iMist helps FPA laboratory acquire UKAS accreditation and undertakes testing into further system purposes

iMist, one of many UK’s foremost suppliers of high-pressure water-mist fire-suppression systems, has labored with leading business physique the Fire Protection Association (FPA), to help it acquire UKAS accreditation for considered one of its fire-testing laboratory services – becoming the primary and solely check facility within the UK to hold this accreditation.
The fast-growing Hull-headquartered enterprise, which has developed its personal range of high-pressure water-mist fire-suppression systems, assisted the FPA in gaining UKAS accreditation for its BS8458: 2015 Annex C fireplace testing in Blockley, Gloucestershire, which is doubtless certainly one of the most complete fire take a look at and research operations within the UK. IMist supplied the FPA with its proprietary pumps, pipework, hoses, clips and nozzles as properly as the help of iMist’s experienced staff.
The UKAS accreditation of the FPA’s BS 8458 Annex C fire testing marks another important milestone in the development of water-mist techniques in the UK.
หลักการทำงานของเกจ์วัดแก๊ส , operations director of iMist, feedback: ‘For over seventy five years, the FPA has been on the forefront of fire safety and we’re proud to have assisted them in achieving this respected third-party accreditation. It is an extra demonstration of the growing significance of high-pressure water-mist systems in tackling the present challenges facing the fire-suppression sector. Not solely do they use significantly less water than conventional sprinkler techniques, they are also easier and quicker to install and, thereby, less expensive.’
As part of its ongoing R&D product testing programme, iMist has additionally undertaken a sequence of live fireplace testing at the FPA’s UKAS accredited laboratory, which has elevated the system’s purposes, demonstrating that along with being installed within the cavity above the ceiling, the iMist system pipework can safely and successfully be put in below a plasterboard ceiling.
For the live hearth exams, the iMist nozzle was fed by both versatile and strong pipework running beneath a standard plasterboard ceiling. In each of the checks, the fuel load was ignited and the warmth from the fire brought on the bulb in the nozzle to burst, which activated the iMist high-pressure water-mist system, discharging the fine water-mist particles at high strain for half-hour. During this time, the temperatures at predetermined heights in the check cell had been measured by thermocouples. At no point throughout any of the tests have been any of the Annex C temperature limits breached and all of the fires were efficiently suppressed.
Timothy Andrews, iMist enterprise growth director, added: ‘While hearth system pipework is usually put in within the cavity above a ceiling, in some properties, significantly in older tower blocks, there are frequent points across the possible break-up of asbestos hidden in ceiling supplies. Our newest indicative tests present that the housing business can now discover one other much less disruptive and highly efficient possibility by installing a water-mist system under the present ceiling. Given the rising must retrospectively fit fire-suppression systems so as to meet the latest regulatory necessities and produce older housing inventory up to present standards, this is great news for both landlords and builders.’
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