Thursday 17 October 2013

Fire Protection Coating - Fireproofing On Steel for Industries

In Today’s Contemporary Building Construction Regardless Of Residential, Business Or Industrial Development, Artistic Creation, Vision And Safety Are Paramount In The Design & Development Of A Building.

What else is more appealing than steel as more and more buildings are using steelwork to display creative designs; so the imminent requirement of fireproof that steel with Intumescent Coatings is in high demand? Thin film Intumescent Coatings for structural steel help the Architects and Engineers continue their creative vision and enhance the buildings aesthetics by letting their steel designs shine through. When it comes to fire safety, it is mandatory in building construction to offer suitable solutions and Fireproofing on steel is one of them but the process of Steel Fireproofing also includes government authorization.

Normally preservation of FireproofingProducts requires certain authorization & certifications from structural steel qualification lists. Basically, certification is based on a fire test on a high temperature measurement definite through international standards that organizes and controls the test process. Basically test criteria for steel proofing are said to be below the 400 degree C limit in Japan, unlike Europe, North America and China which reaches the 540 degree C limit. These tests are measures to describe the fire resistance ratio during outbreak.

In today’s scenario, most challenging issues in the Fire Protection Industry is reserved vs. unreserved assemblies, thus it is most important to understand this properly as misunderstanding of such significant subject leads to insufficient fire protection as well as untimely failure of the protected structured steel constructed building.

Many people are not aware about the fire test procedure which is used to intend Passive Fire Protection for structural steel identifies couple of different types of end support for beams tested in roof and floor assemblies. The base end of beams can be tested in completely reserved or completely unreserved condition. There are many advantages of Fireproofing in general environment like it dry air and offers low IR signature. The system is built in a way that one can easily apply and use. It protects against weathering and deterioration, which is also unaffected by rapid changes in temperature. Also it provides amazing resistance to thermal shock and no loss of adhesion at high temperatures.

However, the open steel normally requiresFireproofing Spray as it is compact in size. Further it requires high amounts of plaster spray which vaporizes during coating the metal. Currently structural steel requires outsourced fireproofing to prevent the steel from getting weaker when projected to the fire. During heating process, metal expands and becomes softer and eventually loses the complex integrity which it used to have. By satisfying size of energy the metal melts as well as turn into solution. The behavioral heat to the steel could be taken into lower degree temperatures with the help of appropriate Fireproofing substances.

About:
At Fire Security Systems (www.fire-security.net), our range of Firestopping Intumescent Coatingsare one of the thinnest in the market, with BS476 approvals for Interior and Exterior steelwork, UL Approvals for Interior Steel and LEEDS approval for our 470 KS Steel Coating. Fire Security Systemsoffer four types of variations of thin film Intumescent Coatings for your structural steel requirements mainly FS370 comes with BS476 Approved for interior Applications, FS370 comes with BS476 Approved for Exterior Applications, FS470 comes with BS476 Approved for interior Applications and FS490 comes with UL/ULC Approved for interior Applications.