Like our location in Hof / Salzburg our testing facility in Dornbirn is now accredited for smoke control- and durability-of-self-closing tests. In Dornbirn our customers have the possibility to test their construction products up to sizes of 6 m x 5 m. Therefore, they can do all necessary testings at one location. For example all… Read More…
Egolf-Workshop in Linz
EGOLF Workshop on fire dampers The workshop, which took place between 12-13th June 2018, was hosted and organized by IBS Linz. 17 experts from 10 different fire testing laboratories, from all over Europe, represented themselves to solve over 30 technical questions about the testing standard (EN 1366-2), EXAP standard (EN 15882-2) and harmonised product standard… Read More…
70 years of fire prevention in Upper Austria Fire protection expertise since 1948
In 1948, our parent company BVS was founded by fire insurers operating in Upper Austria. The original task of BVS was to reduce damages caused by fire and their resolving by offering trainings and information, letting experts attend official negotiations and providing sworn experts for fire cause investigations at the State Office of Criminal Investigation… Read More…
Hail research – at a fire protection institute
How hailstones form is well known to most people. However, how research can be conducted with hailstones or how this kind of research ended up at IBS has been well described in this APA-Science article by the Austrian communication network of future issues (Kommunikationsnetzwerk für Zukunftsthemen – APA-Science). Read the entire article here! Pictures: IBS/Stefan… Read More…
Meet us at the Swissbau fair in Basel!
From 16th – 20th January 2018, IBS Linz will be represented at the Swissbau fair 2018 in Basel. Inform yourself about our extended service portfolio within the framework of the Construction Products Certification Network (CPCN), a cooperation with gbd Zert GmbH and gbd Swiss AG. Experience a LIVE hail impact simulation and burglar resistance test.… Read More…
Fire and smoke testing in retirement home in Schärding
Smoke propagation in ventilation ducts In a decommissioned retirement home in Schärding (Upper Austria), two comparative fire tests were carried out in patient rooms to establish the spread of smoke in ventilation ducts in case of fire. In the first test the ventilation services were shut down as is often the case in current building… Read More…