Diseño y construcción de una cámara de inflamabilidad para productos de construcción para el Laboratorio de Investigación de Ingeniería Mecánica LIM UTA

Abstract

Nowadays it is important to comply with the quality requirements of construction products since their application involves the safety and life of people, it is essential that these products are fire resistant and in case of an adverse event such as this, it can be guaranteed that the spread of flame in the basic building materials is avoided. For this reason, the possibility of implementing the flammability test of construction products in the Mechanical Research Laboratory of the Faculty of Civil and Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Ambato has been proposed. This technical project is based on the design and manufacture of a flammability cabinet under the requirements of the NTE INEN - ISO 11925-2: 2010 standard that focuses on the testing of construction products, for this the equipment was designed considering the regulatory provisions and the equipment was built in AISI 304 steel using cutting processes and TIG welding with filler material and shielding gas, finally, the equipment was validated by testing three different materials such as: vinyl flooring, MDF and ceiling, with the test results under the criteria of NTE INEN - ISO 11925-2: 2010 it was determined that the equipment meets all the requirements.