Health & Safety

This Part of EN 1364 specifies a method for determining the fire resistance of non-loadbearing walls.

This standard is used in conjunction with EN 1363-1.

It is applicable to internal non-loadbearing walls with and without glazing, non-loadbearing walls consisting almost wholly of glazing, (glazed non-loadbearing walls) and other non-loadbearing internal and external non-loadbearing walls with and without glazing.

The fire resistance of external non-loadbearing walls can be determined under internal or external exposure conditions. In the latter case the external fire exposure curve given in EN 1363-2 is used.

It is not applicable to:

i) curtain walls (external non-loadbearing walls suspended in front of the floor slab), unless explicitly permitted under EN 1364-3 which shall contain details of the methodology to be used.

ii) non-loadbearing walls containing door assemblies which shall be tested to EN 1634-1.

Specific requirements relating to the testing of glazing are given in annex A.

This part of ISO 13856 establishes general principles and specifies requirements for the design and testing of pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive bars used as safeguards and not as actuating devices for normal operation. It is applicable to pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive bars, with or without an external reset facility, used to detect persons or body parts of them which can be exposed to a hazard such as moving parts.

This part of ISO 13856 is primarily aimed at safety and reliability rather than suitability. For the relationship between safety and reliability see ISO 13849-1:2006, 4.2.

This document is restricted to the functioning of pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive bars and does not specify the requirements for their application (e.g. dimensions with regard to a particular application). However, Clause 6 contains requirements for the information for use to be provided by the manufacturer.

This part of ISO 13856 does not apply to stopping devices according to IEC 60204-1 used only for normal operation, including emergency stopping, of machinery.

Additional requirements can be necessary, where pressure-sensitive edges or pressure-sensitive bars are used in locations accessible to elderly or disabled people or children.

NOTE          Possibly not all tests given in this part of ISO 13856 for pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive bars can be carried out when they have been designed and built into the machinery by its manufacturer. In this case the tests should be carried out before the pressure‑sensitive protective device is implemented in the machinery.

This European standard provides guidance and, where appropriate, defines procedures for variations of certain parameters and factors associated with the design of curtain walls according to EN 13830 which have been tested in accordance with EN 1364-3 and classified according to EN 13501-2 (curtain wall type B according to 3.2), components of curtain walls type A or type B according to 3.1 and 3.2, e.g. spandrel panels, which have been tested in accordance with EN 1364-4, and classified according to EN 13501-2.

This Part of this European Standard specifies a test method for determining the ability of a horizontal protective membrane, when used as a fire resistant barrier, to contribute to the fire resistance of standard horizontal structural building members as defined in section 6.4.2 of this standard.

Test of horizontal protective membrane installed under a specific non-standard floor shall be tested according to EN 1365-2.

This European Standard contains the fire test which specifies the tests which are carried out whereby the horizontal protective membrane, together with the structural member to be protected, is exposed to a fire test according to the procedures defined herein. The fire exposure, to the temperature/time curve given in EN 1363-1, is applied from below the membrane itself.

The test method makes provision, through specified optional additional procedures, for the collection of data which can be used as direct input to the calculation of fire resistance according to the processes given within EN 1992-1-2, EN 1993-1-2, EN 1994-1-2 and EN 1995-1-2.

This European Standard also contains the assessment which provides information relative to the analysis of the test data and gives guidance for the interpretation of the results of the fire test, in terms of loadbearing capacity criteria of the protected horizontal structural member.

In special circumstances, where specified in national building regulations, there can be a need to subject the protection material to a smouldering curve. The test for this and the special circumstances for its use are detailed in Annex C.

The limits of applicability of the results of the assessment arising from the fire test are defined, together with permitted direct application of the results to different structures, membranes and fittings.

This European Standard applies only where there is a gap and a cavity between the horizontal protective membrane and the structural building member. Otherwise the test methods in prEN 13381-­3, prEN 13381-4 or prEN 13381-5, as appropriate, apply.

Tests shall be carried out without additional combustible materials in the cavity.

Annex A gives details of assessing the performance of the ceiling when exposed to a semi-natural fire. 

This European Standard specifies a method for determining the fire resistance of curtain walling – full configuration.

This European Standard is used in conjunction with EN 1363-1.

NOTE          Annex B gives further information on the test method.

The test method is applicable to curtain walling type B (for definition see 3.3). The test is not appropriate for testing curtain walling type A (for definition see 3.2).

The fire resistance of curtain walling may be determined under internal or external exposure conditions. In the latter case the external fire exposure curve given in EN 1363-2 may be used, subject to deviating national regulations.

Tests on individual parts of a curtain walling (e.g. perimeter seal, infill panel or fixings of the framing system (anchoring) used to attach the curtain walling to the floor element, hereafter referred to as "fixing") or systems with fire resistance requirements only to the spandrel area may be performed using EN 1364-4. For vertical linear gap seals, this standard (EN 1364-3) applies.

This European Standard does not cover double skin façades, over-cladding systems and ventilated façade systems on external walls. It does not deal with the reaction to fire behaviour of curtain walling.

This standard is intended to be read in conjunction with EN 1363-1 and EN 1363-2

This European Standard specifies a test method for determining the contribu­tion of fire protection systems to the fire resistance of structural concrete/profiled sheet steel composite members or slabs. The concrete can be lightweight, normal-weight or heavy-weight concrete and of strength classes 20/25 (LC/C/HC) to 50/60 (LC/C/HC).

The method is applicable to all fire protection systems used for the protection of such structural composite members or slabs and includes sprayed fire protection, coatings, cladding protection systems and multi-layer or composite fire protection materials.

The test method and its assessment procedure are designed to permit direct application of the results to cover a range of thicknesses of the applied fire protection material.

The test method is applicable to all fire protection materials used for the protection of concrete/steel composite members or slab and includes sprayed materials, coatings, cladding protection systems and multi-layer or composite fire protection materials, with or without a cavity between the fire protection material and the concrete/steel composite members or slab.

This European Standard contains the fire test which specifies the tests which shall be carried out to determine the ability of the fire protection system to remain coherent and fixed to the composite member and to provide data on the temperatures of the steel sheet, throughout the depth of the concrete (for extended application purposes) and the unexposed surface of the concrete, when exposed to the standard temperature/time curve according to the procedures defined herein.

In special circumstances, where specified in national building regulations, there can be a need to subject reactive protection material to a smouldering curve. The test for this and the special circumstances for its use are detailed in Annex A.

The fire test methodology makes provision for the collection and presentation of data which can be used as direct input to the calculation of fire resistance of concrete/steel composite members in accordance with the procedures given in EN 1994-1-2.

This European Standard also contains the assessment which prescribes how the analysis of the test data shall be made and gives guidance to the procedures by which interpolation shall be undertaken.

The limits of applicability of the results of the assessment arising from the fire test are defined, together with permitted direct application of the results to different steel/concrete composite structures, steel types and thicknesses, concrete densities, strengths, thicknesses and production techniques over the range of thicknesses of the applied fire protection system tested.