Flammability Testing Laboratory
The Flammability Testing Laboratory of the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Łódź Institute of Technology holds testing laboratory accreditation No. AB 029, issued by the Polish Centre for Accreditation in 1995, as well as defence and security (OiB) accreditation No. 46/MON/2024, issued by the Ministry of National Defence.
These accreditations confirm compliance with the requirements of PN-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018-02, ensuring a high level of services and reliability of test results.
Laboratory personnel participate in standardization work of Technical Committee No. 27 for floor Coverings and the flammability of textile products.
The Laboratory conducts testing activities and auxiliary work for research groups and certification processes, as well as commercial testing services for external clients.
Our clients include primarily manufacturers, distributors and end users of protective materials, such as firefighters, welders, soldiers and police officers, as well as users of materials applied in public buildings, where compliance with flammability testing and reaction-to-fire classification standards is required. As part of consultancy services, we provide support for research and development projects aimed at improving or developing materials with enhanced fire performance.
Our expertise and specialized staff enable us to select appropriate technical solutions.
Advanced technical equipment and highly qualified personnel guarantee high-quality research services. Each year, the Laboratory participates in interlaboratory comparisons, benchmarking results against leading national and European laboratories, providing clients with confidence in the international credibility of our test results and support in meeting safety standards.
The core activity of the Laboratory includes testing in accordance with national and international standards and in-house procedures, covering the ignitability and flammability resistance of the following textile products:
- Curtain and drapery fabrics and knitted fabrics,
- Floor coverings,
- Mattresses,
- Bedding components,
- Upholstery products,
- Textile products intended for vehicle interiors (cars, buses),
- Toys and textile materials intended for toy manufacturing,
- Protective clothing,
- Textile products intended for aircraft and helicopter interiors.
The laboratory also performs tests of the following:
- Oxygen index (OI);
- Protective clothing resistance to:
- heat at 180°C and 260°C,
- convective heat,
- radiant heat,
- contact heat,
- penetration by liquid chemicals.
Please send test samples directly to the following address:
Laboratorium Badań Palności Wyrobów
ul. Gdańska 118, Łódź 90-520
PN-EN ISO 6940:2005
Textile fabrics — Burning behaviour — Determination of ignitability of vertically oriented specimens.
Textiles — Burning behaviour — Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens.
PN-EN 1624:2002
Textiles — Burning behaviour of industrial and technical textile products — Method for determination of flame spread of vertically oriented specimens.
PN-EN 1625:2002
Textiles — Burning behaviour of industrial and technical textile products — Method for determination of ignitability of vertically oriented specimens.
PN-EN ISO 15025:2017-02
Protective clothing — Protection against flame — Test method for limited flame spread.
PN-EN 1021-1:2014-12
Furniture — Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture — Part 1: Ignition source: smouldering cigarette.
PN-EN ISO 9239-1:2010
Reaction to fire tests for floorings — Part 1: Determination of the burning behaviour using a radiant heat source.
PN-ISO 3795:1996
Road vehicles and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry — Determination of burning behaviour of interior materials.
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 — Method of test: Evaluation of materials and material assemblies exposed to a source of radiant heat.
PN-EN ISO 6942:2023-03
Protective clothing — Protection against heat and fire — Method of test: Evaluation of materials and material assemblies exposed to a source of radiant heat.
PN-EN ISO 9151:2017-02
Protective clothing against heat and flame — Determination of heat transmission on exposure to flame.
PN-EN ISO 6530:2008
Protective clothing — Protection against liquid chemicals — Test method for resistance of materials to penetration by liquids.
PN-EN 1101:1999
Textiles — Burning behaviour — Curtains and drapes — Detailed procedure for determination of ignitability of vertically oriented specimens (small flame).
PN-EN 1101:1999/A1:2006
Textiles — Burning behaviour — Curtains and drapes — Detailed procedure for determination of flame spread of vertically oriented specimens.
PN-EN 1102:2016-09
Textiles — Burning behaviour — Curtains and drapes — Measurement of flame spread of vertically oriented working specimens subjected to a large ignition source.
PN-EN 13772:2012
Textiles — Burning behaviour — Curtains and drapes — Measurement of flame spread of vertically oriented working specimens subjected to a large ignition source.
PN-EN 597-1:2016-02
Furniture — Assessment of the ignitability of mattresses and upholstered bed bases — Part 1: Ignition source: smouldering cigarette.
PN-EN 597-2:2016-03
Furniture — Assessment of the ignitability of mattresses and upholstered bed bases — Part 2: Ignition source: match flame equivalent.
PN-EN ISO 12952-1
Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items — Part 1: Ignition source: smouldering cigarette.
PN-EN ISO 12952-2
Textiles — Assessment of the ignitability of bedding items — Part 2: Ignition source: match flame equivalent.
PN-EN ISO 11925-2:2020-09
Reaction to fire tests — Ignitability of products subjected to direct impingement of flame —
Part 2: Single-flame source test
PN-EN ISO 12127-1:2016-02
Protective clothing against heat and flame — Determination of contact heat transmission through protective clothing or constituent materials — Part 1: Contact heat produced by a heating cylinder
PN-EN 407:2020-10
Protective gloves and other hand protection against thermal risks (heat and/or fire)
EN 469 - 15 april 2024
Protective clothing for firefighters — Performance requirements for protective clothing for firefighting
Flame spread test
Contact heat test (marking X2)
Heat transfer — flame exposure (marking X1 or X2)
Heat transfer — radiant heat (marking X1 or X2)
Residual tensile strength of the material after exposure to radiant heat
Note: In accordance with EN ISO 6942, Method A, the laboratory applies radiant heat exposure at a heat flux density of 10 kW/m².
Heat resistance
Resistance to penetration by liquid chemicals: H₂SO₄, C₈H₁₀ (o-xylene), HCl
EN 13911 - 17 mai 2024
Protective clothing for firefighters — Requirements and test methods for fire hoods
Flame spread test (index 1, index 2, index 3 — PN-EN ISO 14116)
Heat transfer — flame
Heat transfer — radiant heat (marking X1 or X2)
Heat resistance
ISO 15384 - 17 mai 2024
Protective clothing for firefighters — Laboratory test methods and performance requirements for protective clothing used in wildland firefighting
Surface ignition
Edge ignition
Heat transfer — radiant heat
Heat resistance (180°C, 260°C)
Heat resistance (180°C, 260°C) of retroreflective and fluorescent materials
ISO 11611 - 17 mai 2024
Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes
(requirements: Class 1, Class 2)
Surface ignition, Procedure A (letter code A1)
Edge ignition, Procedure B (letter code A2)
Heat transfer — radiant heat
ISO 11612 - 17 mai 2024
Protective clothing — Clothing to protect against heat 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 — radiant heat (letter code C: C1, C2, C3, C4)
Contact heat (letter code F: F1, F2, F3)
ISO 14612 - 17 mai 2024
Protective clothing — Protection against flame — Materials, material assemblies and clothing with limited flame spread
Requirements for limited flame spread index 1
Requirements for limited flame spread index 2
Requirements for limited flame spread index 3
ISO 14533 - 17 mai 2024
Textiles — Burning behaviour of bedding items — Classification system
Classification (A, B, C)
EN 13501 - 17 mai 2024
Fire classification of construction products and building elements —
Part 1: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests
Classification report
Reaction-to-fire class for floorings
EN 13773 - 17 mai 2024
Textiles
Burning behaviour
Curtains and drapes
Classification system
Classification
Classes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
EN 407 - 17 maja 2024
Protective gloves and other hand protection against thermal risks (heat and/or fire)
Limited flame spread (performance levels 1–4)
Contact heat (performance levels 1–4)
Convective heat (performance levels 1–4)
Radiant heat (performance levels 1–4)
Regulation of 12 March 2009
Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of 12 March 2009 amending the regulation on technical conditions to be met by buildings and their location (Journal of Laws No. 56, item 461)
§ 258(1a):
In the case of freely hanging finishing materials, in particular curtains, drapes, hangings and blinds, materials shall be considered easily flammable if the properties determined in tests conducted in accordance with Polish Standards relating to the ignitability and flame spread of textile products fail to meet at least one of the following criteria:
1) ti ≥ 4 s,
2) ts ≤ 30 s,
3) no burning through of the third thread
4) no occurrence of flaming droplets
Fire safety regulations
(upholstered furniture, upholstery materials)
§ 261
Rooms intended for simultaneous occupancy of more than 200 adults or 100 children, with seating arranged in rows, shall be equipped with the following:
Seats and other furniture classified as low flammability and not emitting toxic combustion products, as defined by Polish standards concerning the emission of toxic products and the ignitability of upholstered furniture.
The classification “low flammability” applies to seats that do not undergo progressive smouldering or flaming combustion under the conditions specified in the relevant Polish standard.
17 mai 2024
ISO 14533
17 mai 2024
EN 13501
17 mai 2024
Rozporządzenie z dn 12.03.2009 r
17 mai 2024
Fire Safety Regulations (Upholstered Furniture, Upholstery Materials)
17 mai 2024
EN 13773
17 mai 2024
EN 407
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AB 029
Dr. Eng. Krzysztof Kostanek
tel: +48 42 25 34 435
e-mail: krzysztof.kostanek@lit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
ul. Gdańska 118, 90-520, Łódź
15 April 2024
EN 469
17 mai 2024
EN 13911
17 mai 2024
ISO 15384
17 mai 2024
ISO 11611
17 mai 2024
ISO 11612
17 mai 2024
ISO 14612