Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
4.1 Conformity with the product family glass
blocks and glass paver units
4.2 Determination of the performances of characteristics
4.2.1 Characteristics of glass blocks and glass
paver units
4.2.2 Determination of essential characteristics
of glass blocks and glass paver units
4.3 Durability
4.4 Characteristics other than those listed in 4.2
4.5 Dangerous substances
5 Evaluation of conformity
5.1 General
5.2 Initial type testing of the product (5.1, 2)
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Type testing if products belong to the product
family glass blocks and glass paver units
5.2.3 Type testing of performances of characteristics
5.3 Factory production control and inspection of samples
in accordance with a prescribed test plan (5.1, 1a and 1.b)
5.4 Initial inspection of factory and of factory production
control (5.1, 1b)
5.5 Continuous surveillance and assessment of the factory
production control (5.1, 1c)
6 Marking and labelling
6.1 General
6.2 Product marking
6.3 Product characteristics
6.4 "Characteristics/performance identification paper"
Annex A (normative) Factory production control
A.1 Factory Production Control Requirements
A.1.1 General
A.1.2 Organisation
A.1.3 Control system
A.2 Marking
A.3 Inspection and testing tables of glass blocks and
glass paver unit production
A.3.1 Information on Table A.1
A.3.2 Use of proxy testing
Annex B (normative) Residual stress/Thermal shock
B.1 Requirement
B.2 Test method
B.2.1 General
B.2.2 Factory production control
B.2.3 On-going evaluation of conformity
B.3 Evaluation of test results
B.3.1 Factory production control
B.3.2 On-going evaluation of conformity
Annex C (normative) Determination of the thermal transmittance
(U-value) of glass blocks and glass
paver units
C.1 General
C.2 Massive glass blocks and glass paver units
C.3 Hermetic closed hollow glass blocks and glass paver units
Annex D (normative) Modelling of glass blocks and glass paver
units for the determination of the light
transmittance, light reflectance and solar
energy characteristics
Annex E (normative) Compression strength test method, sampling,
requirements and evaluation in factory
production control
E.1 Glass blocks
E.1.1 Test equipment and procedure
E.1.2 Test specimen preparation
E.2 Glass paver units
E.2.1 Test equipment and procedure
E.2.2 Test specimen preparation
E.3 Requirements
E.3.1 Glass blocks
E.3.2 Glass paver units
E.4 Evaluation
Annex F (informative) Provisions for voluntary involvement of
third party(ies)
F.1 General
F.2 Voluntary tasks for third parties
F.3 Marking and labelling
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard
addressing the provisions of EU Construction
Products Directive
ZA.1 Scope and relevant characteristics
ZA.2 Procedure(s) for the attestation of conformity of basic
soda lime silicate glass products
ZA.2.1 System(s) of attestation of conformity
ZA.2.2 EC Certificate and Declaration of conformity
ZA.3 CE marking and labelling
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