EN45545-2 is the European standard pertaining to fire protection on railway applications, specifically the requirements for fire behaviour of materials and components. In the event of a train or station fire, low smoke density can be of vital importance in order to allow passengers and staff to escape and be rescued quickly and safely.

For this reason, the EN45545-2 defines tighter requirements for the fire behaviour of materials and components. The fire protection standard came into force in August 2013 but during a transition period it was applied alongside the national standards (such as BS 6853, DIN 5510, NF F-16101). In March 2016 the coexistence period with the national standards expired and EN45545-2 is mandated by European law.

To achieve the highest possible level of safety in trains the materials and components must meet strict fire protection requirements under EN45545. Depending on where they are used, materials are assigned to the categories R1 to R26 (R = Requirement Set). The various operating and design classes provide the basis for the hazard levels (HLs) which in turn define the requirements of the classification system. There are a total of three hazard levels (HL1 to HL3). HL3 is the highest level and thus makes the highest demands of the materials used.

As electronic products consist of more and more complex PCBs, the identification and tracking of the products becomes very important during the manufacturing process.

A PCB with a unique identifier not only increases the efficiency of your production, it also gives the ability to link up with any online resources if necessary.

As such, the traditional way of using a single batch number (e.g. year and week number of the manufacturing date) may no longer be sufficient for some of your unique products.

Hence, as of the start of 2020, we have introduced the ability to print sequentially and individually numbered codes on each PCB (e.g. QR Code).

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