First AFCAB certificate for continuity sets

The first AFCAB certificate for continuity sets was just granted to the company TECHNO-BAT for its product "T BOX". A copy of the certificate is available here after.
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First AFCAB "Matinale"

On the 25/10/2011 took place the first "Matinale de l'AFCAB" : Impact of the issue of the Eurocodes and the new French parasismicregulation on the reinforcing steels and on the cut, bent and welded steels". The presntations are available through the link here after.
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Revision of the standards concerning couyplers

The following standards: * NF A35-020-1 "Steel products - Couplers for ribbed or indented concrete reinforcing steels - Part 1 : requirements concerning the mechanical properties" * NF A35-020-2-1 "Steel products - Couplers and anchoring devices for ribbed or indented concrete reinforcing steels - Part 2-1 : tests methods for couplers" * NF A35-020-2-2 "Steel products - Couplers and anchoring devices for ribbed or indented concrete reinforcing steels - Part 2-1 : tests methods for anchoring devices and couplers to weld" dated June 2011 are just issued by AFNOR.
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Revision of the AFCAB certification rules concerning the fixing on site of reinforcing steels

These certification rules are just updated and published on the Internet site of AFCAB : http://www.afcab.com/doc/Rcc4r6.pdf This update allows the certification of on site pre assembling of reinforcing steels. Other detail modifications are also included (see page 3).
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New European regulation concerning construction products

A new "European regulation" issued to replace the Construction Product Directive dated 1988, was adopted by the European Parliament on the 18/01/2011. It will be in force as soon as it is published in the OJEC, excepted some requirements which will be in force on the 01/07/2013
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Modification of the French seismic regulation

From 1st May 2011, France implements a new seismic regulation dividing the territory into five zones of increasing seismicity according to the probability of occurrence of earthquakes (articles R563-1 to R563-8 of the "Code de l’Environnement" modified by the decrees no 2010-1254 dated 22 October 2010 and no 2010-1255 dated 22 October 2010, and the "Arrêté" dated 22 October 2010). The texts and the new seismic map are available at the following address: www.planseisme.fr/Zonage-sismique-de-la-France.htm
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New NF A 35-020 standards

AFNOR launched on the 01/02/2011 a public enquiry concerning the revision of the NF A 35-020 standards, related to couplers. The involved standards are : PR NF A35-020-1 Produits en acier - Dispositifs de raboutage et dispositifs d'ancrage d'aciers pour béton armé à verrous ou à empreintes - Partie 1 : Prescriptions relatives aux performances mécaniques PR NF A35-020-2-1 Produits en acier - Dispositifs de raboutage et dispositifs d'ancrage d'aciers pour béton armé à verrous ou à empreintes - Partie 2-1 : Méthodes d'essai pour dispositifs de raboutage PR NF A35-020-2-2 Produits en acier - Dispositifs de raboutage et dispositifs d'ancrage d'aciers pour béton armé à verrous ou à empreintes - Partie 2-2 : Méthodes d'essai pour les dispositifs d'ancrage et les coupleurs à souder This enquiry is available on www.afnor.fr
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Issue of revised standards EN ISO 15630-1 and -2

The standards : Les normes suivantes : · NF EN ISO 15630-1 concerning test methods on bars and coils · NF EN ISO 15630-2 concerning tests methods on welded fabrics dated December 2010 are published by AFNOR and may be purchased on the AFNOR Internet site (www.afnor.org).
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20th anniversary of AFCAB

On the 15/10/2010, AFCAB celebrated its 20th anniversary at the auditorium of FFB, in Paris. On this occasion, a couple of speakers made speeches concerning the evolution of AFCAB, of the NF mark, of reinforcing steels and cut and bent steels for the last 20 years. The slides are here enclosed and available at the page "Documents - others".
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New French reinforcing steel standards

The standards NF A35-080-1 « Aciers pour béton armé - Aciers soudables - Partie 1 : barres et couronnes » and NF A35-080-2 « Aciers pour béton armé - Aciers soudables - Partie 2 : treillis soudés » dated October 2010 are just issued by AFNOR (see www.boutique.afnor.org). They remplace the former NF A 35-016-1 et -2 et NF A 35-019-1 et -2.
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Activity report 2009

The AFCAB activity report for 2009 is just issued. Among other important features, the total number of holders of certicates increased by more than 10% to reach 182 at the end of the year.
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Speech of the Chairman of AFCAB

Speech of the Chairman of AFCAB during the delivery of the 100th certificate NF - Armatures (in French)
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Photos of the delivery of the 100th NF - Armatures certificate

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Speech of the Chairman of the Comité particulier NF - Armatures

Speech of the Chairman of the Comité particulier NF - Armatures during the delivery of the 100th certificate NF - Armatures (in French)
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Delivery of the 100th certificate NF - Armatures 31st May 2010

The 100th certificate NF - Armatures was delivered by Bernard CRETON, Chairman of AFCAB, and by François DUMOULIN, holder of the 1st certificate, to Jean-Luc RUMEAU, Chairman of ARMATURES DE FRANCE, on the 31st May 2010 in the manufacturing unit ARMATURES SERVICES in Domazan (Gard) in presence of numerous VIPs of the field, private and public operators with respect to certification.
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New AFCAB procedures

The AFCAB procedures E9, E14, E15.1, E15.2, E19, E21, E22.1 and E22.2 are just issued or changer. They are available in the part "Documents pour la certification" of our Internet site.
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Resume of the certification of continuity sets

The AFCAB certification of continuity sets (AFCAB - Boîtes d'attente) is just relaunched (see the certification rules RCC02 at "Documents for certification" part of our Internet site).
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Results of the 2009 AFCAB enquiry

In 2009, we proposed you an enquiry. The scope of this enquiry was the runnig of certification, the performances of AFCAB and the costs of the certification. The answers showed that AFCAB is viewed as competent, rigourous, impartial and transparent, that the confidentiality of information is well protected, that the relations with AFCAB are easy and that answers to questions raised to AFCAB are easily got. On the contrary, AFCAB is perceived as too slow ans too expensive. New procedures are now in place and new laboratories are in course of qualification to solve the first problem. AFCAB is at the moment having an internal study to solve the second one. In addition to this, AFCAB will provide more regularly some information concerning the evolution of standardisation and regulations.
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Resume of the European standardisation concerning concrete reinforcing steels

The ECISS/TC104 committee has replaced the ECISS/TC19 committee. This committee is in charge of the standardisation needed for the CE marking of the reinforcing steels. The European Commission issued the M115 mandate and this committee then resumed its standardisation work.
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Updating of reinforcing steel standards

The NF A 35-080-1 and -2 standards that are due to replace the NF A 35-016-1 and -2 and NF A 35-019-1 and -2 are submitted to public enquiry until 15/03/2010.
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Revision of the standard concerning the tensile tests

The NF EN ISO 6892-1 standard was issued in October 2009. This standard deals with tensile tests on metallic materials. It replaces both ISO 6892 and NF EN 10002.
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Revision of certification rules

All certification rules are just updated : see the "Documents for certification"
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It's now easier to verify whether your AFCAB documents are up to date

A new document "List of documents for certification" enables to verify in only one click whether your AFCAB documents are up to date : see "Documents for certification"
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Revision of standards

The following standards : * NF A35-015 " Aciers pour béton armé - Aciers soudables lisses - Barres et couronnes" (plain bars and coils) * NF A35-024 " Aciers pour béton armé - Treillis soudés de surface constitués de fils de diamètre inférieur à 5 mm" (welded fabrics under 5 mm) * NF A35-027 " Produits en acier pour béton armé - Armatures" (cut bent welded reinforcing steels) * NF A35-028 " Aciers pour béton armé - Treillis raidisseurs" (lattice girders) dated november 2009 are now published by AFNOR
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New concrete reinforcing steel standards

The revised standards NF A 35-015, NF A 35-016, NF A 35-019 and NF A 35-028 are now issued. The standards NF A 35-017, NF A 35-024 and NF A 35-030 are due to be issued during next January.
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Postponement of the CE marking of the concrete reinforcing steels

With its decision dated 05/12/2006, the European Commission decided to suppress the reference to EN 10080 for the CE marking of the concrete reinforcing steels (see OJEC 08/12/2006). This cancellation was made for two reasons : 1. The EN 10080 does not take into account the Rm characteristics, used in the Italian anti-seismic regulation, 2. The annex ZA of the EN 10080 foresees technical classes, but these classes are not described in the standard. Note : The EN standards reference for CE marking include a so-called « harmonised » part and a so-called « voluntary » part. The « harmonised » part is the part that is made regulatory in European countries by the implementation of the CE marking. The annex ZA addresses the parts of the standard that are « harmonised ». The voluntary part is the one that is not « harmonised ». The CE marking of the concrete reinforcing steels is then delayed until the EN 10080 is modified to take into account the objections of the Commission. This will probably require several years. In between, the EN 10080 standard is and remains a European standard that must be published by each of the standardisation bodies that are CEN members (AFNOR in France). It then remains an NF EN 10080 in France, DIN EN 10080 in Germany etc. and the contradictory national standards shall be deleted. That is why the French standardisation commission for reinforcing steels has begun the revision the standards of the A 35 series.
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Register yourself

Maybe that you did not notice it until now, but you have the possibility to register (see left hand side of the screen), to receive an advice when a certificate or a quality document is updated. After somme difficulties in the beginning, the service runs now correctly. So, please register yourself at once !
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