Standards & Accreditations
What we hold ourselves to:
ISO 9001
ISO 9001 sets out the criteria for a quality management system and is the only standard in the family that can be certified to (although this is not a requirement). It can be used by any organisation, large or small, regardless of its field of activity. Over one million companies and organisations in over 170 countries are certified to ISO 9001.
This standard is based on several quality management principles, including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach and continual improvement. Using ISO 9001 helps ensure that customers get consistent, good-quality products and services, bringing many business benefits.
ISO 14001
ISO 14001 specifies the requirements for an environmental management system that an organisation can use to enhance its environmental performance.
ISO 14001 is intended for use by an organisation seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities systematically, which contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability.
ISO 14001 helps an organisation achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provide value for the environment, the organisation itself and interested parties. The intended results of an environmental management system are consistent with the organisation's environmental policy.
RISQS is run by the industry, for the industry – so you can be sure that we have the best interests of rail buyers and suppliers in mind.
They have over 90 members, including Network Rail and Transport for London.
They help them do business confidently – by finding suitable suppliers, with the right capabilities, at the right time.
They also have more than 4,000 supplier members to help them demonstrate their capabilities and give them visibility.
What we test for:
ISO 16890
Established in 2016, ISO 16890 was brought into effect for the efficient classification system of air filters in general ventilation based on the amount of particle matter (PM) present. It also provides an overview of the procedures involved when putting the filters through tests and specifies the general requirements for assessing and marking the filters and documenting the test results.
ISO 16890 in all parts refers to particulate air filter elements for general ventilation having a PM1 rating of less than or equal to 99% when tested.
However, filters used in portable room cleaners are excluded from the scope of this section of ISO 16890.
ISO 5011
This document is used for the air filers and cleaners alongside the internal combustion engine and compressors used in automotive and industrial applications. This document establishes and specifies uniform test procedures, conditions, equipment and a performance report to permit the direct laboratory performance comparison of all the air cleaners.
The performance characteristics at the most basic level of most significant interest are airflow restriction, collection efficiency, dust differential pressure, dust capacity and oil carry-over on oil bath air cleaners.
EN779
This classification used in Europe today came into place in November of 2011; before this change, the last update was back in 2002. This is to classify the efficiency and effectiveness of a coarse or fine filter used in the ventilation of buildings over the span of their life.
The newer standard introduced a minimum efficiency for Fine filters at higher grades (F7-F9); this was to get the air filter market to offer improved levels of filtration efficiency at these higher grades and to improve the overall quality of air being provided by the filters.
ISO 10121
ISO 10121-1:2014 aims to provide an objective laboratory test method, a suggested apparatus, normative test sections and normative tests for evaluation of three different solid gas-phase air cleaning media (GPACM) or GPACM configurations for use in gas-phase air cleaning devices intended for general filtration applications.
ISO 10121-1:2014 is specifically intended for challenge testing and not for general material evaluation or pore system characterization. The three different types of GPACM identified in ISO 10121-1:2014 are GPACM-LF (particles of different shape and size intended for e.g. Loose Fill applications), GPACM-FL (FLat sheet fabric intended for e.g. flat one layer, pleated or bag type devices) and GPACM-TS (three dimensional structures that are many times thicker than flat sheet and e.g. used as finished elements in a device). The tests are conducted in an air stream and the GPACM configurations are challenged with test gases under steady-state conditions. Since elevated gas challenge concentrations (relative to general ventilation applications) are used, test data should be used to compare GPACM within the same configuration and not for the purpose of predicting performance in a real situation.
ASHRAE 52.2
This standard describes a method of laboratory testing to measure the performance of general ventilation air-cleaning devices.
The testing method measures the performance of air cleaning devices in removing particles of specific diameters as the devices become loaded by standardised loading dust fed at intervals to simulate the accumulation of particles during service life. The standard defines procedures for generating the aerosols required for conducting the test. The standard also provides a method for counting airborne particles of 0.30 to 10 μm in diameter upstream and downstream of the air-cleaning device to calculate removal efficiency by particle size.
This standard establishes a test procedure for evaluating the performance of air-cleaning devices as a function of particle size.