Smoke and Fire Laboratory
The INEGI's Smoke and Fire Laboratory was created in 1993 and is accredited by the Portuguese Accreditation Institute (IPAC) since 2001 to conduct fire reaction tests on materials used in the construction industry, transports and furniture and decoration sectors.
It also carries out non-accredited tests to determine smoke toxicity and density/opacity, evaluate the fire behaviour of plastic materials and determine resin and fibre mass levels of several types of materials, namely polymeric matrix composite materials.
Additional information on accreditation can be found on IPAC website.
Smoke and Fire Laboratory has an accreditation scope with an intermediate flexible description. Ask here to see the list of tests covered.
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INEGI is now a notified body and can validate CE marking of construction products
INEGI is now a notified body within the scope of Regulation (EU) no. 305/2011 – Construction Products, thus...
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Reaction to fire: how are the materials used in car interiors tested?
Article by Edite Vale, responsible for the Environment and Fire services area and Anabela Martins, technical manager...
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Reaction to fire: how are construction materials classified?
Classification of reaction to fire for construction products is required by law. At INEGI, tests are carried out to...
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Did you know that the cone calorimeter method enables the determination of relevant parameters of materials’ reaction-to-fire in a single test?
This test carried out at INEGI's Smoke and Fire Laboratory is widely useful in the development of materials.
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Accreditation: Building trust for companies and customers
In order to ensure complete confidence in the services provided, the reliability of the various tests and trials...
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Spanish paint manufacturers association recognizes quality of INEGI’s laboratories
INEGI's Smoke and Fire and Indoor Air Quality Laboratories were included in the recently published "ASEFAPI’ Guide...