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Structural Steel Protection

Promat are the only manufacturer able to offer a full range of board and spray fire protection solutions to structural steel applications.

Promat VERMICULUX® is our leading board for structural steel applications and is able to provide up to 240 minutes of fire protection.

The Building Regulations require certain elements of structure to have fire resistance for aspecified minimum period of time. The amount of fire protection required to achieve thisdepends on the following:–

  • Duration of fire resistance specified
  • Type of protection used
  • Perimeter of the steel section exposed to fire
  • Shape and size of the steel section

To determine how these factors affect fire resistance, all Promat products and systems havebeen tested at accredited laboratories to a variety of standards, e.g. BS 476: Part 21: 1987,DIN 4102 and ASTM E119.

Tests in accordance with BS 476: Part 21: 1987 have been performed on loaded beams andcolumns clad with Promat fire protection materials. Steel temperatures are monitored with thermocouples to assess the performance of the fire protection, since steel fully stressed inaccordance with BS 449: Part 2: 1969 or BS 5950: Part 1: 2000 begins to lose its design margin of safety at temperatures around 550°C.

A range of unloaded sections has also been tested to obtain data for calculating exactly howmuch protection is needed for the most common steel sections and for providing fire resistance for different time periods.

These and other tests have also demonstrated the ability of the fire protection to remain inplace, commonly termed as the ‘stickability’ of the material, for the maximum duration for which protection may be required. The availability of thin boards and the low weight of Promat boards plus the possibility of pre-fabrication ensure maximum cost-efficiency.

For details of Promat's Structural Steel Protection solutions click here to download Chapter 3 of the Passive Fire Protection Handbook.

For further technical information relating to Structural Steel Protection click Ref. No. below to download the relevant datasheet:

Wind Posts    
Ref. No. Technical Datasheet Fire Rating CAD Drawing
011 60 minute SUPALUX® protection to wind posts    
012 120 minutes SUPALUX® protection to wind posts    
103 90 minutes SUPALUX® protection to wind posts    
       
VERMICULUX® Steel Protection    
Ref. No. Technical Datasheet Fire Rating CAD Drawing
009 VERMICULUX® structural steel casing - remedial guidance    
027 VERMICULUX® structural steel protection - staple & nogging fix    
029 VERMICULUX® - cast iron structural elements    
047 VERMICULUX® details for encasement to fire rated partition interface    
090 VERMICULUX® column interface    
094 Profile followed VERMICULUX® cladding    
095 VERMICULUX® double beam protection    
096 VERMICULUX® protection to restricted access beams    
097 VERMICULUX transfer beam    
       
PROMATECT®-250 Steel Protection    
Ref. No. Technical Datasheet Fire Rating CAD Drawing
048  PROMATECT®-250 column encasement to partition interface    
049  PROMATECT®-250 column encasement interface with partition    
055  PROMATECT®-250 beam encasement - movement head    
093  PROMATECT®-250 partition interface    
060  Interface between Promat TD Board® & PROMATECT®-250 steel columns     
102 PROMATECT®-250 structural steel casing - remedial guidance    
       
Promat TD Board® Steel Protection     
Ref. No.  Technical Datasheet  Fire Rating  CAD Drawing 
088  Promat TD Board® VERMICULUX® interface    
091  Promat TD Board® partition interface     
       
Promat Cafco Spray Steel Protection    
Ref. No.  Technical Datasheet  Fire Rating  CAD Drawing 
092  Cafco to Promat Board interface     
125  Cafco deep beams - British Standard     
130 Cafco MANDOLITE® CP2 Guidance for primer compatibility    
133 Cafco MANDOLITE® HS3 Guidance for primer compatibility    
134  CAFCO® 300 Guidance for primer compatibility    
135 Cafco Sprayed Fire Resistive Materials - Project Scheduling    
Concrete Reinforcement Protection (PROMATECT®-L500)      
Ref. No. Technical Datasheet Fire Rating CAD Drawing
117 Epoxy bonded reinforcement to concrete decks and beams    
       

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