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FM Approval Standards for
Sandwich panels:
Fire & Natural Hazards
Colin Hill
FM Approvals Europe
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What’s in a name?
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Research Campus
Engineering Research
The FM Global Solution………
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• Risk Identification
• Risk quantification
• Share recommendations and agree on solutions
• Assist in
implementation
FM Global Insurance
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What do we FM APPROVALS do?
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In June 1897, the Inspection Department of the
Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance
Companies Approved its first Electrical Fittings.
FM Approvals History
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• Expanding the availability of FM Approved products locally available and serviced, and accepted by local jurisdictions
• Offering clients choices in these products (wide availability)
• Influencing product testing standards in Europe and Asia.
• Enhancing relationships with other certification organizations.
• Offering technical support to local FM Global Operations.
Reduce barriers to property loss prevention for our clients by…….
FM Approval’s Strategy
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FM Approvals responsibilities in Europe
• Notified Body under the ATEX Directive &
Construction Products Directive
• EOTA member for innovative CPD products.
• IECEx Certification Body
• UKAS Accredited Certification Body
• Member of Standards Committees & Industry
Groups
• Undertaking FM Approval projects for US,
Canadian, European & International Markets
• Conducting Facilities and Procedures Audits.
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Approval Guide
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Approval Standards
Over 150 FM Approvals
Standards
All publicly available
through the website.
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• Roofing Products
• Insulated and non-insulated walls and ceilings
• Clean Room Materials
• Cooling Towers and Air handling Equipment
• Pipe Insulation and Ducts
• Cables
• Fire Stopping Materials
• Explosion Venting and Construction
• Fire Doors and Frames
• Less Flammable Hydraulic Fluids
Building Materials – “Passive”
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Materials
Lab
Fire Technology Lab Hydraulics Lab
Electrical Lab
Natural Hazards Lab
EQ Lab
Multimedia
Center
2009 FM Global Research Campus
Training Lab
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Research Campus
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From small to large scale fire tests
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FM Approval Standards for
Sandwich panels:
Fire & Natural Hazards
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4471 Class 1 Panel Roofs
4880 Class 1 Insulated Wall and Ceiling
Panels - Fire
4881 Class 1 Exterior Wall systems
4882 Class 1 Interior Wall and ceiling
systems – Smoke Sensitive
occupancies
FM Standards – Sandwich Panels
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FM Standards - Roofs and Walls
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FM Class 4880
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Insulated Panels - FM 4880
FM 4880 Fire Performance of internal wall, roof and
ceiling panels – developed in 1970’s
• Witness production & sample selection
• Flammability characterisation of core (FPA)
• Large scale 25ft or 50ft corner test
• Large scale room test (UBC 26-3 or ISO 9705)
• Small scale identification tests
• Result is Class 1 approval :
‘limited combustibility’
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FM 4880 25ft Corner Test
• Developed in the 1970’s to evaluate fire
spread performance of various assemblies
• Full scale, not “modeling” test
• 15.2 x 11.5 x 7.6 m high (50 x 38 x 25 ft)
• 15 minute test and 750lbs (340kg)
conditioned oak pallets
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FM Approvals 25ft Corner Test
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FM Approvals 25ft Corner Test
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Flammability test
on Core FPA
25ft corner Test
Exception 1:
dependant on
FSPc value
Room Test
UBC 26-3 or ISO9705
Small scale
“code” Tests
e.g. ASTM E84
Combustible Core
9.1m Approval
Satisfy the 30ft tests
50ft corner Test
Exception 2:
Parallel Panel Test
No Height Restriction
Ignition of the ceiling
shall not occur
ASTM D482
(ash content)
Combustible Core
Unlimited Height or
15.2m Approval
Non-combustible Core Unlimited
Height Approval
Room Test
UBC 26-3 or ISO9705
ISO 1716
(heat of combustion)
E2058
(core combustion)
4880: CLASS 1 Test Route
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Fire Propagation
Apparatus:- FPA
Used to determine
FSPc value
ASTM E2058
ISO 12136
Now
BS ISO 12136:2011
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Technical Innovation
Low smoke yield wall/ceiling panels
– Pharmaceutical warehouses
– Food warehouses
– Clean Rooms
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FM 4882 approval and test options
Cleanrooms Pharmaceutical, food
prep. & others
Test Method
Class1 4880 Approval ht 4880 Approval ht
Fire Propagation Index FPI
Or 8ft Parallel panel test (60kW)
[FM4910]
≤ 6(m/s1/2)/(kW/m)2/3
or Propagation ≤ 6ft
Max heat flux @4ft ≤ 40 kW/m²
Chemical heat release rate
decay ≥1/2 @1min. & decay ≤ 25%
@2min
Smoke Development Index SDI
or 8ft Parallel panel test (60kW)
[FM4910]
≤ 0.4 [(m/s1/2)/(kW/m)2/3] [g/g]
or Max. smoke generation ≤ 0.23g/s
Smoke generation @12min
≤ 0.07g/s
Total smoke generation ≤ 60g
Avg Smoke emission rate Gsmoke
16ft parallel panel test (360 kW)
≤ 120mg/s ≤ 240mg/s
ASTM E84
Flame spread index FSI
Smoke Developed Index SDI
≤ 25
≤ 450
≤ 25
≤ 450
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4882: 16 ft. (4.9 m) Parallel Panel
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4882: 16 ft. (4.9 m) Parallel Panel
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FM Approval Standards for
Sandwich panels:
Wall Panels
Fire & Natural Hazards
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FM 4881 External Walls
• FM Global Research Approval Standard 4881 developed
as a consequence of losses suffered post Hurricane
Andrew 1992.
• Addresses ‘natural hazards’ other than fire for external
walls
• Applicable to all areas of the world, whether a hurricane
zone or not
• Minimum rating Class 1 Fire and 30psf (1.45kPa) in
ward wind resistance.
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Damage to wall panels from windstorm.
Test #1
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FM 4881 External Walls
FM 4881(2005) Class 1 Exterior Walls
• Witness production & sample selection
• Must satisfy FM 4880 for fire performance first
• Simulated Hail resistance test
• Static & cyclic pressure tests (~4m x 5m sample)
• Cyclic pressure test for hurricane zones following
missile impact
• Factory Audit
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Large Burn Lab
Research Labs
Approvals
Materials Labs
Approvals
Natural Hazards Labs Approvals
Hydraulics Labs
Approvals
Electrical Labs
FM 4881 Wall Panel Test
Insulation core has failed under simulated wind
pressure.
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Class 1 Exterior Wall Systems
– Class 4881
• Customer will choose the pressure and pressure coefficient to test. See FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 1-28.
• Calculation and wind maps are included in this document
• There are many factors that are used to find the design pressures including: ground roughness, building roof height, building width, etc. Data sheet 1-28 is considered by FM field engineers when determining building materials installation applicability.
• Minimum wall rating is - +30psf. (1.45kPa)
• 4880 Approval (fire) is a requirement of 4881.
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• If you were to tell us, for example, to test your panels
per FM Approval Standard 4881 at a pressure of 30 psf with a pressure coefficient of 1.4 and were successful, your Approved pressure rating would be:
• 30psf inward • 42psf outward (30 x 1.4)
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Wall panel being tested. Purlin thickness and spacing must be selected by customer
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FM Approvals Pipe Chase Test Fire grows. Crib will burn for 15 minutes. Wall panel being pressure tested.
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FM Approvals Pipe Chase Test Fire does not propagate, flames die down. Wall panel tested to failure.
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FM Approvals Pipe Chase Test After test, most of test sample material is unburned. Wall panel tested to failure.
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FM Approvals Pipe Chase Test Test material meets acceptance criteria.
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FM Approval Standards for
Sandwich panels:
Roof Panels
Fire & Natural Hazards
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FM Approval 4471 Roof Panels
• Interior Combustibility (4880)
• Exterior Combustibility (ASTM E108)
• Natural Hazards
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External fire: ASTM E108
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FM Approval 4471 Roof Panels
• Interior Combustibility (4880)
• Exterior Combustibility (ASTM E108)
• Wind
• Hail
• Water Leakage
• Foot Traffic
• The minimum Windstorm Classification
Class1-60
• = a minimum Uplift pressure 60 psf (2.9kpa)
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• The Roof Field Area Design Pressure is calculated in
Data sheet 1-28, based on wind speeds and design coefficients building heights etc.
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Roof pressures
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A picture is worth a thousand words …….
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12 X 24 Simulated Wind Uplift
Test
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Joint Failure – cannot calculate
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Impact testing
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Prof. Peter Sparks, Clemson
University
“There has not been a hurricane in North
America in the last 25 years which would
have damaged a building constructed in
accordance with FM Global design
guidelines.”
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RoofNav®
THE SOURCE FOR FM APPROVED ROOF ASSEMBLY DETAILS
•Ratings Calculator wizard that determines the required roof ratings
for any building and roof area.
•An online database of FM Approved roof products and assemblies
that meet specific criteria.
•FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets provide
installation guidelines.
www.roofnav.com
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RoofNav®
Suite of Tools • FM Approved Product Search
• FM Approved Assembly Search Tools
• Ratings Calculator
• Glossary • FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets
• Approval Standards
• Project Files
• FREE Training
RoofNav®
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FM Approval Standards for
Sandwich panels:
FM Approval and CE Marking
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FM Diamond CE Marking
Reaction to Fire
Large Scale Tests
•calorimeter
•corner tests
•room tests
Reaction to Fire
Small Scale Tests
• EN 13501-1 classification ( A1
to F)
• SBI test and others (small scale)
F&PA audit FPC audit
Sample witnessing and
selection by FM Approvals
Sample witnessing and selection
depends on AoC system
FM Diamond and the CE Mark
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The FM Approvals Solution…
FM
APPROVED
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FM Approvals Certification Marks
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