Flammability Testing Laboratory
The Product Flammability Testing Laboratory holds an accreditation certificate for testing laboratory No. AB 029 issued by the Polish Accreditation Center in 1995, and an accreditation certificate for defense and security (OIB) No. 46/MON/2024 issued by the Ministry of National Defense. They are confirmation of compliance with the requirements of PN-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018-02 “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories”, which guarantees a high level of services provided and the reliability of the results obtained. Our staff participates in the standardization work of Technical Committee No. 27 on Floor Coverings and Flammability of Textile Products.
We carry out laboratory activities and support research and certification teams with supporting work. We also carry out orders for external customers. Our customers are primarily manufacturers and distributors of materials and their end-users, including firefighters, welders, soldiers or police officers, as well as institutions that use materials for which flammability standards and reaction-to-fire classifications apply. As part of the consultation, we support research and development projects, helping to improve existing materials or create new ones with better fire response properties.
With specialized staff, we select optimal solutions, ensuring the highest quality of services. The laboratory’s annual participation in inter-laboratory studies, both domestically and in Europe, allows us to compare results with leading laboratories and provides assurance that our tests are reliable. In this way, we support manufacturers in meeting safety requirements.
The core activities of the laboratory include testing according to national, international standards and in-house procedures for the ignition resistance of textile products:
- curtain fabrics and knits
- floor coverings
- mattresses
- bedding items
- upholstery products
- textile products intended for interior equipment of cars, buses
- toys and textile products intended for their manufacture
- protective clothing
- products intended for interior equipment of airplanes, helicopters
and research:
- oxygen index OI
- protective clothing in terms of resistance to:
- heat at 180oCand 260oC
- convective heat
- radiant heat
- contact heat
- seepage of liquid chemicals
Please send samples for testing directly to:
Product Flammability Testing Laboratory
ul. Gdanska 118, Lodz 90-520
PN-EN ISO 6940:2005
Flat textile products – Flammability properties – Determination of ignitability of vertically placed samples
Textiles – Burning behavior – Measurement of flame spread properties on vertically placed samples
PN-EN 1624:2002
Textiles – Burning behavior of industrial and technical textiles – Method for determining flame spread on vertically placed samples
PN-EN 1625:2002
Textiles – Burning behavior of industrial and technical textiles – Method for determining the ignitability of vertically placed samples
PN-EN ISO 15025:2017-02
Protective clothing – Flame protection – Limited flame spread test method.
PN-EN 1021-1:2014-12
Furniture – Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture – Part 1: Ignition source: smoldering cigarette.
PN-EN ISO 9239-1:2010
Fire reaction tests for floors – Part 1: Determination of fire properties by the radiant panel method
PN-ISO 3795:1996
Road vehicles and tractors, agricultural and forestry machinery – Determination of flammability of materials used inside vehicles
PN-EN 71-2:2021-05
Safety of toys – Part 2: Flammability
ISO 17493:2016
Clothing and equipment for protection against heat – Test method for convective heat resistance using a hot air circulating oven
PN-EN ISO 6942:2005
Protective clothing – Protection against heat and fire – Test method: Evaluation of materials and material assemblies subjected to heat radiation
PN-EN ISO 6942:2023-03
Protective clothing – Protection against heat and fire – Test method: Evaluation of materials and material assemblies subjected to heat radiation
PN-EN ISO 9151:2017-02
Protective clothing against hot agents and flame – Determination of heat transmission under flame action
PN-EN ISO 6530:2008
Protective clothing – Protection against liquid chemicals – Test method for resistance of materials to liquid seepage
PN-EN 1101:1999
Textiles – Burning behavior – Curtains and curtains – Detailed procedure for determining the ignitability of vertically placed samples (small flame)
PN-EN 1101:1999/A1:2006
Textiles – Burning behavior – Curtains and curtains – Detailed procedure for determining the ignitability of vertically placed samples (small flame)
PN-EN 1102:2016-09
Textiles – Burning behavior – Curtains and curtains – Detailed procedure for determining flame spread on vertically placed samples
PN-EN 13772:2012
Textiles – Burning behavior – Curtains and curtains – Measurement of flame spread on vertically placed work samples exposed to a large ignition source
PN-EN 597-1:2016-02
Furniture – Flammability assessment of mattresses and upholstered recliner bases – Part 1: Ignition source: smoldering cigarette.
PN-EN 597-2:2016-03
Furniture – Assessment of ignitability of mattresses and upholstered recliner bases – Part 2: Ignition source: match flame equivalent
PN-EN ISO 12952-1
Textile products. Assessment of ignitability of bedding items. Part 1: ignition source: smoldering cigarette
PN-EN ISO 12952-2
Textile products. Assessment of ignitability of bedding components. Part 2: ignition source: flame equivalent of a match.
PN-EN ISO 11925-2:2020-09
Tests on reaction to fire – Ignitability of products subjected to direct flame – Part 2: Single flame tests
PN-EN ISO 12127-1:2016-02
Protective clothing against heat and flame – Determination of contact heat transfer through protective clothing or materials for protective clothing – Part 1: Contact heat generated by a heating cylinder.
PN-EN 407:2020-10
Protective gloves and other hand protection against thermal hazards (heat and/or fire)
EN 469 - April 15, 2024
Protective clothing for firefighters – Performance requirements for protective clothing for firefighting operations
Flame spread test
Contact heat test (marking X2)
Heat transfer – Flame (marking X1 or X2)
Heat transfer – Radiation (marking X1 or X2)
Residual tensile strength of material after exposure to heat radiation. NOTE: Laboratory in accordance with EN ISO 6942 method A-exposure to a heat flux of 10 kW/m2
Heat resistance
Test of resistance to seepage of liquid chemicals; H2SO4, C8H10 (o-xylene), [ hcl,
EN 13911 - May 17, 2024
Protective clothing for firefighters — Requirements and test methods for fire hoods for firefighters
Flame spread test, ( index 1, index 2, index 3 – EN ISO 14116)
Heat transfer – Flame
Heat transfer – Radiation (marking X1 or X2)
Heat resistance
ISO 15384 - May 17, 2024
Protective clothing for firefighters — Laboratory test methods and performance requirements for protective clothing used in wildland fires
Protective clothing for firefighters — Laboratory test methods and performance requirements for protective clothing used in wildland fires
Surface ignition,
Edge ignition
Heat transfer – Radiation
Heat resistance (180oC, 260oC)
Heat resistance (180oC, 260oC) of reflective and fluorescent materials
ISO 11611 - May 17, 2024
Protective clothing for use during welding and related processes [requirements: class 1, class2]
Surface ignition, Procedure A (letter code A1)
Edge ignition, Procedure B ( letter code A2)
Heat transfer – Radiation
ISO 11612 - May 17, 2024
Protective clothing – Clothing for protection against hot agents and flame – Minimum performance requirements
Surface ignition, Procedure A (letter code A1,)
Edge ignition, Procedure B ( letter code A2)
Heat transfer – (Flame) letter code B (B1,B2,B3)
Heat transfer – (Radiation) letter code C (C1,C2,C3,C4)
Contact heat, letter code F (F1,F2,F3)
ISO 14612 - May 17, 2024
Protective clothing – Flame protection – Limited flame spread materials, material kits and clothing
Requirements for limited flame spread index 1
Requirements for limited flame spread index 2
Requirements for limited flame spread index 3
ISO 14533 - May 17, 2024
Textile products — Burning behavior of bedding items — Classification system
Classification (A,B,C) works it’s working
EN 13501 - May 17, 2024
Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 1: Classification based on reaction to fire tests
classification report
Class of reaction to fire for floors
EN 13773 - May 17, 2024
Textiles
Burning behavior
Curtains and curtains
Classification system
Classification
Classes (1,2,3,4,5)
EN 407 - May 17, 2024
Protective gloves and other hand protection against thermal hazards (heat and/or fire)
Flame containment (effectiveness level 1,2,3,4)
Contact heat (effectiveness level 1,2,3,4)
Convective heat (effectiveness level 1,2,3,4)
Heat radiation (effectiveness level 1,2,3,4)
Regulation of 12 March 2009
“Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure dated March 12, 2009, amending the regulation on technical conditions to which buildings and their location should conform (Journal of Laws No. 56, item 461) in § 258 para. 1a reads, “In the case of the use of loose hanging finishing materials, in particular in curtains, drapes, draperies, curtains and blinds, materials whose properties, as determined by tests in accordance with the Polish Standards relating to flammability and flame spread by textile products, do not meet at least one of the criteria are considered to be flammable:
1) ti ≥ 4 s,
2) ts ≤ 30 s,
3) there is no burning of the third strand,
4) there are no burning drops.””
Regulations on. bezpieczeństwa pożarowego
(upholstered furniture, upholstery materials)
Ҥ261
Rooms intended for the simultaneous occupancy of more than 200 adults or 100 children, where seating is arranged in rows, shall have :
pt. 1
and combustion, defined as highly toxic, according to the Polish Standard for testing the release of toxic products;
seats and other seats that are difficult to ignite and do not release decomposition products the term difficult to ignite is assigned to seats and other seats that do not undergo progressive smoldering and flame combustion under the conditions defined by the Polish Standard for testing the ignitability of upholstered furniture.”
17 maja 2024
ISO 14533
17 maja 2024
EN 13501
17 maja 2024
Ordinance dated 12.03.2009
17 maja 2024
Fire safety regulations (upholstered furniture, upholstery materials).
17 maja 2024
EN 13773
17 maja 2024
EN 407
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AB 029
Dr. Krzysztof Kostanek, Eng.
tel: +48 42 25 34 435
e-mail: krzysztof.kostanek@lit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
ul. Gdansk 118, 90-520, Lodz
15 Kwietnia 2024
EN 469
17 maja 2024
EN 13911
17 maja 2024
ISO 15384
17 maja 2024
ISO 11611
17 maja 2024
ISO 11612
17 maja 2024
ISO 14612