Railway Materials and Equipment - Reaction to Fire

CSI performs fire reaction tests on materials and components for railway vehicles according to the EN 45545-2.

In the railway sector, CSI is recognized at European level by all railway rolling stock manufacturers (Alstom, Bombardier, Ansaldo Breda, Siemens, etc.), and by railway line managers and certification agencies (Trenitalia, SNCF, Certifer, DB to name a few. ) and is able to certify the Reaction to Fire and the Toxicity / Smoke Opacity in conformity with all the test methods required in the sector.

CSI is a laboratory able to offer global assistance, following customers from the preparation of documentation and sampling for tests to the issue of test reports, without any additional cost.

Railway sector - Testing

  • EN 45545-2 - Railway applications. Fire protection on railway vehicles Requirements for fire behavior of materials and components
  • CEI 11170-3 - Railway vehicles - Guidelines for the fire protection of railway and tram vehicles - Evaluation of the fire behavior of materials - Limits of acceptability
  • BS 6853 - Code of conduct for fire precautions in the design and construction of passenger trains
  • NF F 16-101 - Railway rolling stock. Behavior in fire. Choice of materials
  • ISO 5658 - Reaction to fire tests
  • ISO 5659-2 - Railway rolling stock. Behavior in fire. Choice of materials
  • ISO 5660 - Reaction to fire tests — Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate — Part 1: Heat release rate (cone calorimeter method) and smoke production rate (dynamic measurement)
  • ISO 4589-2 - Plastics - Determination of fire behavior by means of the oxygen index - Part 2: Test at room temperature
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