Testing
Ultra Stainless Security, proudly passing all Australian Standards with flying colours.
Ultra Stainless’s effortless elegance is surpassed only by its enviable strength. Our products are continually independently tested as a statement of our unwavering commitment to excellence. The Australian Standards stipulate a range of scientific tests that a security product must pass in order to remain in its class.
Ultra Stainless not only passed, but exceeded the Australian Standard for the below test:
+ Dynamic Impact Test: AS5039-2008
This Australian Standard test simulates a kick to a security screen door.
This test was introduced after it was found that grilles fitted to security screen doors were subject to impact breakage through kicking of the grille panel. The test is performed with a sand and lead filled bag and weighing around 40kg. At impact the bag imparts 100 joules of energy to the panel being tested. The test is repeated 5 times, simulating repeated kicking as the burglar attempts to break into your home.
The test panel fails the test if the infill material (mesh) comes out of the door or window framing, or if the impact breaches the material in any way. The Australian Standard AS5041 requires security screens and doors to resist five consecutive impacts, each of 100 Joules.
Ultra Stainless Security easily meets this requirement and can resist in excess of 50 consecutive impacts, each of 100 Joules without failure.
Ultra Stainless Security passes because of our Patented EGP Retention System which runs around four sides of the screen. This Patented retention system resists the tendency of the mesh to be pulled out of the frame.
+ Lock & Hinge lever (Jemmy) Test: AS5039-2008
The effects of a jemmy attack against a security screen door or window grille are simulated by allowing a standardised narrow-bladed lever (representing a large screw driver) to be inserted against the locking, fastening and hinging points and a turning force (torque) is applied to those points via the lever.
If all the hinges, and/or all the locking and/or all the fastening points tested have failed, then the security screen door or window grille shall have failed. No part of the edge of the security screen door or window grille shall have deflected to the extent that the gap between the security screen door or window grille and the door or window frame is greater than 15cm, perpendicular to the door or window frame after the jemmy test has been completed.
Ultra Stainless Security products pass this test thanks to quality of our hardware and the stiffness of our aluminium section framing.
Also all Ultra Stainless Security hinged security doors are manufactured with three point locks as a standard feature. Three point locks provide higher security as not only does the lock engage in the centre position but also has extra latches towards the top and bottom of the door that give even more strength.
+ Knife Shear Test: AS5039-2008
This Australian Standard test simulates a knife attack on Ultra Stainless as a burglar tries to cut through the screen. The test aims to recreate the effect of someone attacking your doors with a Stanley knife or similar.
During this test, a specially designed machine draws a knife blade along a line down a panel three times. After each draw, the used blade is replaced with a new one. The sample fails if a continuous cut of 15cm or greater is achieved after the third draw. Ultra Stainless passes this test in both the warp and fill directions, unlike many imported meshes which only pass in one direction.
+ Salt Spray (Corrosion) Test: AS2331.3.1
Australian Standard AS5039 requires that security screen doors and windows must exhibit corrosion resistant properties in order that the consumer is able to buy a product that is fit for purpose and will last.
In order to establish the corrosion resistant properties of security systems, long term environmental conditions are simulated in a reduced timeframe using accelerated weathering tests.
The Neutral Salt Spray Test is one such method, and is also referenced as Australian Standard AS2331.3.1. This test is an inexpensive but effective means of comparing the relative corrosion resistance performance between competing systems.
In essence, this test requires that a sample of a security product be immersed in a sealed booth. The atmospheric conditions in the booth are then stabilized in terms of temperature, relative humidity, pH neutrality, and salt concentration.
In this particular test, the salt concentration has the potential to act as an electrolyte, and this accelerates corrosion in security systems dramatically. The samples are inspected at regular intervals for signs of corrosion, and during these inspections, are washed down and dried before once again being immersed in the booth.
Security doors and screens are required to resist 240 hours in this accelerated weathering test without showing any corrosion whatsoever.
Whilst some competing systems deteriorate as early as the 500 to 750 hour mark, Ultra Stainless Security systems have been extensively tested and have resisted 2,000 hours of such immersion without any signs of corrosion. The stainless steel mesh used in Ultra Stainless Security, on its own resists a remarkable 10,000 hours without any signs of the onset of corrosion.
Clearly the benefits of combining the isolation of dissimilar metals using our EGP system, and using the highest quality stainless steel mesh yields superior corrosion resistance performance, and makes Ultra Stainless Security the premier security solution for your home or business.
Other tests include:
Pull Test: AS5039 – 2008
Cyclone Screen Test: 2010: AS/NZS1170.2
10,000 Hour Salt Spray Tests: AAMA2605-05 Section 7.8.2
Aluminium Frame Tests: AS/NZS1866:1997 & AS3715 – 2002) 60603 T5 powdercoated to a minimum thickness of 60um
Stainless Mesh Tests: AS3175-2002, AAMA2603-05, AAMA2605-05, AS2331/ISO2360, ASTM D2794, AS3715, ISO1519, JIS Z2241, ASTM E1086)
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