Top 10 Building Material Combustion Performance Testing Equipment

In the fields of building safety and fire protection, assessing the performance of building materials under fire conditions is crucial. From evaluating smoke density and flammability to determining calorific value and non-combustibility, a comprehensive range of testing instruments has been developed to ensure building materials meet stringent safety standards. This article delves into a range of testing equipment specifically designed to detect various aspects of the fire behavior of building materials, providing important reference information for architects, engineers, and safety regulators.

1, Building Material Smoke Density Tester

Mainly used for building materials and their products when the static smoke generated by the determination of smoke, is the test of textile materials, solid material burning smoke production of special equipment.

Standards Compliant:

GB / T 8627. ASTM D2843

The Main Purpose:

Mainly used for building materials and their products when the static smoke generated by the determination of smoke, is the test of textile materials, solid material burning smoke production of special equipment.

Main Feature:

1. automatic timing, automatic ignition, automatic smoke; luminous flux can be automatically corrected;

2. equipped with a strong fan, after the test, the exhaust can be discharged outdoors;

3. computer control, with a set of light transmission measurement software can be output curve report, the data automatically saved and can be printer.

2, Building Material Flammability Test Furnace

Touch screen control building materials flammability test furnace adopts stainless steel box, is in the old JCK-2 products based on the new touch screen control sample controlled automatic lifting, Bunsen lamp can adjust the function of the upgrade product, is strictly in accordance with the national standard GB8626-2007 and the production of high configuration building materials combustion grade test instrument.

Building materials flammability test furnace is in the normal combustion environment, with a small flame directly impact vertically placed samples to determine the flammability of building products Building materials flammability test furnace using the German KLEINBRENNER(Kleinbrenner) principle, in the vertical direction of the small flame direct impact, It is used to determine the combustion performance of Class B building materials (that is, it is used to determine the combustion performance of building materials/flame retardant grade B)

Meet the standard:

IS011925-2:2002E "Test Method for Flammability of Building Materials"

GB/T8626-2007 "Combustibility test Method for Building Materials"

3, Building material products single combustion tester

Meet the standard:

Comply with GB/T 20284 standard requirements "Building materials or products of the single combustion test"

EN13823 "Monomer Combustion Test Method (SBI)".

Main features:

1. Single combustion test equipment for building materials or products includes combustion test room, control room, trolley, smoke exhaust pipe, data collection and analysis device, gas supply control device,

2. the core parts of the whole machine are imported components: such as carbon dioxide, oxygen analysis instruments, etc.

3. the operation interface style and the performance of all parties is equivalent to the British FTT, some performance is better than it,

4. Convenient and fast maintenance, the replacement of spare parts in the later period is less than 50%——70% than FTT, and there will be no maintenance problems.

5. Adopt imported integrated control cabinet

4, Building material combustion calorific value calorimeter

Building material combustion calorific value calorimeter Mainly used for the detection of stone, wood, concrete, evenly dispersed mineral wool and polymers and other building materials, the determination of calorific value of fuels, used in building research and technical supervision and other departments.

Standards compliant:

GB / T 14402-2007 "Combustion properties of building materials and articles - Determination of combustion calorific value"

Building materials burning calorific value tester / building materials burning calorific value detector

Main features:

1. This equipment is in the same kind of pre-product developed on the basis of a new type of analytical instruments;

2. Using high-end single-chip, large-screen LCD screen, the entire Chinese user interface;

3. Has a high precision measurement, small size, easy operation, automatic ignition, automatic water, water, mixing, calculation, printing and other characteristics;

4. It is one of the test methods to evaluate whether the combustion performance meets Grade A composite (sandwich) materials is used to determine the total calorific value and the net calorific value.

5, Building material combustion calorific value calorimeter Test principle:

Under standard conditions, a specific mass of the sample is placed in a constant volume of oxygen and nitrogen calorimeter, the test sample combustion calorific value of the equipment, under standard conditions, the test to test the temperature based on the consideration of all heat Loss, and latent heat of vaporization, calculate the combustion calorific value of the sample.

6, Thermal Radiation Flooring Combustion Tester

Product Standards

ISO 9239 - 1: Reaction to fire tests for floor coverings - Part 1: Determination of the burning behaviour of floor coverings using a radiant heat source.

ISO 9239 - 2: Reaction to fire tests for floor coverings - Part 2: Determination of flame spread under a heat flux of 25 kW/m².

ASTM E 648: Standard test method for critical radiant flux of floor covering systems using a radiant heat energy source.

ASTM E 970: Standard test method for critical radiant flux of attic floor insulation using a radiant heat energy source.

NFPA 253: Standard test method for critical radiant flux of side wall covering systems using a radiant heat energy source (National Fire Protection Association Code, Vol. 6).

GB/T 11785 - 2005; GB 8624: 2012

7, Building Materials Combustibility Test Chamber

Building materials fire resistance test is a very important and professional test in safety engineering . The national standard, GB/T8626-2007. specifies the conditions under which building materials are combustible as well as the combustibility of combustible building materials.

Building material combustibility test chamber is R&D and developed according to GB/T8626 and ISO11925. suitable for the determination of  the combustibility of building materials by using small flame to directly contact the vertically placed specimen in the absence of additional radiation conditions. It applies to the latest version of GB8624-2014. combustion test for building materials’ fireproofing classification, and it is able to test grade A, B1.B2.etc.

Standards

EN ISO 11925-2 Reaction to fire tests--Ignitability of building products subjected to direct impingement of flame — Part 2: Single-flame source test

DIN 53438 Testing of combustible materials - response to ignition by a small flame- edge ignition

DIN 4102-1 Fire behavior of building materials and elements-classification of building materials-requirements and testing

GB/T 8626 Test method of flammability for building materials.

8, Building Materials Non-combustibility Tester

Building materials non-combustibility tester is designed to test the combustibility of main components in homogeneous and nonhomogeneous building products under specific conditions. This instrument belongs to the grading testing equipment of building combustion performance. The tester in the furnace temperature (750 + 5 )℃, uses modular temperature controller to measure precise test results, and then decides the grade of the sample according to the grade A (homogeneous materials) specified in “GB/T 8624-2012 Classification of  combustion performance of building materials and products”.

Standards

GB/T 5464-2010 Classification of  combustion performance of building materials and products.

9, Thermal Insulation Rock Wool Thermal Load Tester

This equipment determines the temperature at which rock wool insulation shrinks under a specified load when heated at a controlled rate, crucial for assessing its performance in thermal insulation applications.

10, Building Material Smoke Toxicity Tester

Building Material Smoke Toxicity Test Equipment plays a critical role in assessing the safety of construction materials. In the event of a fire, smoke and the toxic gases it carries pose a significant threat to human life. Smoke can cause disorientation, incapacitation, and even death due to the inhalation of harmful substances. The purpose of smoke toxicity testing is to predict and confirm the lethal toxic potency of smoke produced when materials are exposed to specific fire conditions, aiding in fire hazard analysis.