Independent fire-testing company Warringtonfire, which is part of the Element Group, has invested in cone testing capabilities at its Melbourne, Australia laboratory. The laboratory's new cone calorimeter evaluates the reaction-to-fire properties of a material in a well-defined fire scenario. Cone calorimetry is one of the methods used in AS 5637.1:2015, which determines the fire-hazard properties of wall and ceiling linings. It can be used as a potential pathway for determining the group numbers that are required for building materials as per the National Construction Code. Group numbers can be obtained from either a full-scale corner room burn test to AS ISO 9705:2003 or, when appropriate, predicted using data from a small-scale cone calorimetry test in accordance with AS/NZS 3837 or ISO 5660-1. The latter two standards are a new offering for Warringtonfire Australia.
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