Product - Equipment

The Solar Keymark is a quality label for solar collectors and solar thermal systems and it was created to certify products of high quality at European level. It is a voluntary third-party certification mark which demonstrates to end-users that the product conforms to the relevant European standards and fulfills additional requirements. The aim is to reduce trade barriers and promote the use of high quality solar thermal products in the European market and beyond. Today, It is the main quality label for solar thermal products and is widely spread across the European market and increasingly recognized worldwide.

The Solar Keymark was developed by the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) and CEN (European Committee for Standardization) in close co-operation with leading European test labs and with the support of the European Commission. The Solar Keymark is solely dedicated to the following fields of certification:

• Solar thermal collectors (based on European standard series EN 12975 & EN ISO 9806:2013)
• Thermal solar heating systems for domestic hot water and air (based on European standard series EN12976 & EN ISO 9806:2013)

TÜV Cyprus is accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012 from ESYD (Certificate no. 885) and it is an empowered cetfication body by Cen Certification Board (No.: 033), for issuing solar Keymak licenses. Our scheme includes four accredited laboratories based in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Cyprus. TÜV CYPRUS is the first and only certification body in Cyprus with this accreditation which can provide Solar KeyMark certificates.

To obtain Solar Keymark certification it is essential that the product tested is a sample taken randomly from the current production or stock by a TÜV inspector and tested by a collaborating laboratory. Furthermore, the production and quality management system implemented at the factory will be audited on site by a team of TÜV inspectors. Evey year the Quality Management System documentation is checked and every two years certified products selected from the production are physically inspected by an inspector.

As a notified body (Registration No. 2261), TÜV CYPRUS LTD offers services in the following areas:

1. Presses, including press-brakes, for the cold working of metal, with manual loading and/or unloading, whose movable working parts may have  travel exceeding 6 mm and a speed exceeding 30 mm/s.
2. Injection or compression plastics-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading.
3. Injection or compression rubber-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading
4. Manually loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a compression mechanism.
5. Removable mechanical transmission devices including their guards.
6. Guards for removable mechanical transmission devices.
7. Vehicle servicing lifts.
8. Devices for the lifting of persons or of persons and goods involving a hazard of falling from a vertical height of more than three metres.
9. Portable cartridge-operated fixing and other impact machinery.
10. Protective devices designed to detect the presence of persons.
11. Power-operated interlocking movable guards designed to be used as safeguards in machinery referred to in points 9, 10 and 11.
12. Logic units to ensure safety functions.
13. Roll-over protective structures (ROPS).
14. Falling-object protective structures (FOPS).

The EU Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC (PED) sets out the standards for the design and fabrication of pressure equipment having a maximum working pressure of more than 0.5 bar gauge. Under the EU Directive the following are considered as pressure equipment: pressure vessels, steam boilers, piping, accessories and assemblies. The PED came into force across the EU from 30th May 2002.

The Directive is addressed to the manufacturers and/or their authorized representatives. Under the Directive, pressure equipment and assemblies above specified pressure and/or volume thresholds must:

• be safe,
• meet essential safety requirements including design, manufacture and testing,
• satisfy appropriate conformity assessment procedures and
• carry CE marking and other information.

TÜV CYPRUS  performs conformity assessments and certification of pressure equipment such as pressure vessels, LPG vessels and steam boilers, through a combination of the following:

• Design/Type examination,
• Inspection of production,
• Quality System certification.

The inspection of materials used in the manufacturing of pipes (steel, plastic, copper pipes), and castings (steel, inox, aluminum, nickel) can provide proof of the quality and specifications of the final products.

TÜV CYPRUS offers the following services for raw materials:

• Approval/development of quality plans,
• Inspection of the manufacturing and witnessing of relevant tests, according to manufacturing standards and the client's requirements,
• Inspecting and issuing certificates according to EN 10204:2004 ‘Metallic materials. Types of inspection documents’.

We also offer inspections according to the following standards:

• API 5L, Covers welded and seamless pipes suitable for use in conveying gas, water, and oil in both the oil and natural gas industries,
• DIN 17172, Steel pipes for pipe lines for the transport of combustible fluids and gases,
• EN 10208, Steel pipes for pipelines for combustible fluids. Technical delivery conditions. Pipes of requirement class A,
• AWWA C 200, AWWA Standard for Steel Water Pipes,
• EN 1555, Plastics piping systems for the supply of gaseous fuels - Polyethylene (PE),
• EN 12735, Copper and copper alloys. Seamless, round copper tubes for air conditioning and refrigeration. Tubes for equipment,
• EN 10213, Steel castings for pressure purposes,
• DIN 1681,
• DIN 1695, Wear Resisting Cast Iron,
• DIN 17465, Heat Resisting Steel Castings.

Simple pressure vessels are vessels which are intended to contain air or nitrogen at a gauge pressure greater than 0.5 bar but less than or equal to 30 bar. They are not intended to be exposed to heat, they must be manufactured in series production and be of welded steel or aluminium construction.

The technical requirements for the manufacture of simple pressure vessels are laid down in EU legislation within the EU Directives 2009/105/EC and 87/404/EEC the Single Pressure Vessel Directive. The Directive applies to both producers and/or their authorised representatives.

TÜV CYPRUS offers product certification services which are performed through:

• CE Design Examination and Surveillance or
• CE Verification

The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) refers to the safe transnational transportation of dangerous goods, such as explosives, liquefied gases (for example propane, butane, etc.), flammable liquids (for example benzene, diesel oil, etc.), acids etc. and to the special requirements which vehicles and their drivers have to fulfill.

The inspection of the tank vehicles is separated into three categories:

• Initial Inspection (Type Approval),
• Periodic Inspection after 6 years (Internal-External inspection, Hydro-test, Leakage test and function test of the equipment),
• Periodic Inspection after 3 years (Leakage test and function test of the equipment).

TÜV CYPRUS offers its inspection services for periodic inspection via its inspectors that have been approved by the Ministry of Communications and Works.
 

Inspections and Certifications of railroad equipment are performed in order to ensure that all rail-vehicles (passenger trains, freight trains etc.) and railway tracks are manufactured and constructed in accordance with international regulations and the requirements of all applicable technical specifications.

TÜV CYPRUS, in collaboration with TÜV HELLAS, provides services in the field of inspection and certification of equipment and systems such as: rolling stock, traction systems, railways, signaling systems, on board units, safety systems, etc.

"Rolling Stock" are critical parts of rail vehicles for example couplers, doors, axles and spindles, wheels, boogies, shock absorbers, traction equipment, safety loops etc.

"Railroad equipment" includes the following: rails, welds, turn outs, crossings, signaling systems, power transformers, electrical power substations, on board units, etc.

Inspection and Certification of the above includes:

• Type approval of equipment and systems
• Observation and Certification of type tests,
• First Article Inspections (FAI),
• Inspections during manufacturing,
• Observation and Certification of running tests,
• Observation of the Commissioning tests,
• Field-Inspection during the construction of railroads, depos and the substations of the power supply.