What is the difference between a classification report and a test report?

Test report of fire resistant products are fairly specialised and elaborate. This makes it not evident for the non-specialitsts to read them with a critical and competent eye. Therefore Europe has worked out a uniform structure: the classification report.

The classification report informs on the quality of the fire resistant passage through a wall. The laboratories also mutually agreed to draw up the report of fire resistance testing uniformally. Moreover, the classification report is only drawn up when the tests have been successful. This in contrast with the test reports. They are only a factual report of the performed tests, without showing conclusions about the result.

In short, the classification report is a much more legible document than the test reports which often include more than 50 pages. Rf-Technologies aims at European classification documents for all its products.