A1S Group Flies High With Airbus Fire and Smoke Curtain Installation

The Welsh Government invested £20m to develop the first phase of its Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility in Broughton which will be operated by AMRC and used by Airbus for wing testing. Galliford Try were awarded the construction works as part of their ongoing North Wales Framework Agreement and after a smooth design process, chose the A1S Group for the supply and installation of 7 smoke control curtains to BS EN 12101 and 17 fire curtains tested in accordance with BS EN 1634-1 as required by BS 8524-1 2013 with 120 minutes integrity.

The photographs and video perfectly illustrate the physical differences between fire and smoke curtains and smoke curtains (only). The smoke only video displays curtains which do not descend within guides. Their purpose is primarily to channel smoke and as per their testing standard EN BS 12101-1, gaps are permissible and can be seen on the video. Permitted tolerances are as follows.

Up to 20mm when the curtain is less than 2 metres high

Up to 40mm when the curtain is between 2 and 6 metres high

Up to 60mm when the curtain is less than 6 metres high

The fire and smoke curtains on the two photos descend within guides and provide smoke leakage compliance to ENBS 1634-3 as well as their fire integrity to ENBS 1634-1 as required by BS 8524-1.

For any information about the A1S Group Flameshield fire and smoke curtain range, contact enquiries@a1shutters.co.uk for prompt customer and project support