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JAMES P. SHELDON CO., INC.
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E-mail: sales@jpsheldon.com
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Published 6/21/02
JPS News Flash
As of July 1, 2002, the bar will be raised for standards in
the manufacturing of fire and fire/smoke dampers. The product will be
changing significantly and will affect all dampers intended to be used for
fire and/or fire/smoke protection and that have the potential to be
subjected to air flow. The new standards will affect all products of this
type manufactured as of July 1, 2002.
Click
HERE
for a chart that compares the old and new test standards.
Q: Why were the new
standards developed?
A:
ASHRAE Research Project #680, Fire/Smoke
Damper Study to Determine Dynamic
Closure Capability and Leakage Performance, revealed
that an improved method to
rate fire, smoke and combination fire/smoke dampers was
needed. UL, AMCA, and
ASHRAE, worked together to develop these new standards that
will increase the safety
and reliability of these critical products.
Q: Who is affected by the
new standards?
A:
Everyone involved with
these products is affected. Manufacturers must comply with the
new standards by July 1, 2002, and have been developing and
testing their dampers to
meet the new standards since the new requirements were
issued on June 1, 1999.
Engineers are affected since they will only be able to spec
the products meeting the new
standards after July 1, 2002.
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Copyright © 2001 by James P. Sheldon Co., Inc. All rights reserved.
Revised:
06/05/08 10:10:44 -0800. |
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