Fire-resistant sliding doors as fire barriers are covered by the European product standards EN 16034 (doors, gates and windows – product standard, performance characteristics – fire and/ or smoke protection characteristics) and EN 13241 (gates - product standard, performance characteristics).
These fire barriers are classified in accordance with EN 13501-2 (classifi cation of building materials and elements regarding reaction to fire – Part 2: Classification using data from fi re resistance tests). The new Novoferm NovoSlide Industry fire-resistant sliding door has been specially developed to meet these stringent European product standards.
According to the construction product regulation for the marketing of building materials in Germany and the European Union, materials covered by the European product standard must be supplied with a CE mark and a declaration of performance (DOP).
This applies to fire-resistant sliding fire doors in national and European regulations in the post-coexistence phase. Doors marked in this way can be used in all member states of the European Union (CEN).
In addition to the European standards, the relevant national statutory building requirements must always be observed which remain the responsibility of the individual countries and will not be harmonised at a European level. In Germany, for example, the Model Administrative Provisions for Technical Building Rules (MVV-TB) define the statutory building requirements for fire-resistant and smokeproof doors. In addition to the fire-resistance classes EI2 30 and EI2 90, the MVV-TB also requires the properties of tight closing (Sa) and durability of self-closing (C2).