Firelight FL3 High Performance Natural Flap Ventilator
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Pneumatic controls
Pneumatic controls
Natural casement roof single flap ventilator, suitable for natural smoke control and day-to-day ventilation.
Application
Suitable for natural smoke control and provision of extract ventilation for most kinds of industrial and commercial buildings.
Particularly suited for installation into glazing systems.
Description
Natural casement roof single flap ventilator, suitable for natural smoke control and day-to-day ventilation.
Features and benefits:
- Wide range of applications: Firelight is classed as a dual-purpose ventilator. Polycarbonate and glass ventilation versions allow the entry of natural daylight, and a wide range of infill panels are available.
- Pneumatic, electric linear, electric chain or electric tubular fail safe drives or hand controls are available.
- High aerodynamic, acoustic and thermal performance, and has a high resistance to the effects of fire.
- Exhaustively tested and certified to EN 12101-2: 2003 in accredited third-party test laboratories and is CE marked. Tested and certified according to EN 14351. Manufactured under the ISO 9001 quality standard.
- Easy to install: delivered fully assembled to site. May be installed at any angle from the horizontal to the vertical (0–110º) onto a curb, into sheeting or into glazing.
- Wide range of base profiles to suit most sheeting, curb or glazing applications.
- Durable: Manufactured from tough, corrosion-resistant aluminium grade 6063-T6 alloy, with stainless steel fixings.
- Low profile and slim frames.
Also available as a standard single flap ventilator (Firelight FL2) or as a double flap ventilator (Firelight Duo); both specified separately.
General information
Color | Silver Other |
Finish | Mill finish Powder-coated Anodized |
Material | Aluminium Polycarbonate Glass |
Shape | Rectangle Square |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | L10/490 Roof ventilators L10/47 Roof ventilators |
Product range |
Specification data - Natural smoke and heat exhaust ventilators
Standard | To BS EN 12101-2. |
Opening type | B. |
Mounting | Roof mounted, onto curb.Roof mounted, onto glazing.Roof mounted, onto roof sheeting. |
Aerodynamic free area | Maximum overall ventilator size: 5 m².Guidance for specification option: Determined by the selected type, the chosen controls, the ventilator’s application, its geometry and its installation angle. Manufacturer guidanceAerodynamic coefficient: up to 0.64. |
Reliability classification | Re 1000. |
Snow load classification | Up to 5000 N/m². |
Low ambient temperature classification | T (-25).Guidance for specification option: T(00) to T (-25). |
Wind load classification | Up to 10 000 N/m².Guidance for specification option: Resistance to wind load: Class 5C to EN 12211 – best in class. |
Resistance to heat classification | B300. |
Arrangement | Flap. |
Dimensions | |
Length | Manufacturer guidanceInsert requirements, throat length 600–2500 mm (in 1 mm increments), subject to maximum overall ventilator size limit: see Aerodynamic free area for maximum overall ventilator size. Consult manufacturer for details of overall size; the dimensions depend on the type of flap, the geometry of the ventilator and its opening angle. |
Width | Manufacturer guidanceInsert requirements, throat width 600–3000 mm (in 1 mm increments), subject to maximum overall ventilator size limit: see Aerodynamic free area for maximum overall ventilator size. Consult manufacturer for details of overall size; the dimensions depend on the type of flap, the geometry of the ventilator and its opening angle. |
Height | Manufacturer's standard. |
Controls | Single pneumatic cylinder.Two pneumatic cylinders. |
Initiation | Local thermal fuse.Guidance for specification option: Opens the unit at a pre-selected temperature. External release signal.Guidance for specification option: Insert details. |
Materials | |
Ventilator | |
Frame | Corrosion-resistant EN AW-6063 T6 aluminium alloy.Guidance for specification option: Thermally broken. With stainless steel fixings. |
Glazing | Double-glazed, 32 mm thick.Guidance for specification option: Standard infill thickness. Double-glazed, custom thickness.Guidance for specification option: Insert requirements, 10–50 mm. Maximum weight: 60 kg/m². Triple-glazed, 32 mm thick.Guidance for specification option: Standard infill thickness. Triple-glazed, custom thickness.Guidance for specification option: Insert requirements, 10–50 mm. Maximum weight: 60 kg/m². Polycarbonate unit, 32 mm thick.Guidance for specification option: Standard infill thickness. Polycarbonate unit, custom thickness.Guidance for specification option: Insert requirements, 10–50 mm. Maximum weight: 60 kg/m². Aluminium infill panel, insulated.Guidance for specification option: EN AW-6063 T6 aluminium alloy. Aluminium infill panel, uninsulated.Guidance for specification option: EN AW-6063 T6 aluminium alloy. |
Finish | Mill finish.Polyester powder-coated.Guidance for specification option: 70 µm thick as standard. Anodized.Guidance for specification option: 20 µm thick as standard. Other.Guidance for specification option: Special finishes available on request; consult manufacturer and insert requirements. |
Colour | Standard.Guidance for specification option: Mill finish/ anodized only. RAL.Guidance for specification option: Polyester powder-coated only; insert requirements. |
Seals | Double seals.Guidance for specification option: Used to reduce air leakage when closed. |
Accessories | None.Two-sided sheet metal wind baffle.Two-sided sheet glass wind baffle.Three-sided sheet metal wind baffle.Three-sided sheet glass wind baffle. |
Locking | Double locking. Failsafe open. |
Resistance to fire | E. Guidance for specification option: To EN 13501-1. |
U-value | Up to 1.0 W/m²K. |
Air permeability | Class 4. Guidance for specification option: Maximum of 0.05 m³/h/m² or 0.10 m³/h/m at 100 Pa (to EN 12207:1999). |
Watertightness | Class 9A. Guidance for specification option: No leaks at static pressure of up to and including 600 Pa (to EN 12208:1999). |
Sound insulation | Up to 42 dB Rw. |
Literature
Firelight natural glazed roof ventilator