Structural fire protection

As a recognised and notified testing, monitoring and certification body for building products in line with the State Building Regulations LBO and the EU Construction Products Regulation, we will test the fire performance of your building products with regard to non-inflammability, low inflammability and normal inflammability according to DIN 4102-1. We also classify your building products in line with the fire performance classes of DIN EN 13501-1. To do so, we determine the heat value and examine non-combustibility, heat and smoke formation, as well as flammability in direct contact with flames, for example. We also examine your roofs concerning their resistance against flying sparks and radiant heat and classify them according to DIN EN 13501-5.

In the area of external monitoring for Ü and CE labelling, we take care of monitoring and certification of building products and in-house production control on your behalf.

We conduct fire resistance tests on a wide variety of building elements, such as ceilings, walls, fire-resistant cladding, glazing, and building products like fire barriers and fire-rated closures, in accordance with German and European standards. We support you with testing requirements, approval procedures, and expert evaluations as early as the product development stage.

A particular focus is on testing loaded structural elements such as floors, columns, and walls. For this purpose, we have test rigs compliant with standards for 3x3m walls and 3x4m floor structures. In addition, we have the capability to test 5x5m walls and 5m-high columns with loads of up to 5MN. A test rig for beams and slabs with a span of approximately 10 m and an additional mechanical load of up to 10 MN rounds out the testing portfolio.

We offer fire tests and special tests to determine the fire resistance and fire behavior of building products and structures in their original installed condition – including facades, external insulation composite systems, noise barriers, rail vehicles, and container structures, even in multi-story configurations.

A particular focus of our work is the testing of highly stressed tunnel components under realistic fire conditions. For this purpose, various loading frames are available for uniaxial and multiaxial mechanical loading of up to 5.5 MN per loading direction, and all relevant temperature-time curves—such as ETK, HC, RWS, as well as ZTV-ING and EBA for building and infrastructure structures – can be simulated.