NF F16-101 Railway Vehicles Fire Behavior Standard Test for Material Selection

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of NF F16-101 test. The purpose of this standard is to propose a classification method for wagon materials derived from the results of standardized tests. This classification method sets targets and also takes into account the combustion of materials as well as the opacity and toxicity of combustion emissions.

The purpose of this standard is to establish rules for the selection of materials according to fire behavior with regard to reaction to fire, opacity of smoke and toxicity of emitted gases.

NF F16-101 applies to all non-metallic materials, including driver's cabins and engine where available, with the exception of paint jobs of which passenger coaches, cabins, vans, observation cars, coaches and their trailers form part.

Types of rolling stock:

• Category A1: All wagons that frequently pass through tunnels, including driver's cabins;
• Category A2: Urban and suburban wagons, including driver's cabins, which infrequently pass through tunnels, wagons and their trailers, main sleeper wagons;
• Category B: Mainline wagons with seats in tunnels, locomotive and locomotor cabs, including rarely traveling cabs.

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