UNI 8457 Combustible Products with Ignition on One Surface - Response to Fire by Applying a Small Flame

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of UNI 8457 testing. The UNI 8457 standard, developed by the Italian National Standards Institute (UNI), describes a test method for determining the post-burn time, post-incandescence time, damaged area and drip time of a test sample exposed to the effect of a small flame applied to a face. This standard applies to products that are flammable on one side or the other, but not at the same time.

The said standard is not applicable to building materials with test methods defined in the UNI EN 13501-1 standard. This test method provides an indicative indicator of the fire response of a product in the initial stage of a fire under the influence of a limited volume source of ignition.

In short, both the UNI 8456 standard and the UNI 8457 standard focus on the following factors:

• time after combustion;
• Post-glare time;
• damaged area;
• Drop.

Flame spread during testing is measured along the edges of a vertical or horizontal surface of the sample exposed to a flame. After flashing, the damaged area and dripping condition are observed. Depending on the factors listed above, materials are classified as follows:

• Level 1: Flame propagation velocity was not measured (flame did not reach the third mark), damaged area is less than 300mm, post-flare period is less than 180 seconds, no drips or flame residues.
• Level 2: Flame propagation velocity less than 30 mm/min, damaged area greater than 300 mm less than 600 mm, post-flare period more than 180 seconds Less than 360 seconds, there are drops or burning debris that extinguish after 3 seconds.
• Level 3: Flame propagation velocity is more than 30 mm/min, damaged area is greater than 600 mm, post-flare period is more than 180 seconds less than 360 seconds, there are droplets or burning debris that do not go out around 3 seconds.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with UNI 8457 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.