Manikin burn test
Firestorm test for burn injuries
A dummy fitted with 150 heat sensors was dressed in new Wenaas Offshore products and standard cotton underwear, and then exposed to a firestorm lasting four seconds. A corresponding dummy was then dressed in new Wenaas Offshore products and Devold® Spirit flame-retardant underwear, and similarly exposed to a 4-second firestorm. During exposure to the flames, the heat sensors measured how much heat penetrated beneath the “skin”, to record second- or third-degree burns. A total figure was then calculated to indicate how much of the body had been burned.
Flash fire exposure time: 4 second
Extent of burns reduced by 29%
The test demonstrated that wearing new Wenaas Offshore Daletec 350A coveralls together with Devold® Spirit flame-retardant underwear reduced the extent of second- and third-degree burns by 13%. The test also revealed that wearing new Wenaas Offshore 220A coveralls together with Devold® Spirit flame-retardant underwear reduced the extent of second- and third-degree burns by fully 29%.
