Range 7.90BG

Range 7.90BG – Safety cabinets for gas cylinders

For security reasons you have to store your flammable or explosive products in a safety cabinet. No matter your business branch or the degree of flammability of your products, they have to be stored in case of fire in order to delay the risk of explosion.

NORM

EN 14470-1 and 14470-2 EUROPEAN NORM:

Scope

EN 14470-1 : The new European norm came into effect in October 2004 and concerns the storage of flammable products in laboratories. It also only concerns the safety cabinets which internal volume is equivalent or less than 1m3.

EN 14470-2 : The new European norm came into effect in April 2006 and concerns the storage of gaz cylinders in laboratoiries. It also only concerns the safety cabinets witch total internal volume allows storage gaz cylinders in a lower capacity 220 liters.

Main requirements

1. Fire protection:

In case of fire, the safety cabinet shall assure for at least 15 minutes that the contents of the cabinet do not contribute to any additional risks or spread of fire. A fire safety storage cabinet shall be classified as one of the types listed below:

2. Fire test:

All cabinets described in this brochure have succeeded a fire test destruction in according to EN 14770-1 (2004) or EN 14470-2 (2006) norms These tests were conducted by an outside laboratory accredited by COFRAC.

3. Spill containment sump (only for EN 14470-1):

A spill containment sump shall be installed underneath the lowest storage level. The sump shall have:

a minimum capacity of 10% of the volume of all containers stored in the cabinet,
or at least, 110% of the volume of the largest single container, whichever is the greater.

4. Construction :

The doors of the cabinet must be fully self-closing from any position. The side and back walls must be of the same thickness and comparable construction. Requirements are given in respect of the construction of the cabinet and its capacity to resist fire conditions from the outside (Fire test given in ISO 834-1 and EN 1363-1).

5. Marking and labeling:

Cabinets must be fitted with its signage: standardized pictograms in accordance with standard ISO 3864:

EN 14470-1 : flammable materials, open flame and smoking prohibited, permissible maximum load per shelf, the largest container can be inserted into the cabinet, fire resistance model (15, 30, 60 or 90 minutes) capacity maintains closed when the cabinet door is not used…

EN 14470-2 : presence of compressed gas cylinders, fire resistance model (15, 30, 60 or 90 minutes), maintains cabinet doors closed when not in use.

6. Ventilation :

Safety Cabinets must have air inlet and outlet as well as a thermo-fuse which seals off the ventilation system in case of fire. These could be used to connect a forced ventilation system. The air change must be at least 10 times the volume of the safety cabinet (closed doors).