IGA - Certification body

of gas and electrical products/services

PRODUCTS GN - GLP

APPLIANCES

Within this product category, the IGA certifies:

  • Stoves, ranges and ovens
  • Instantaneous water heaters (water heaters)
  • Storage water heaters (water heaters)
  • Open chamber heaters or TB/TBU heaters (infrared, catalytic, etc.)
  • Absorption refrigerators
  • Direct and indirect flame central heating equipment
  • Absorption refrigeration equipment
  • Dryers
  • Floor-standing or wall-mounted boilers, for central and individual heating
  • Water heaters for swimming pools
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For this purpose, it has its own laboratories, equipped to carry out tests of combustion, combustion efficiency, external and contact temperatures, wind resistance (with a generating unit of more than 100 km/h), aging, structural tests, airtightness, gas chromatography and pollutant tests (in a sealed room), among others.

ACCESORIES

Within this product category, the IGA certifies:

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  • Accessories for home installations: piping, fittings, low and medium pressure valves, pressure regulators pressure, pressure regulators, gas meters, door-frame assembly for cabinets, ventilation grilles, ventilation ducts, stainless steel flexible connections, sealant pastes, etc. sealants, etc..
  • Accessories for gas equipment and appliances: valves, safety devices, valves, multiple control valves, thermostats, pressure regulators valves, multiple control valves, thermostats, pressure regulators, thermostatic anodes, etc.

For this purpose, the Accessories laboratory is equipped with regulator test benches, cathodic debonding test bench, coating thickness gauges, roughness testers, salt spray chamber, cold chamber, impactors and cyclers, among others.

PLASTIC PIPES

Within this product category, the IGA certifies:

  • Accessories for distribution networks and internal home installations: polyethylene pipes up to 10 bar, resins, hot melt and electrofusion fittings, block valves, transitions, metal fittings, tapes, heat shrinkable blankets, two-layer and three-layer coatings, etc. three-layer coatings, etc.
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The certified elements are subjected to short and long term pressure tests, extreme temperatures, tightness tests, tensile tests, fusion behavior, impact tests, aging, cathodic debonding tests of coatings, density and adhesion measurements, among others.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

  • Send an email to the IGA mentioning the product/service, technical specifications, application standard, photos and any other extra information. So that we can corroborate if you can proceed with certification and determine which certification scheme is applicable to you.

  • Duration and maintenance of the certification: those established in Res. ENARGAS 56/2019 or the one that may modify or replace it in the future.


ENARGAS Resolutions and NAG Standards: https://www.enargas.gob.ar/secciones/normativa/normas-tecnicas.php

IGA Model Forms and Notes: https://sites.google.com/iga.com.ar/doc-online/formularios-y-notas


Renewal

Send an email to the IGA, well in advance, mentioning all the license plates (or makes and models) you wish to renew (include the IGA Model Note "NG-LPG Product Renewal Note"). The requirements for this procedure will depend on the results during the maintenance of the certification.

Modification

Send an email to the IGA, with sufficient notice, specifying the changes to be made, so that we can determine the documentation and/or tests that are required to include the modification in the certification. certification.