GENERAL INFORMATION

An escape route is a particularly marked route - usually within the building - which in case of emergency leads outside to the next exit into the open. At the same time escape routes are used by firefighters to carry out extinguishing and rescue tasks. Escape routes may not be blocked neither temporarily nor permanently. Therefore panic locks are designed in a way that emergency exits can never be locked in escape direction. In opposite direction panic locks can be locked. Different panic functions to distinguish between day and night shift, to facilitate the rescue work of firemen, etc., are available.

EMERGENCY EXIT SOLUTIONS ACCORDING TO EN 179/1125/13637

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Emergency Exit Solutions according to EN 179

Further information on norms and their possible applications.

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Emergency Exit Solutions according to EN 1125

Further information on norms and their possible applications.

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Emergency Exit Solutions according to EN 13637

Further information on norms and their possible applications.

While the harmonized EN 179 and EN 1125 have become the technical standard according to which emergency exit locks have to be designed, EN 13637 has not been harmonized yet.

In some European countries the application of EN179 and EN 1125 are not legally binding, in other European countries there are detailed prescriptions when to apply which norm.

For electrically locked emergency exits national building regulations persist. In most of the European countries though EN13637 is the only technical standard at which architects may refer.

EN 13637 offers mutiple advantages. First of all products certified acc. to EN13637 can be sold all over Europe. Then EN 13637 offers a number of new features such as time delay t1 and t2 as well as denied exit, features which significantly increase the deterrent. And finally the design requirements (SIL 2) and testing procedures assure highest safety standards.