27 Feb 2018Lorient Seals approved on Pyropanel Life Safety DoorsLorient, a leader in the supply of smoke, fire and acoustic seals, now has a range of products tested and approved for use on Pyropanel’s range of fire rated Life Safety Doors. This addition is significant as it provides building designers, fire engineers and acoustic consultant’s confidence that the combination of Pyropanel Fire Rated Life Safety Doors with selected Lorient seals have been tested to AS 1530.4 for fire, AS 1530.7 for smoke and AS 1191 and AS/NZS ISO 717-1 for acoustics.
26 Feb 2018Institute of Fire Engineers 2017 ConferenceThe Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) Australia held its 99th Annual conference in Perth during November 2017. For the last three years, Pyropanel has been the major sponsor of this event. The event is the premier collaborative seminar which attracts significant representation from Industry
24 Jan 2018Cycle testing of fire doorsIn line with its ongoing commitment to developing new products and verifying changes in designs, materials and construction methods, Pyropanel Developments has developed a cyclic test rig enabling full sized fire doors to be tested. This new testing apparatus complements the door-sized pilot fire furnace used to fire test prototype designs. The primary goals of cycle testing complete fire doors are to make sure that they can withstand the operational forces endured throughout their life cycle, as well as maintain their performance requirements in preventing the spread of fire.
24 Jan 2018Pyropanel New Security LatchAS 1905.1 – 2015 explicitly prohibits the use of security latches (chains, deadbolts and swing bars) on fire rated doors. Pyropanel has tested and approved a security latch which satisfies the requirements of AS 1905.1 – 2015. The latch, available in two variants, provides a level of security, cannot be used to prop the door open and does not involve screwing into the door.
23 Nov 2017Fire Rated Side Hung pair doors, the accessories you need to consider:Selecting hardware for fire rated side hung pair configurations is not only limited to a closer or handle. As for a standard single leaf side-hung fire door-set, pair leaf fire doors must also be self-closing and self-latching.
23 Nov 2017Fire Rated Frame Filling consolidated into one approvalThe requirement of whether back filling of frames is required or not has been on the agenda for some time now. In 2015, Pyropanel took a position to only recommend that all pressed metal door frames are backfilled. Whilst this provided direction to instilling industry best practices, it did create more questions as to how to properly back fill a frame as per fire test and how that frame is connected to the walling system. This is becoming a significant compliance issue on new projects.
17 Aug 2016Importance of Tested systemsPyropanel Passive Fire protection systems were exposed to standard fire testing conditions in the Exova test laboratory work-shop to show the importance of using tested systems versus non-rated systems.
28 Aug 2015Informing our communityFor some time Pyropanel has been considering options on the best medium to communicate with the broader community in which it operates in.
30 Jul 2015Lorient seals and grilles approved on Pyropanel DoorsetsPyropanel is pleased to announce that approvals are now in place allowing a wide range of Lorient door seals to be used on Pyropanel Fire Rated Door Sets.