Fire Resistance Testing-

As we are the 1st and only laboratory in the entire East Coast, we proudly present to you fire resistance testing.  Please contact our client services department today for more information or to schedule testing.

We pride ourselves as being able to deliver with the demand, so we have created a one-stop shop for all of your testing requirements. 

Our vertical Full scale test furnace can accommodate samples up to 10 feet high by 10 feet wide and is fueled by natural gas that reaches temperatures up to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit. This is well beyond any temperature/time curve of the standard you are trying to satisfy.

FTL's furnace is capable and flexible to perform at neutral, positive or negative pressures.  This is capable by precision controlled dampeners and the ability to control all burners for heat control.  This is also accompanied with the help of Inswool® lining. 

Historically, furnaces lined with bricks hold the heat and, in turn, is difficult to precisely control the fluxes of temperatures within the furnace.  This also greatly increases the time between tests.  With our furnace lining using Inswool® Ceramic Fiber modules, we are able to fully control the heat within the furnace with accuracy and precision.  This also allows us to have little to no wait time before another sample can be tested within the furnace. 

All heat measurements, inside the furnace and out the cold side of the sample, are compiled by state-of-the-art automatic calibrated data acquisition using numerous thermopiles and couplers.  This in return is passed to the computer that will output a digital graph and then archive all test data for historical use and storage.

Once your fire resistance test is completed, and since your sample will be installed in a portable test frame wall, it will quickly be relocated to the hose stream test location for the final stage.

So, let's get started!  Contact Us today to schedule your product or to test drive our facility with a guided tour.