Protective Test System - Stored Energy Test (SET)

Simple, fully-automated testing compliant to the applicable standards

Firefighter protective clothing materials exposed to moderate levels of radiant heat can cause serious burn injuries when compressed against the skin. The amount of energy stored in a protective fabric and transferred to the wearer requires specific exposure conditions and complex analysis - parameters that the SET device was developed to isolate, reproduce, and quantify as per ASTM F2731.

Highlights

• Automatic or manual test operation.
• Pneumatic compressor applies an adjustable pressure load to the sample via a low conductivity mandrel.
• Black body radiant panel heat source (adjustable temperature) produces radiant energy matching the spectral density of a structural fire.