Passive Fire Protection

TENMAT FIREFLY 109 PIPE AND VENT DUCT FIRE SLEEVES PASS THE MOST ONEROUS EUROPEAN FIRE TEST STANDARDS FOR 2 HOURS

The latest European Standard, EN1366-3, can require plastic pipes and ventilation ducting to be tested in the open / open or uncapped / uncapped scenario. This means that the fire test is undertaken with the pipe or duct fully open to the test furnace so that the fire can travel straight through the service and cause an almost instant failure if the fire seal does not react quickly.

At a time when other Fire Protection Manufacturers are complaining that this element to the standard is almost impossible to pass, TENMAT have completed yet another full scale test on a wide range of plastic pipes and ducts achieving a successful 120 minute result. The services were tested both uncapped / uncapped and uncapped / capped to cover a variety of site conditions including ventilated waste pipe systems.

The European Test Standards are to be the only available option for future testing and TENMAT can offer product to these most onerous standards today, again TENMAT lead the field in fire safety.

Please click here for more information on TENMAT Firefly 109 Pipe Sleeves and Vent Duct Sleeves.

by Christpher Thompson

Passive Fire Protection

TENMAT RAISES THE BAR FOR FIRE PROTECTION OF 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES

A mixture of very tight specification and competitive edge helped TENMAT to win both the fire protection contracts for all plastic pipe work and the ventilation ductwork across the athletes village.

Tight specification

The high profile nature of the Olympic fire protection contracts meant that this was always going to be a project which was won on technical merit.
Several fire tests with exactly the same wall constructions as used in the athletes village were arranged to demonstrate that the TENMAT pipe and duct sleeve products would outperform other more traditional products in the same applications.
Testing was also undertaken for ductwork subjected to the latest European standards which is significantly more onerous than the British standard due to the requirement of the ducts to be open into the test furnace, again the TENMAT products reigned supreme.

                     TENMAT Vent Duct Sleeve                  TENMAT Pipe Sleeve

Competitive edge

It was found that each TENMAT pipe or vent duct sleeve replaced two standard collar type products, as the TENMAT sleeves protect both sides of the wall with just one sleeve, and therefore the overall materials costs were found to be highly competitive.
The speed and ease of installing the TENMAT sleeves also met with enthusiasm from the installers which helped to both meet tight budget and completion targets.

by Christpher Thompson