TESTING LABORATORY

LAB EQUIPMENT

Fire Rated Fully Glazed Fire Door Test

WALL FURNACE

  • 3m x 3m Vertical wall type furnace
  • LPG Gas fuel for clean and efficient fire
  • Programmable time-temperature controllers
  • Auto fuel control and fuel-to-air ratio control
  • Multi-channel data logging scanner systems

FLOOR FURNACE

  • 3m x 3m x 2m Cubical furnace
  • 3m x 2m x 2m Ageing Oven
  • 2m x 2m x 2m Pit for Water Immersion Test
  • Vibration Testing Equipment
Fire Stop Mortar Test

TESTING STANDARDS

  • ASTM E119
  • ASTM E814
  • UL 1479
  • UL 10A, 10B, 10C
  • IS 12458, IS 3614 Part 2, IS 3809, ISO 834-1
  • BS 476 Parts 20 & 22
  • UL 555

THE LAB

Signum has a state of the art Testing Laboratory constructed as per National and International Standards to test the entire range of Passive Fire Protection systems, including Fire Doors, Fire Rated Door Hardware/ Iron Mongery, Sliding Doors, Rolling Shutters, Fire barriers, Fire Retardant Coatings, glass partitions, dampers or similar systems. The specimen can be installed in appropriate framework and placed on the open side of the fire testing furnace.

The Vertical wall type furnace is used to test partitions, hinged/sliding/rolling doors, dampers and similar specimens while the Cubical furnace is used for horizontal or vertical arrangements of specimens such as fire barriers in wall openings or floor openings, hatch doors, structural steel coatings and similar systems

The temperature in the furnace is controlled by completely automatic systems to accurately follow the given time-temperature curve as per various standards.

Both furnaces are controlled using state of the art programmable time-temperature controllers as well as auto fuel control and fuel-to-air ratio control to follow set program. Instruments include multi-channel data logging scanner systems with synchronization of controllers of all zones in the furnace for uniformity.

NABL Certified Fire Doors IS 3614 and UL10C

NABL ACCREDITED

NABL ACCREDITED

THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE

cpri approved

CPRI THIRD PARTY WITNESS

The SIGNUM FIRE RESEARCH LABORATORY is NABL Accredited to conduct tests on a variety of products under many relevant standards.

We have a tie-up with an independent third party witnessing agency Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), which is a society under Central Government of India, Ministry of Power whose Thermal Research Center is authorized to conduct such tests, in case third-party witnessing is required by client.

We offer completely independent testing, with witnesses as per choice – architects, end-clients, QA/QC representatives of Government agencies etc. The Fire Testing Laboratory is operated independantly of the SIGNUM manufacturing business, but shares the same premises. We actively conduct tests for all other manufacturers of passive fire protection products including doors, door hardware/ iron mongery, seals/ gaskets, glazing and dampers.

DELIVERABLES - A COMPLETE TEST REPORT

A complete Test Report consists of all of the following

  1. NABL Logo and Lab Certificate Number
  2. Testing Standards Referred
  3. Passing Criterion as per testing standards
  4. Real-time furnace time-temperature table
  5. Time-temperature table for unexposed side of specimen
  6. Detailed drawing of specimen placement, placement of burners and thermocouples in and around the furnace
  7. Callibration certificates for all thermocouples used in the test from NABL certified third-party labs
  8. Callibration cerficates for all temperature loggers/ scanners used in the test from NABL certified third-party labs

For more information on testing your products at Signum Fire Testing Laboratory, please contact our team.