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EN14470-1 (new version 2023): for certified safety cabinets for tege storage of flammables substances.
The European standard EN 14470-1 (new version 2023) refers to cabinets freely positioned and to wall-mounted cabinets for the storage of inflammables.
All CHEMISAFE cabinet models have undergone a destructive test in a fire room performed in an independent accredited laboratory.
The wall of the cabinet must be positioned in the fire room at a distance of 100 mm from the wall.
The fire resistance of the cabinet must be validated by the destructive test of an identical model.
Possible reductions in the dimensions of the cabinet tested:
• Height and width max. 100 mm
• Depth max. 150 mm
The temperature increase inside the cabinet should not exceed 180 K or 200 °C. According to the time taken to reach this temperature, the cabinet will be classified as Type 30, 60 or 90 min.
These different flammability classes allow leaving sufficient time for the staff to leave the laboratory and for the firefighters to get in before the stored flammable products may cause fire.
Each CHEMISAFE cabinet model has passed the compliance control according to standard
EN14470-1 (new version 2023) and it has the certificates of tests carried out by Bureau Veritas (BV).
CHEMISAFE FIRE MY23 cabinet before and after the fire resistance test.
Construction.
The cabinet doors must close automatically in case of fire. The side and rear walls must have the same construction and the same thickness.
On the other hand, the requirements of the standard cover the cabinet construction itself and its capacity to withstand external fire conditions (fire tests carried out according to ISO 834-1 [1] and EN 1363-1).
The tray volume must contain: at least 110 % of the volume of the largest container stored in the cabinet or 10 % of the total volume stored.
Signalling.
The cabinets must be equipped with suitable signals: standard pictograms complying with ISO 3864 (inflammables), maximum load per shelf, fire resistance of the model (15, 30, 60 or 90 minutes).
Quality control.
CHEMISAFE submitted its safety cabinet manufacturing to a continuous and extremely rigorous check by Bureau Veritas.
So twice a year, BV checks the production and verifies the quality and the manufacturing process.
EN 14470-2: for certified safety cabinets for the storage of gas cylinders.
FIRE RESISTANCE TEST
The introduction of standard EN 14470-2 increases the safety level all over Europe.
This standard prescribes that a cabinet for storing gas cylinders in a building must be fire-resistant.
The cabinet must be conceived and manufactured so that in case of fire its contents do not contribute to increase the risks or to spread fire for at least 15 minutes.
The cabinet is conceived so as to ventilate the internal part in case of reduced gas leakages.
CLASSIFICATION
A safety cabinet for gas cylinders must be classified according to one of the following Types : G15, G30, G60 or G90 minutes.
It is the time for a temperature rise > de 50K (Temperature taken near the tightening plate of the gas cylinder valve).
The flammability class leaves a sufficient time to the staff to leave the area and to firefighters to enter it before the compressed gas cylinders become unstable.
FIRE RESISTANCE
The fire resistance of the compressed gas cylinder storage cabinet must be established through a type test.
This type test is carried out by heating the cabinet in an oven according to the time-temperature curve and by measuring the temperature increase on an empty gas cylinder surface located inside the cabinet.
The temperature increase on the tightening plate surface of the cylinder valve must not exceed 50 K.
CERTIFICATION
Each type of cabinet and each model must pass a fire test during which it will be tested. If a gap is detected in the measures above the tolerance limits set by the standard, the cabinet model must be tested again. This test must be carried out by an independent approved body. When the result of this test is obtained, a conformity certificate to standard EN14470-2 will be delivered and supplied with each cabinet model.
HOW DID THE FORMER STANDARD DIN 12925-2 CHANGE?
Due to the modifications on the gas cylinder safety cabinet tests, the former standard DIN12925-2 does not correspond any longer to the higher needs of standard NF EN 14470-2.
After the official issue of standard NF EN 14470-2, standard DIN 12925-2 has been officially replaced starting from December 2006.
MAXIMUM PROTECTION FOR SAFETY FIRST, WHY G90?
For several years in Germany as well as in Europe, the Type 90 classification, for the inflammable liquid storage in safety cabinets has been set as the standard. That’s why we chose to offer you only the maximum safety standard G90. Therefore, the safety cabinets for storing under pressure gas cylinders G90 CHEMISAFE meet the strictest manufacturing and test requirements of the new standard NF EN 14470-2. Due to the lack of a classification for gas cylinder cabinets, the users on site had some different safety levels between the storage of inflammable liquids and of gas cylinders. Therefore, it can be expected that after the appearance of this standard several users will like to reach the same safety level in their gas cylinders of the one already reached for the storage of inflammable liquids thanks to safety cabinets resisting 90 minutes to fire (G90).
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE USER?
– A use complying with the regulation
– A certification documentation for each safety cabinet bought
– A maximum safety for the users since in case of fire the staff can leave the building without any danger and the assistance and the firefighters can intervene to reach the cylinder storage place before any more serious fire breaks out because of gas combustion.
1010-1 (1990) plus Amendment 1 (1992), with the original text in the English version compared to the Italian text. It specifies the general safety requirements for electrical equipment intended for professional, industrial and educational purposes, including equipment and calculation devices for:
– measurement and testing;
– regulation;
– laboratory use;
– accessories intended for use with the above (e.g. sample manipulators).
This Part 1 of the Standard applies to equipment defined as:
(a) Electrical measuring and testing equipment
(b) Electrical regulatory equipment
(c) Electrical laboratory equipment
This Part 1 of the Standard does not apply to:
– reliability of operation, performance or other properties of the equipment;
– maintenance (repair);
– protection of maintenance personnel (repair).
It replaces Standard 66-3 (1982), fasc. 603, and Standard 62-25 (1988), fasc. 1088.
EN61010-1: for certified safety cabinets for the storage of chemicals.
– measurement and testing,
– regulation;
– use of a laboratory;
– accessories for use with the above (e.g. sample manipulators)
This Part 1 of the Standard applies to equipment defined as:
a) Electrical measuring and testing equipment
b) Electrical regulating equipment
c) Electrical laboratory equipment
– reliability of operation, performance or other properties of the equipment,
– maintenance (repair);
– protection of maintenance personnel (repair).
Replaces Standard 66-3 (1982), fasc. 603, and Standard 62-25 (1988), fasc. 1088.
EN16121 STRICT: for certified safety cabinets for the storage of chemicals.
Certification for the storage of non-flammable chemicals.
EN 16121 STRICT: certification for non-domestic container furniture – requirements for safety, strength, durability and stability. It guarantees efficiency up to 80,000 door openings/closures.
NFX15-211: for filtration systems.
This standard defines precisely the filtration system capacity of a fume hood to retain the harmful molecules evaporated in the enclosure and qualifies the air quality after the filter.
During the « normal operation» phase, standard AFNOR NF X 15 211 imposes a maximum concentration after the filtration system which must not exceed 1% of the TLV of the product handled.
Standard AFNOR NF X 15 211 deals with the performances of a fume hood as a whole: containment, speed, filtration system effectiveness. This standard does not define in any case the properties of a single and isolated filter of a filtration system. Therefore, a single filter cannot comply with standard AFNOR NFX 15 211.
Conservation of plant protection products conforming to DPR 290/01
All plant protection products should be stored in a room:
• used in this regard
• separated from foodstuffs for the human or animal diet or other dangerous substances
• locked so that no stranger, especially children, can access the room – aerated and ventilated
• moisture-free
Reminder of safety standards concerning the conservation of plant protection products
The storage of plant protection products away from waterways and wells, sensitive crops, inhabited areas,
food storage areas (animal feed, vegetables…), densely populated areas, power lines.
Provide easy access to the room with transport and waste disposal vans.
The storage area for plant protection products could be a bungalow, container or security cabinet.
How to store plant protection products correctly
• Store household products and keep incompatible products separate
• Identify and draw up an up-to-date list of approved products stored
• Show all the information you need for prevention that appears on the security data sheet
• Store only materials reserved for plant health use
• Provide enough absorbent materials (e.g. absorbent mat).
• Use grids to isolate retention tray products.
• Equip the room with a first aid kit: eye washing equipment, first aid kit…
• Exprode emergency numbers in the immediate vicinity
• Store empty packaging in a collection container for treatment by a specialized company.
• Store personal protective equipment and the stock of filter cartridges in a specific room
• Provide an eye wash station and an emergency shower in the immediate vicinity but away from the storage.
