Fire resistance

Accredited laboratory for more than 40 years, Efectis testing facilities are top of the line in technical excellence. Our laboratories are equipped to respond effectively to any testing requests, from the simplest to the most complex tests. Efectis has:
• More than 60 years of experience
• 4 fire laboratories:
• Maizières-lès-Metz, France
• Les Avenières, France
• Bleiswijk, The Netherlands
• Gebze, Turkey
• 1 jet-fire installation for Oil & Gas testing
• 2 facade testing facilities
• 1 loading frame (400T)
• More than 10,000 tests performed since its creation
• More than 700 fire resistance tests performed per year
• Classification standard tests (Cellulosic curve (ISOR834) – RWS – Hydrocarbon (HC) – Hydrocarbon Modified Curve (HCM) – JetFire (JF)) as well as research and ad-hoc tests
• 10 fire resistance furnaces, including a furnace of more than 250 m3
• Tests performed according to European and international standards (EN, DIN, ISO, IMO, BS, NFPA, ASTM, UL, FM)
Efectis is accredited for the fire tests activity as per EN 17025
The products and building elements whose fire behavior is tested in our laboratories include:
• The partitioning elements: partitions, doors and locks, glass elements, ship partitions and other transport systems,
• The smoke exhaust elements and system: valves, shutters, ducts, fans, smoke barriers, MCV, outfalls and SHEV,
• The structural elements: beams, columns, walls, and their products for their protection,
• The service elements: penetration seals, linear joints, cable trays, cables,
• The external resistance tests for fire roofs and facades.