NF Mark - Hardware Items

The objective of NF Mark - Hardware Articles is to certify that the hardware items which bear the mark adhere to the quality, operation, performance and dimensional specifications of the French or European norms concerning them, and in fact, even to other similar specifications.

The mark concerns also hardware security products for people and property contributing:

	to the evacuation of persons (E).
	to the compartmentalization in case of fire (C).
	or to both (E+C).

The concerned products are primarily:

	Class E Locking arrangements for emergency exits. Door and windows hinges. Controlled door closing device. Door coordinator device.
	Class E+C Emergency/Panic exit device. DAS Part XIV.

NF mark logo is affixed on each product (Punch mark, sticker) conforming to the below model.
Products awarded this mark are identified by the "NF" logo, followed by the letter "Q" and the pertinent class ("E","C","E+C").

For class C and E+C products, the mark enables the easy replacement of parts for fire resistant and FASTE doors (other quality mark for doors) which have obtained the NF certification.



A special hardware committee appointed by the Director of AFNOR and acting within the framework of the NF Mark General Rules, supervises the operations.

This committee ensures that the regulations are correctly applied. The committee forwards applications and proposes to the AFNOR the decisions regarding refusals or approvals regarding the right to use the NF mark. It organises all the inspections carried out in the market or in the factory.
Naturally, the admission to the mark, Would not under any circumstances replace the responsibility of the manufacturer arising from his legal obligations with the guarantee of the AFNOR certification and the special committee.

List of titleholders of this mark ( List July 2008 )

A Comfort class

B Evacuation class E

 
C Evacuation and compartmentalization class E+C

D Compartmentalization class C

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