Fire

Ensuring that products and systems operate as designed when exposed to fire conditions is a vital component in the success of your product. Fire and flammability testing is required in a wide variety of industries, including Aerospace, Defense, Telecommunications, and Commercial Products. Included below is a sampling of the various standards which NTS can perform to test your product.

Testing typically falls into two categories: 1) ignition and flame spread, and 2) fire resistance.

Ignition and Flame Spread

This type of testing is used to determine the impact of a direct flame on operating or non-operating equipment. Devices tested can range from fuel or hydraulic lines, pumps or actuators for aircraft engines, to telecommunications central office network equipment. Often the test is combined with additional factors, including vibration, pressure, flow, and temperature variations, depending on the specification and your requirements.

Fire Resistance

Fire resistance testing simulates the effects of a real fire. It measures the ability of items to continue to function and not burn in a fire environment. The flammability characteristics of materials exposed to controlled external flame is measured. The flammability of the material is determined by the amount of time required for a the object under test to self-extinguish after removal of the flame, that the part does not support burning, that exposure to a flame does not result in an explosive-type fire, or that spreading of surface burning is deterred.

Standards

Flammability testing is specified in the following standards, all of which NTS can test to: MIL-PRF-27, MIL-T-27, MIL-STD-202, MIL-STD-2036,MIL-T-7928, MIL-C-15024, MIL-W-16878, MIL-F-18327, MIL-T-21200, MIL-T-21609, MIL-P-21929, MIL-P-24041, SAE AS-1055, SAE J1527, SAE-J1942, API-STD-607, TR-NWT-000063, TA-NWT-000487 GR-487-CORE, ASTM E84-70, ASTM F1387-99, ASTM/ANSI D2863-77, ASTM E84-70, ASTM A-582-88

Fire resistance testing is specified in the following standards, all of which NTS can test to: MIL-STD-7872, MIL-STD-25038, API-607, API SPECIFICATION 16, SAE-J-1527,SAE-J-1942, ISO/FDIS-15540.

Contact NTS today to find out how to get your product tested!

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