Pill Test Carpet

Wrap tape once around your dominant hand with the sticky side out.

Pill test carpet.

Commonly referred to as the pill test it is used to determine whether a carpet will spread a newly started fire. The material properties of the aramid paper processed here together with the spacers of silicate ceramics provide an optimum combination for core cooling in oil cooled distribution transformers as well as large traction transformers. Carpet and rug institute cri. 3 1 the pill test since april 1971 federal regulations have required that all carpet sold in the united states pass the pill test 1 2.

Sales tes hk carpet flammability tester is used to test the effects of a small source of ignition on floorcoverings. A carpet flammability test described in federal regulations cpsc1 70 and cpsc 2 70. Seal of approval green label vacuums test program protocols. Isotek produces what is called the pill carpet as a core cooling insulator.

The test measures the response or flame resistance to burning when a methenamine tablet or pill is ignited on a carpet or rug floor covering test sample under controlled conditions. Cri test method 112 113 kb standard laboratory test procedure for evaluation of vacuum removal of solid particulate from carpet. Methenamine pill test carpets and rugs. 16 cfr part 1630 surface flammability of carpets rugs ff 1 70 pill test.

Astm e84 ul 723 steiner tunnel test flame spread rating of finishes. Discard pills in the trash bag. All carpet sold in the u s. Cri test method 114 45 kb.

Cri test method 113 156 kb laboratory test procedure for quantifying respirable particulate from vacuuming carpet. The test will screen out carpet easily ignited by a small incendiary source. Also used on the back of carpet. It measures the response of carpet exposed to a timed burning tablet in the absence of an imposed external radiation field.

Wall and floor ceiling assembly test fire ratings of walls structure and floor construction assemblies. It measures the size of the burn hole produced by an ignited methenamine tablet under controlled conditions. Pull the pill up with your fingers but cut the thread or fiber at the surface of the carpet. Flooring radiant panel test carpet resilient floors and other floors in corridors.