iMist, one of many UK’s foremost suppliers of high-pressure water-mist fire-suppression systems, has worked with leading industry body the Fire Protection Association (FPA), to assist it achieve UKAS accreditation for one of its fire-testing laboratory amenities – changing into the primary and solely take a look at facility in the UK to hold this accreditation.
The fast-growing Hull-headquartered business, which has developed its own range of high-pressure water-mist fire-suppression systems, assisted the FPA in gaining UKAS accreditation for its BS8458: 2015 Annex C fire testing in Blockley, Gloucestershire, which is considered one of the most complete hearth test and research operations within the UK. IMist offered the FPA with its proprietary pumps, pipework, hoses, clips and nozzles in addition to the help of iMist’s skilled group.
The UKAS accreditation of the FPA’s BS 8458 Annex C hearth testing marks another necessary milestone in the growth of water-mist systems within the UK.
Alex Pollard, operations director of iMist, comments: ‘For over seventy five years, the FPA has been at the forefront of fireside safety and we’re proud to have assisted them in achieving this revered third-party accreditation. It is an extra demonstration of the growing importance of high-pressure water-mist techniques in tackling the current challenges going through the fire-suppression sector. Not solely do they use considerably less water than traditional sprinkler techniques, they’re also simpler and faster to install and, thereby, more value effective.’
As เกวัดแรงดัน of its ongoing R&D product testing programme, iMist has additionally undertaken a collection of reside fire testing on the FPA’s UKAS accredited laboratory, which has increased the system’s purposes, demonstrating that along with being put in within the cavity above the ceiling, the iMist system pipework can safely and effectively be put in below a plasterboard ceiling.
For the live fireplace tests, the iMist nozzle was fed by each versatile and strong pipework running beneath a standard plasterboard ceiling. In each of the exams, the gasoline load was ignited and the heat from the hearth triggered the bulb within the nozzle to burst, which activated the iMist high-pressure water-mist system, discharging the fine water-mist particles at excessive stress for 30 minutes. During this time, the temperatures at predetermined heights within the check cell were measured by thermocouples. At no point throughout any of the tests had been any of the Annex C temperature limits breached and the entire fires have been efficiently suppressed.
Timothy Andrews, iMist enterprise development director, added: ‘While fireplace system pipework is often installed in the cavity above a ceiling, in some properties, significantly in older tower blocks, there are frequent points across the possible break-up of asbestos hidden in ceiling materials. Our newest indicative checks present that the housing industry can now discover another less disruptive and extremely effective possibility by putting in a water-mist system under the existing ceiling. Given the rising must retrospectively fit fire-suppression techniques so as to meet the latest regulatory requirements and produce older housing stock up to present requirements, this is great news for both landlords and developers.’
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