Fire testing equipment is used in building & construction (B&C), transport (road and rail vehicles, ships, aircraft), electrical and electronic applications (E&E), furniture, and textile applications to determine and classify the fire performance properties of materials and products to testing methods laid down in standards and technical specifications. For plastics and textiles, reaction-to-fire tests are mainly used.
They are used for all applications and address the following fire safety parameters:
- non-combustibility
- ignitability
- flammability
- flame spread
- heat release
- smoke development
- toxicity of fire effluents
Specific examples of fire testing devices used in different applications are:
- non-combustibility test to ISO 1182 (B&C, Transport)
- ignitability test to open flame EN ISO 11925-2 (B&C, transport), to glow wire IEC 60695-2-12 (E&E)
- flammability test to ISO 3795 (road vehicles), to UL 94 (E&E)
- flame spread test to ASTM E 84 (B&C), to ISO 5658 (railways, ships)
- heat release test to ISO 5660 (railways, ships)
- smoke density test to ISO 5659 (railways, ships)
- toxicity of fire effluents test to NF X 70-100 (railways)
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