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“A” class fire rated doors provide excellent protection against cellulosic fire, which involves materials predominantly existing out of
cellulose (e.g. plastics, wood, paper, cotton, textiles). A fire involving these materials is relatively slow growing meaning that the
temperature rise is gradually increased to a high intensity.
A60 fire rated doors are used as internal and/or external doors in the oil and & industry and provide protection against cellulosic
fires. In this blog the requirements and construction of A60 fire rated doors are outlined.
Cellulosic fire generally remains stable for at least 60 minutes. The standard fire curve of a cellulosic fire reaches 500°C [932°F]
within 5 minutes and rises to 945°C [1733°F] over time. Typical radiation value after 5 minutes is 50 kW/m2.
A60 rated doors provide protection for people and equipment against cellulosic fires up to 1 hour. In this way, the fire within an
area with A60 rated doors can be contained, allow for safe evacuation and, if necessary, allow time for firefighters to extinguish
the fire.
A60 doors should also comply with the following requirements in order to pass the integrity test of IMO FTP Code:
cotton-wool pad: there shall be no ignition, i.e. flaming or glowing, of the cotton-wool pad when applied;
gap gauges: it shall not be possible to enter the gap gauges into any opening in the specimen.
These doors are suitable to apply in the offshore and onshore oil and gas market, the LNG market and the offshore wind energy
market. Single hinged doors can be engineered medium duty and heavy duty. Double hinged and sliding doors are generally only
heavy duty because they are often installed as external doors.
All A60 doors are able to withstand blast pressures. The door is engineered in such a way to withstand the equivalent static
overpressure as per project requirements.
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doors now.