Testing : Enhanced Security Testing and Certification

Enhanced Security Testing and Certification

The security performance of hardware items such as locks, cylinders, handles, indeed the complete doorset and window units themselves, help to protect property and people effectively from burglary. Specifiers and end users are concerned that doors and windows can easily be opened by burglars. Manufacturers are striving to improve the security of doorsets and windows to combat this concern.

The police initiative for designing out crime ‘Secured by Design’ is being widely adopted by the hardware, door and window industry as a way of improving the burglar resistance of their products.

Warrington Certification’s CERTISECURE is an independent third party certification scheme in support of ‘Secured by Design’ that offers enforcement authorities, architects, specifiers and building owners a high level of confidence that products offer an enhanced level of security, whilst at the same time maintaining suitability and usability.

Enhanced security & burglar resistance testing can also unlock the potential added value in a manufacturer’s product and increase their margins.

Testing can be performed to either established standards, manufacturers own test specifications or a specification created by one of our experts to replicate the real life requirement to which the product is likely to be exposed.

Enhanced security & burglar resistance testing currently performed within Exova includes:

Enhanced security of domestic doorsets

Enhanced security of domestic windows

Burglar resistance of commercial doors, shutters & gates

Integrated Services

The facility is located in our Willenhall facility in the UK, which provides a wide range of services relating to enhanced security systems, including:

Door hardware operational testing

Quality control testing

Durability testing

Corrosion Resistance Testing

U value calculations

UV Testing

Vibration testing

A host of other related tests are also performed at this and our other facilities around the region; including materials testing support and fire testing & certification in particular.

Accreditation

As part of Exova Warringtonfire’s global policy of delivering accurate and defensible test data, the Enhanced Security Division is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) against ISO / IEC 17025 Standard.

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