Fire Testing & Engineering @ CRM Group
Fire hazards are a major concern for the construction industry, but also for many other sectors, not least because of the material, environmental and economic damage they can cause, but above all because of the danger they represent for human lives.
The continuous emergence of new technologies over the last few years has constantly changed the nature and importance of these risks, requiring manufacturers to continually adapt and develop new, safer and more effective solutions in terms of fire behaviour.
With this in mind, CRM Group is here to help you meet these new challenges!
An expertise under constant development
With many years’ experience in the field of fire protection in buildings – reaction to fire and fire resistance of construction products and building elements – CRM Group has also recently developed new skills in external fire exposure to roofs tests, as well as expertise in the study of the collapse of structures subjected to fire. CRM Group also uses its knowledge to support customers in carrying out large-scale certification tests in external laboratories in Belgium and abroad.
In addition to these construction-related topics, CRM Group is also active in a number of other areas, such as fire testing of valves, and analysis of high-temperature behaviour of materials. CRM Group can also study the development of specific test benches on request.
Test facilities, tools and applications
- Full equipment for determination of reaction to fire: single-flame source (ISO 17025 accreditation), SBI and bomb calorimeter (orientation tests)
- Small-scale gas furnace (ca. 0,8 x 0,8 x 0,8 m) for fire resistance testing (orientation tests) according to ISO 834 heating curve (or other on request): vertical wall (e.g. sandwich panels, gypsum boards), column or beam section
- Mid-scale gas furnace (ca. 1,5 x 1,5 x 1,5 m) for fire testing of pressurized valves (max. 2 t) up to 500 bar (ISO 17025 accreditation)
- Adjustable test bench for external fire exposure to roofs tests: Broof(t1) (full-scale orientation tests) and Broof(t3)-like (reduced scale exploratory tests), e.g. roof panels equipped with PV modules
- Electrical furnace (ca. 0,5 x 0,5 x 0,5 m) for high-temperature behaviour of materials analysis
- Numerical simulation software for the study of fire spread, the calculation of temperature distributions and estimating the mode of rupture of structures, e.g. self-supporting warehouses
