Building Elements Laboratory
Stationary and in situ tests
- curtain walls, ventilated facades, roof coverings
- balcony windows and doors, balcony, loggias and terrace glazing system
- windows, doors, curtain walls, shutters and other building partition with burglar resistance
- roof windows and hatches, roof skylights, glass coverings and continuous skylights
- internal and external doors
- gates, shutters, blinds, balustrades and railings
- suspended ceilings
- sandwich panels, composite boards
- facade cladding systems
- glass point-fixing systems
- aluminium window profiles
- building hardware, including:
- anti-panic locks and emergency locks for exits
- embedded and surface-mounted locks with catches (including multi-point locks)
- door and window hinges and latches
- door hardware (handles, knobs, grips) and window handles
- hardware for tilt-and-turn, turn-and-tilt, tilt or turn windows and balcony doors (including burglar resistance) and other window hardware
- door closing devices with adjustable closing speed
- inserts and other cylinder locks, padlocks
- windows and doors made out of different materials, including:
- internal and external doors (including burglar resistance) and door frames
- slide and revolving doors with drive devices and door drives (including safety)
- balcony windows and doors (including burglar resistance)
- roof skylights, roof windows and hatches
- garage doors for commercial and industrial purposes, activated manually and electromechanically
- shutters, awnings, internal and external blinds
- balustrades and railings
- components for lightweight constructions, including:
- substructures for ventilated facades
- substructures for photovoltaic panels
- self-supporting sheets for roof covering
- fixtures, fittings and finishing item kits, including:
- trays, bathtubs, washbasins, sinks, shower cabins, hydraulic ball valves, hydraulic distributors
- handles for gutters, downpipe, sewer pipes and others
- attic stairs, steps for manholes
- expansion joints
- plastic equipment components
- fencing components
- mail boxes
Assessed characteristics i.e.:
- product identification and dimensions
- physical and chemical characteristics
- mechanical performances, such as:
- strength and deformability under compressive, bending, tensile and torsional forces
- modulus of elasticity
- destruction form
- hardness
- impact resistance
- resistance, including resistance to:
- artificial atmospheric aging
- tearing and tearing off from the ground, abrasion
- impact resistance and resistance to static and dynamic loads, concentrated loads
- puncture and breaking
- wind load
- shocks
- water penetration
- corrosion
- frost resistance
- specific characteristics, including:
- safety in use
- air permeability
- water tightness
- door resistance to repeated opening and closing, for non-standard tampering and other
- resistance to dynamic loads related to snow clearance
Contact
Head of Laboratory
M. Sc. Marzena Jakimowicz
Phone
+48 22 56 64 260
+48 61 853 76 29
przegrody@itb.pl
przegrodypoznan@itb.pl
Address
ul. Ksawerów 21
02-656 Warszawa
ul. S. Taczaka 12
61-819 Poznań