FM Approvals is pleased to announce that the new gas detection laboratory in West Glocester, Rhode Island USA now can test and certify gas detectors using 47 different gases. The test gases can be classified as 20 toxic-only gases, 10 combustible-only gases and 17 gases which are classified as both toxic and combustible. (See table.)
Test gases available in the new FM Approvals Gas Detection Laboratory
For more than four decades, FM Approvals has led the way in gas detector testing and certification by requiring manufacturers to certify their products for performance in addition to electrical (i.e., shock, fire and/or explosion) safety. It has been a common practice of other certification agencies to make the performance evaluation of gas detectors optional, often certifying these devices for electrical safety only. While it is important to validate that a detector will not present a shock, fire or explosion risk, it is critical to ensure the device will detect the gas when it is called upon.
FM Approvals is the only certification agency in the world that that requires gas detectors to be certified for performance and has been doing so for decades. If a gas detector bears the FM Diamond, you can be confident it is both safe and reliable. This is why major end users specify FM Approved gas detectors.
FM Approvals looks forward to working with gas detector manufacturers to certify their products in the new Gas Detection Laboratory.