Fire Protection Curtain Wall
Their construction roll down or folding technique and the use of different fabrics provide for a wide range of applications as well as different protection goals classifications and time classes.
Fire protection curtain wall. Fire curtains deploy when triggered by a fire alarm or sensor. Coopers fire curtains are bs and en certified and tested to ul standards. In case of fire fire protection curtains close wall and ceiling openings. The ultimate fire resistant glazing system.
Our fire resistant curtain wall systems go from 30 minutes up to 120 minutes for integrity only fire protection. In larger structures several fire curtains are used which divide the building into fire compartments when there is a fire. Tgp s fire rated curtain wall systems are engineered to meet these stringent fire safety performance requirements and more making your designs stand out. Curtain wall and edge of slab fire barrier systems for single spandrel zero spandrel and steel back pan configurations hilti s vast library of firestop solutions ranging from traditional spandrel designs 100 vision glass or eifs are unrivaled in the industry.
This included spray applied fire resistive materials sfrm which resulted in the. 8 3 5 4 1 voids created between the fire resistance rated floor assembly and the exterior curtain wall shall be protected with a perimeter joint system that is designed and tested in accordance. Perimeter joint curtain wall test is performed in accordance with astm e2307 other labs testing per ul 2079 alone do not adequately capture the dynamics between a rated floor and a non rated curtain wall assembly the structural nature of curtain walls and fire attacking at two planes intermediate scale multi story test apparatus. For the integrity and insulation protection the vertical curtain wall facade also goes from 30mins to 120mins whilst the rooflight applications are for 30mins and 60mins.
Curtain wall connection protection system we worked with ul to devise a method to evaluate curtain wall connection protection. From the ground breaking firemaster concertina installed to protect staircases at the oil search offices in sydney to the no visible support nvs horizontal fire curtains employed to stop the fire from spreading between floors of arup s multi. Fire rated curtain wall systems pass the same fire tests as solid walls and allow for unlimited areas of glazing in fire separations.