How High Design & Building Codes Can Co-Exist
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Smoke Rated Curtains as Passive Smoke BarriersTUESDAY, NOV 25, 2014Fire and smoke rated curtains are being used to protect openings into atrium spaces for surrounding floors. Automatically deployed flexible fabric curtains can provide vertical barriers at the atrium edges.… -
UL 10D: The BenefitsTHURSDAY, NOV 20, 2014As you may have heard, in the beginning of 2014, UL 10D became the standard for protective fire curtain testing. While it may not sound like that big of a…
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Alternatives to Elevator PressurizationMONDAY, NOV 17, 2014Elevator shaft pressurization is often proposed as an alternative to enclosed elevator lobbies. Fire curtains and doors have a stigma of being ugly, cumbersome and intrusive on design aesthetics. However,…
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UL 10D: The New Standard for Fire ProtectionFRIDAY, NOV 14, 2014At the beginning of 2014, UL 10D became a new standard for testing fire curtain assemblies. These updated requirements cover the evaluation of protective fire curtain assemblies that provide supplemental,…
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Coming Soon: Horizontal Fire CurtainsWEDNESDAY, OCT 29, 2014We are very excited for the latest addition to our product line of smoke and fire rated curtains. The Model 3000 provides a unique functionality in that is a horizontally…