The ASSA ABLOY Door
Hardware & Access Control Group is pleased to announce the launch of a new
intumescent kit range, which ensures the integrity of a fire doorset is not
compromised by morticed ironmongery.
These new kits will
be available for some of the brand’s most popular CE marked locks, hinges and
latches.
Morticing can cause
hinges, locks, latches and concealed door closers to no longer meet the
requirements for fire door safety. The new kits from the ASSA ABLOY Door
Hardware & Access Control Group provide intumescent sheets made from an
ultra-thin and flexible graphite material, which allows for high levels of
expansion and insulation, preventing heat transfer on ironmongery rebated into
timber fire doorsets.
Suitable for both 30
and 60 minute applications on timber doors, the intumescent sheets arrive
pre-cut for a selected range of ASSA ABLOY ironmongery. This includes ASSA
modular locks and the ASSA ABLOY DC840A and DC860 concealed door closers, plus
UNION’s new CodeGUARD 5 push button lock, a number of UNION hinges, the UNION
HD26 tubular latch and the StrongBOLT mortice
lock range.
The intumescent
sheets have a self-adhesive backing, which means they can be quickly and easily
applied to ironmongery, and therefore ensure an easy installation into the
prepared door.
Sabrina Bettles,
Product Category Manager at the ASSA ABLOY Door Hardware & Access Control
Group, explains: “In response to growing concerns around the long-term
integrity of fire doorsets and the impact that morticing can potentially have
on rebated ironmongery, these new kits have been launched to deliver assured
levels of protection for installers and end users.
“Our new intumescent
kits are incredibly easy for installers to handle, and have been tested and
comply with our hardware to BS EN 1634-1: 2008 for 30 and 60 minute timber door
ratings, which offers complete safety for end users.
“Other intumescent
materials on the market will typically be fibrous and thicker, and can be prone
to snapping, while also generally being harder to wrap around products. In
comparison, the intumescent sheets we offer as part of our new kits contain no
fibres or irritants, and are only 0.8mm thick, which means minimal rebating is
needed. They are very flexible and clean to work with, and are unaffected by
moisture, humidity, atmospheric pollution and other common chemical substances.
“Furthermore, the
fact that the intumescent sheets are supplied pre-cut means installers can be
confident in the solution being perfectly designed for ASSA ABLOY’s range,
providing peace of mind that these kits will help ensure integrity for fire
doorsets.”
