Blast Resistant Door

General Information

An explosion is a sudden release of gas at high pressure in the environment.

Sudden, because the release must be sufficiently rapid for the energy contained in the gas dissipated via a shock wave.

Blast protection is one of today’s biggest challenges that Fitzpatrick will have to handle.

A Petro-chemical blast may be regarded as different to that of a terrorist blast attack but fundamentally, blast doors and windows will have to perform the same task – protecting people, places and possessions.

Standards and Requirements

Open range: DIN EN 13123-2 & 13124-2
Shock tube: DIN EN 13123-1 & 13124-1
Requirements of the petro-chemical industry according to ASCE

Blast Resistant Doors

Fitzpatrick blast resistant doors are manufactured to meet the international requirements of blast pressure based on design calculations and certified by an approved third party consultancy offices in accordance with industry standards.
Fitzpatrick’s blast doors are manufactured from steel, with an inner welded framework connected to front and rear doors skins with multiple welds. The voids between reinforcing members are entirely filled with Rockwool infill.
All construction details, reinforcement, and frame anchoring, depend solely on the calculation design of the specified blast pressure.

Fire Rating

Fitzpatrick blast doors are up to 3 hours fire rated to UL10C.

Paint

Fitzpatrick blast doors can be polyester powder coated from a standard range of RAL colors or factory applied epoxy prime base coat.