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Highly resistant AquaLOCK®- products: Up-and-over gates, portals, doors and flaps
AquaLOCK® High Resistance: A separate product line
For FM Global, one of the world’s leading industrial insurers with a focus on risk prevention instead of claims settlement, we improved four of our tried-and-tested products – portal, up-and-over door, door and flap – specifically for the requirements of FM Approved certification so that they can also withstand the impact of floating debris such as a tree trunk. For example, the door has been fitted with two additional shoot bolts, the flap has a total of 12 (instead of the usual 6) latches and a grid of steel struts for maximum safety, and the door panels of the portal and up-and-over door have been reinforced with additional steel profiles
AquaLOCK® High Resistance flap with additional fasteners and reinforcements
AquaLOCK® High Resistance Portal with additional reinforcements
AquaLOCK® High Resistance door V3 with additional shootbolts
AquaLOCK® High Resistance V500 up-and-over door with additional reinforcements and locks
FM Approvals is an international leader in the testing and certification of property loss prevention products.
FM Approvals is recognized and respected worldwide with accreditations from more than 30 domestic and international organizations. As a standards development organization, we have published more than 200 FM Approvals certification standards for fire protection systems, building materials, electrical systems, and emerging technologies. The 60,000+ FM Approved products listed in the Approval Guide are produced by manufacturers based in more than 70 countries.
FM Approved: Standardised certification tests
Two years of intensive preparation and numerous internal tests were necessary to pass the demanding FM Approved certification tests.
The certification test procedure was identical for all products:
- 10% filling of the test setup
- One hour waiting time => leakage checked
- Filling of the test setup to 100%
- 24 hours waiting time => leakage measured
- Test setup completely emptied
- Impact test with a 50 kg tree trunk cut at an angle, impact of the trunk from a height of 1.2 m
- Refilling the test setup to 10%
- One hour waiting time => leakage checked
- Refilling the test setup to 100%
- One hour waiting time => leakage checked
- Leakage must not change after the impact
The test results were more than convincing: the AquaLOCK® garage door, the door and the portal were 100 % leak-proof, with only a few drops leaking through the flap.
For the tree trunk used in the impact test, both the diagonally cut shape and the weight of 50 kg as well as the drop height of exactly 1.2 metres are precisely specified. The test log was used for all four products.
AquaLOCK® door impact test
AquaLOCK® flap impact test
AquaLOCK® up-and-over door impact test
The results: no or barely measurable leakage even after impact test
All four products passed the FM Approved test with flying colours and received the certificate. The portal, the up-and-over door and the door were still completely watertight even after the complete test procedure, with a minimal leakage of 3 ml from the flap.
You can download the certificate here. To find our product in the FM Approval Guide, you need to register: https://www.approvalguide.com/. Registration is free of charge. After successful registration, enter “Torbau Schwaben” in the search field above and you will see the AquaLOCK® products that have been certified by FM Approvals.
