50W And 500W Horizontal And Vertical Flammability Testing Equipment

Standard:

IEC60695-11-3 ‘Fire hazard testing – Part 11-3: Test flames – 500 W flames – Apparatus and confirmational test Methods’;

IEC60695-11-4 ‘Fire hazard testing – Part 11-4: Test flames – 50 W flames – Apparatus and confirmational test Methods’;

IEC60695-11-10 ‘Fire hazard testing – Part 11-10: Test flames – 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods’;

IEC60695-11-20 ‘Fire hazard testing – Part 11-20: Test flames – 500W flame test method’.

Application:

This horizontal and vertical flame test apparatus is intended to compare the burning behaviour of different materials used in electrotechnical products when vertically or horizontally oriented test bar specimens are exposed to a small flame ignition source with a nominal thermal power of 50 W and 500 W.

Test items:

50W Horizontal burning test;

50W Vertical burning test;

500W Horizontal burning test;

500W Vertical burning test. Flammability Testing Equipment

Horizontal burning test is intended to determine the linear burning rate of materials under specific test conditions. Vertical burning test is intended to determine whether materials self-extinguish under specific test conditions.

Fire tests made on a material under the conditions specified can be of considerable value when comparing the relative burning behaviour of different materials, controlling manufacturing processes or assessing any change in burning characteristics. The results obtained from these fire test methods are dependent on the shape and orientation of the test specimen, on the environment surrounding the test specimen, and on the conditions of ignition.

The significant feature of these fire test methods is the arrangement of the test specimens in either a horizontal or a vertical position. These testing arrangements make it possible to distinguish between different classes of material flammability.

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