when does fume extraction occur? 2 The tolerance of the timing device used for this test is 6



SAMPLE CUTTING AND NUMBER OF TEST REPEATS

Participants were requested to report whether they cut the sample, and how many repeat tests were

conducted. The answers to these questions were not formally assessed. However, the results of these

were used in comparisons with participant’s responses to other questions.

Whether the sample was cut or whole does not appear to impact on participant results for these samples.

However, due to the small number of participants reporting cutting the sample it is difficult to observe a

trend. Figure 1 compares ignition of the specified layer during the 840 °C test for cut and whole samples.

The number of repeats performed also did not appear to have an impact on participant results for these

samples. Figure 2 compares the number of repeats performed and ignition of the specified layer at 840 °C.

Some participants reported observing different results for duplicate tests. It would be advisable to

investigate test repeatability and reproducibility where inconsistencies in ignition patterns are observed.

Discussion - Glow Wire Test

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

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Glow wire test - Ignition of the specified layer at 840 °C for dif ferent sample preparation 15E29-Sample A

Whole sample

Cut sample

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Glow wire test Ignition of the specif ied layer at 840 °C for dif ferent numbers of repeats 15E29-Sample A

Ignition of the specified layer

No ignition of the specified layer



IGNITION OF THE SAMPLE

Sample A

Participants unanimously agreed that Sample A ignited at all temperatures tested.

Sample B

Refer to Figure 3. The percentage of participants reporting ignition increased with increasing temperature.

Participants received pass assessments for reporting no ignition at 840 and 900 °C and ignition at 960 °C.

Participants reporting no ignition at 960 °C were not assessed as 75% consensus was not achieved.

Discussion - Glow Wire Test

FIGURE 3

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Glow wire temperature (°C)

Glow wire test - Ignition at dif frent temperaures 15E29 Sample B

IGNITION OF THE PRESCRIBED LAYER

Sample A

Figure 4 presents the percentage of participants reporting ignition of the prescribed layer at each test

temperature. This test has not been assessed as 75% consensus was not achieved for any temperature.

Varying results may have been due to the application of differing standards. Clause 9 in IEC60695-2-11

and IEC60695-2-12 both specify the sample must be observed for an additional 30 seconds after the glow

wire has been removed. However, clause 9 in IEC60695-2-13 specifies the additional time to be 5

seconds.

The question in this program did not specify the amount of time the sample must be observed after the glow

wire had been removed.

Sample B

Participants generally agreed that the prescribed layer did not ignite at any of the temperatures tested.



Discussion - Glow Wire

OTHER TESTS

A summary of the assessments made to other glow wire tests can be found in Table 3.

Temperature Test Response Assessment A Assessment B

840 °C

Sample Ignition Yes Pass Fail No Fail Pass

Time to Ignite ≤ 2.5 sec Not assessed

Flame Persistent Yes Pass

Not assessed No Fail

Layer Ignition Yes

Not assessed Fail

No Pass

900 °C

Sample Ignition Yes Pass Fail No Fail Pass




Layer Ignition Yes

Not assessed Fail

No Pass

960 °C

Sample Ignition Yes Pass No Fail




Layer Ignition Yes

Not assessed Fail

No Pass

Not assessed

TABLE 3: SUMMARY OF GLOW WIRE TEST ASSESSMENTS

FIGURE 4

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Glow wire temperature (°C)

Glow wire test - Ignition of the prescribed layer at different temperature15E29-Sample A



Discussion - Needle flame

SAMPLE CUTTING AND NUMBER OF REPEATS FOR NEEDLE FLAME TESTS

Participants were requested to report whether they cut the sample, and how many repeat tests were

conducted. These questions were not formally assessed. Please refer to Figure 5 and Figure 6.

Figure 5 compares ignition of cut and un-cut samples.

Figure 6 compares ignition with the number of repeat tests conducted.

No correlations were observed.

FIGURE 5

63 67

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No Yes

Needle Flame Sample Ignition

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Needle f lame test - Ignition of sample for different sample preparation 15E29-Sample D

Whole sample

Cut sample

FIGURE 6

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Needle f lame test - Ignition of sample for different numbers of repeats 15E29-Sample D

Ignition of the sample

No ignition of the sample



Test Response Assessment C Assessment D

Needle Flame ignition Yes Pass


Needle Flame Layer Ignition Yes Fail Fail No Pass Pass

Needle Flame Burn Time <30 Fail >30 Pass

Not assessed

TABLE 4: SUMMARY OF NEEDLE FLAME TEST ASSESSMENTS

NEEDLE FLAME BURN TIME

Sample C

Participants generally agreed the sample did not extinguish within 60 seconds.

Sample D

Participants generally agreed that the sample extinguished immediately after the removal of the needle

flame. However, as consensus was not reached for ignition of this sample, this test was not assessed.

OTHER TESTS

A summary of the assessments made for needle flame tests can be found in Table 4.

Discussion - Needle flame

NEEDLE FLAME IGNITION

Sample C

Participants generally agreed that the sample ignited when subjected to a needle flame test.

Sample D

There was a near equal number of participants reporting yes and no for ignition for sample D. This test was

not assessed as consensus was not achieved.



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: IGNITION OF SAMPLE A

169

10

20406080

100120140160180

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ09 Glow Wire 960°C Ignition

Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

170

00

20406080

100120140160180

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)


Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

170

00

20406080

100120140160180

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)


Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: IGNITION OF SAMPLE B

102

68

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Yes(Not assessed)

No(Not assessed)


Sample B (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

21

149

020406080

100120140160

Yes(Fail)

No(Pass)


Sample B (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

5

165

020406080

100120140160180

Yes(Fail)

No(Pass)


Sample B (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y



15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ02 Glow Wire 840°C Time to Ignite

Sample A (sec)Number of Results Analysed 157Quartile 1 0.0000Quartile 3 1.0000IQR 1.0000NIQR 0.7413Median 0.2000Uncertainty of Assigned ValueNIQR/SQRT(No. of Results) 0.0592Acceptable High:Median + (3*NIQR) 2.4239Acceptable Low:Median - (3*NIQR) -2.0239Statistically Acceptable Range 4.4478



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: TIME TO IGNITION: SAMPLE A



0102030405060708090

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1.7

Mor

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Freq

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Result (sec)


Sample A

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0.16

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0.66

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1.16

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1.66

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2.16

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Sample A

0102030405060708090

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0.7

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1.7

2.2

Mor

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Freq

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Result (sec)


Sample A



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: TIME TO IGNITION: SAMPLE B

05

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Mor

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Freq

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y

Result (sec)


Sample B

Time to ignition was only assessed when the consensus indicated sample ignition.

Consensus was achieved for 840 °C (no ignition) and 900 °C (no ignition).

Consensus was not achieved for ignition of the sample at 960 °C. Therefore, the time to ignition was not

assessed. Results for time to ignite at 960 °C are shown below.



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: PERSISTENCE OF FLAME: SAMPLE A

170

00

20406080

100120140160180

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ11 Glow Wire 960°C Flame Persistent

Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

170

00

20406080

100120140160180

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)


Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

168

1 10

20406080

100120140160180

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)

Not Assessed


Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: PERSISTENCE OF FLAME: SAMPLE B

6

105

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Yes(Not assessed)

No(Not assessed)


Sample B (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

Persistence of flaming was only assessed when the consensus indicated sample ignition.

Consensus was achieved for 840 °C (no ignition) and 900 °C (no ignition).

Consensus was not achieved for ignition of the sample at 960 °C. Therefore, the persistence of flaming

was not assessed. Results for persistence of flaming at 960 °C are shown below.



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: IGNITION OF SPECIFIED LAYER SAMPLE A

56

114

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Yes(Not assessed)

No(Not assessed)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ12 Glow Wire 960°C Layer Ignition

Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

54

116

020406080

100120140

Yes(Not assessed)

No(Not assessed)


Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

48

122

020406080

100120140

Yes(Not assessed)

No(Not assessed)


Sample A (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y



Results

GLOW WIRE TEST: IGNITION OF SPECIFIED LAYER SAMPLE B

1

161

020406080

100120140160180

Yes(Fail)

No(Pass)


Sample B (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

0

155

020406080

100120140160180

Yes(Fail)

No(Pass)


Sample B (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

0

155

020406080

100120140160180

Yes(Fail)

No(Pass)


Sample B (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y



Results

NEEDLE FLAME TEST: IGNITION OF SAMPLE

77 79

0102030405060708090

Yes(Not assessed)

No(Not assessed)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ13 Needle Flame Ignition

Sample D (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

152

20

20406080

100120140160

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ13 Needle Flame Ignition

Sample C (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y



Results

NEEDLE FLAME TEST: IGNITION OF SPECIFIED LAYER

153

00

20406080

100120140160180

Yes(Pass)

No(Fail)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ14 Needle Flame Layer Ignition

Sample D (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y

19

135

020406080

100120140160

Yes(Fail)

No(Pass)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ14 Needle Flame Layer Ignition

Sample C (Y/N)

Freq

uenc

y



Results

NEEDLE FLAME TEST: BURN TIME

56

7

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

<30 sec(Not assessed)

>30 sec(Not assessed)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ15 Needle Flame Burn Time

Sample D (sec)

Freq

uenc

y

3

150

020406080

100120140160

<30 sec(Fail)

>30 sec(Pass)

15e29 Glow Wire & Needle FlameQ15 Needle Flame Burn Time

Sample C (sec)

Freq

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y



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14 Private


Y Y16 CBTL - Certification Body Testing Laboratory

O 18/12/2015 Part01: 1 result assessed as outlying.



O 18/12/2015 Part01: 2 results assessed as outlying.



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Y Y36 CTF - Customer’s Testing Facility




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O 18/12/2015 Part02: 2 results assessed as outlying.O 18/12/2015 Part01: 1 result assessed as outlying.


O 18/12/2015 Part02: 1 result assessed as outlying.O 18/12/2015 Part01: 1 result assessed as outlying.


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Y Y61 Private

O 18/12/2015 Part01: 1 result assessed as outlying.O 18/12/2015 Part02: 2 results assessed as outlying.




O 18/12/2015 Part01: 2 results assessed as outlying.O 18/12/2015 Part02: 2 results assessed as outlying.





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Y Y71 Private















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101 Private

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105 Private

Y Y106 Private






110 Private

Y Y111 ACTL - Associated CBTL

O 18/12/2015 Part02: 2 results assessed as outlying.O 18/12/2015 Part01: 1 result assessed as outlying.




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>> Report Indicator Columns and Action History Codes

- "Y" when a submitted result was determined to be an outlier requiring corrective action(s) or additional information is required to clarify a result. Action history will then follow.- "Y" when corrective or other action(s) have not been completed- Date by which corrective or other action(s) are required to be completed. This date is not set until the FINAL report has been issued.

X - Reminder sent to laboratoryC - Action Closed (Completed)F - Overdue action referred to IEC-EE

Action History Codes:

O - Action Opened by IFMN - Notification of action sent to laboratoryA - Acknowledgement received from laboratoryR - Response received from laboratory

Column:

Action

AlertDue Date





Glow Wire and Needle Flame (Audit) - 15e29 Audit (201505)






Y Y5 Private

O 13/08/2015 audit not received

Y6 CBTL - Certification Body Testing Laboratory

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 10/09/2015 CAR info received and accepted.




O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 26/08/2015 Car info received and accepted. Question misunderstood, equipment audit revised.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow Wire


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 31/08/2015 CAR info received and accepted.C 31/08/2015 CAR info received.





Y14 Private

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 18/08/2015 Laboratory has advised previous version of standard still in use. Lab has advised inspection

and checking of glow wire will be revised and engineers retrained.This has been accepted.


A 25/06/2015 Lab has advised difficulty in entering decimal places in audit form and the maximum penetration of the loop can be up to 12mm.




O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 4/09/2015 CAR info received and accepted. Lab advised to retain records of corrective actions for their

assessor at their next on site assessment.



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 17/08/2015 CAR info received. Lab has advised Type N thermocouple used as it is more correct than type K.



A 1/07/2015 Needle flame only in scope.

Y22 Private








C 16/09/2015 Lab has advised equipment issues corrected.








O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 21/09/2015 CAR info received and accepted. Lab has advised all items addressed.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireA 31/08/2015 Lab has advised (CAR# 153915130) opened.C 7/10/2015 CAR info received and accepted.








Y35 CTF - Customer’s Testing Facility

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireA 17/08/2015 CAR for glow wire test received and accepted.C 26/08/2015 Car info for NFT received and accepted.



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 16/09/2015 Car info received and accepted.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 26/08/2015 CAR received and accepted. Insufficient knowledge of standard. Training provided.




O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 22/10/2015 Air was interpreted to mean gas. Yes was entered for is the tip cracked as question was not

read propely.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 17/09/2015 Glow wire now check before test instead of before testing session.



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 26/11/2015 Question misunderstood and outlier due to typo.








O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 17/09/2015 Lab has advised equipment issued addressed.


A 25/06/2015 Lab has advised they only perform glow wire test.


Y Y48 Private

O 13/08/2015 audit not received



Y51 CTF - Customer’s Testing Facility



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 18/08/2015 CAR info received. All outliers addressed. Accepted.



YProgram Enrolment Cancelled


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 15/09/2015 laboratory stated they do not do GW or needle flame tests for custoers therefore can cancel

corrective actions.





O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireA 27/08/2015 Missing info submitted and accepted. IFM has requested CAR info for outliers.C 28/08/2015 Revised equipment audit submitted. Accepted.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 27/08/2015 Lab has advised corrective actions completed on 20/8/15


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 2/09/2015 CAR received and accepted.

Y61 Private

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 2/09/2015 CAR info received and accepted. Lab has advised all corrective actions made according to

iso/iec17025 and procedures of their labroatory.




O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 8/12/2015 Typo in audit entry. In future audit will be checked by technical manager.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 19/08/2015 information received. Lab misunderstood question. Glow wire loop is inspected and cleaned

before each test.









O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireA 19/08/2015 CAR info received. Accepted for GWT. IFM has requested review of info for NFT.C 19/08/2015 Revised CAR received and accepted.

Y67 Private

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 10/09/2015 Car info received and accepted.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 26/08/2015 CAR info received. Accepted.





Y71 Private



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 31/08/2015 CAR info received and accepted. Error due to lack of understanding.




O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 27/08/2015 CAR Info received. Audit questions misunderstood. Revised audit form submitted.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Needle FlameC 17/08/2015 Lab has advised outlier due to typo. CAR info accepted.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 21/09/2015 Incorrect translation lead to incorrect answer being submitted.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 7/10/2015 Correct answers submitted. Most outliers were due to a misunderstanding of the questions.



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 2/09/2015 CAR info received and accepted. Engineer did not fully understand settings of test apparatus.

Y81 Private

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 17/09/2015 Misinterpreted question regarding feedback mechanism.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 26/08/2015 Car info received. Laboratory misunderstood question. Accepted.


84 Private











Y88 Private

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 27/08/2015 CAR info received and accepted. Lab has made changes to ensure compliance with

requirements of standard.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 21/09/2015 CAR info received and accepted. Engineer not sufficiently trained.




O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 31/08/2015 Loop force corrected. Training provided re checking for tip damage.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 17/08/2015 CAR info received. Lab has advised maximum penetration reported for penetration of loop wire

but equipment set to 7mm for GWT

93 Private





Y97 Private

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireA 16/09/2015 CAR info received for feedback mechanism. Accepted.C 17/09/2015 Lab has corrected all equipment issues. Accepted.



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 17/08/2015 Car Info received. Lab has advised no feedback mechanism installed in test rig.


O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 26/08/2015 CAR info received. Lab has advised new thermal coupler to be installed.

101 Private

Y Y102 Private





O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 21/09/2015 Equipment recheck and found to be compliant.

Y Y105 Private








Y Y106 Private






A 29/06/2015 Line 37 - the wording is confusing. The laboratory assumes that based on detail the depth of insertion of the thermocouple shall be reported.

A 29/06/2015 Line 91 - in general the confirmatory procedure is performed yearly and also after the gas supply is changed. This option is not provided in the form.

Y110 Private


Y111 ACTL - Associated CBTL



O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 23/09/2015 Lab has advised corrective actions completed.


R 11/08/2015 Lab has advised copper block currently unavailable.S 11/08/2015 Awaiting receipt of audit result once copper block becomes available.O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Needle FlameO 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireA 18/08/2015 Car info received. Lab has confirmed feedback mechanism deactivated during testing.A 27/08/2015 Revised equipment audit received with missing information regarding copper block. IFM has

requested further info regarding resolution of timing device.C 17/09/2015 Revised equipment audit received. All non-conformities have been addressed.

Y114 Private

O 12/08/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 20/08/2015 CAR info received. Lab has confirmed tolerance of timing device.

115 Private


A 25/06/2015 Lab has advised, only perform Needle flame test and that It was not possible to insert the purity of the gas supplied to the burner with 99,5 %.






O 19/10/2015 Equipment Audit Outlier - Glow WireC 19/10/2015 Outliers due to typo's.







>> Report Indicator Columns and Action History Codes

- "Y" when a submitted result was determined to be an outlier requiring corrective action(s) or additional information is required to clarify a result. Action history will then follow.- "Y" when corrective or other action(s) have not been completed- Date by which corrective or other action(s) are required to be completed. This date is not set until the FINAL report has been issued.

X - Reminder sent to laboratoryC - Action Closed (Completed)F - Overdue action referred to IEC-EE

Action History Codes:

O - Action Opened by IFMN - Notification of action sent to laboratoryA - Acknowledgement received from laboratoryR - Response received from laboratory

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Action

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