The fire safe test places a device (valve, gasket…) under pressure in an environment simulating a fire on a plant. This includes a burning period of 30 minutes (i.e. the average time for an emergency service to extinguish a fire on a plant), followed by a forced cool down with water. During and after the fire exposition, the seat leakage is measured as well as the tightness of the seals. At the end of the test, the operability of the valve is also tested.

Our fire safe test bench has been engineered and realised in-house:

• Pressure: 500 bar max, class 2500
• Weight of the valve: 2 t max

The fire safe test can be performed according to clients requirements or the following standards:

• API 607
• ISO 10497
• BS 6755
• API 6FA
• API 6FB