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Flame Retardant Low Smoke Laboratory

Flame Retardant Low Smoke Laboratory

Electric cables are designed to carry power and communications for long distances and can act as pathway along which fire can travel and spread. In addition there are cable installations where large number of cables is installed vertically. These can act as an area of significant fire hazard because of the medium of high fuel loading represented by the insulating and sheathing materials. Fires involving these cables may cause the loss of life as well as damage to the facilities and equipment. In order to avoid such disasters the demand has arisen for improved flame-retardant cables to reduce not only flame propagation but also smoke and toxic emission.
Flame Retardant Low Smoke Laboratory

The Flame retardant low smoke cables laboratory carryout fire reaction tests on electric cables and all polymeric materials according to various national and International standards.


TESTING/EQUIPMENT FACILITY :-

Some of the important test facilities are

  • Cone Calorimeter
  • Toxicity chamber
  • NBS Smoke Box Chamber
  • 3 metre cube test chamber
  • Limiting Oxygen Index apparatus
  • HCl Emission apparatus
  • Fire Resistance test set-up

ACCREDITATIONS : -

The facility has been accredited for Flame Retardant Low Smoke testing as per ISO/IEC 17025 by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) Govt  of India.


TEST FACILITIES :-


S. No. Products/Apparatus Tests Conducted
01 Electric cables Heat release measurements using Cone Calorimeter
02 Cable sheath materials Toxicity Index test
03 FRP composite materials Limiting Oxygen Index(Ignition property of Plastics )
04 Cable trays Temperature Index (Temp withstand before ignition)
05 Channels HCL (Acid gas content in plastics)
06 Feeder pillar boxes Zero Halogen evaluation
07 Energy meter covers Smoke Density ( smoke evolved, and light transmission, visibility under fire)
08 Terminal blocks Fire resistance test (Circuit integrity under fire conditions)
9 Bushings Flammability Test (The property of propagating fire)
10 Supporting insulators  
11 PVC conduit pipes  
12 Flooring materials  
13 Fabrics/curtain  
14 Materials used in aerospace/navy  
15 Any other plastic material  
The lab will be augmented shortly for tests on Bunched cables.

FRLS TEST FACILITIES :-


S. No. Test Standard
01 (HRR) Heat Release Rate, Cumulative heat released,
Effective heat combustion, Time to ignition,
Mass loss rate, total mass loss, Smoke obscuration
CO/CO2 production rate
ISO 5660
ASTM 1354
02 Oxygen Index Test on Polymeric materials and cable sheaths ASTM D 2863-1997
NCD 1410
IS 10810(P-58)-1988
IS 13501-1992
03 Temperature Index Test on Polymeric materials and cable sheaths ASTM D 2863-1997
04 Halogen Acid Test on Polymeric materials and cable sheaths IEC 754(P-1)-1994
05 Flammability Test on Polymeric materials and cable sheaths UL 94-HB/VB-1980
ASTM  D 635-1998
IS 11731(P-1,2)-1986
IS 6746-1972
06 Flammability Test on cables IS 10810(P-61)-1988
UL 1581-1991
IEC 332(P-1)-1979
IS 10810(P-53)-1984
IEC 332(P-3)-1991
IS 10810(P-62)-1993
IEEE 383-1974
07 Smoke density test on Polymeric materials and cable sheaths ASTM D 2843-1999
08 Smoke density test (3 Metre cube) on cables IEC 1034-2 1991
IS 10810 (P-63)-1993
09 Specific Optical density(NBS smoke box) on Polymeric materials and cable sheaths ASTM E-662-1983
NCD 1411
10 Fire survival Test on cables IEC 331 1970

CLIENTELE :-

Facilities are extensively used by Industrial Clients like RDSO, ICF, Tyco Electronics, Lapp India, Reliance Engineers, Nicco Corporation, Whirlpool of India Ltd, BIS and other utilities and manufacturers. Clients from countries like Dubai, UAE, etc. are also widely using the test facilities.

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