6,000 mm louvre approved in RC4
For many years, Alux has worked hard to test and certify our products to guarantee high quality and offer our customers the best products. We have reached a new milestone by being the first in Denmark to have our Safe 4000 Venetian blind approved up to 6,000 mm in width.
In 2016, the product standards for doors, windows, shutters, gates and fittings changed, and new certifications could be issued after thorough testing with hydraulic pressure, swing pendulum and burglary tests with tools at the Danish Technological Institute. This was done in a very different and more demanding way than before, and the old SKAFOR/F&P approvals are therefore not at all comparable to the new ones that Alux has obtained for several of our products over the past year.
In December 2019, Alux tested our well-known Safe 4000 Venetian blind, which was already RC4 approved up to a width of 2,500 mm. With their extensive know-how, our competent employees have now developed this blind with reinforcements at several exposed points, and Alux has had the blind approved by the Danish Technological Institute according to EN 1628 and EN 1630, so we are now able to manufacture and install RC4 blinds up to 6,100 mm in width.
This means that we are now able to secure larger openings with one large grille, rather than having to divide openings into multiple units. It's simpler and cheaper, and security is top-notch.
EN 1627-1630 is a common European standard for determining the performance of burglary attempts through windows and doors - issued by Danish Standards following a proposal from the European committee CEN/TC 33.
The standard consists of 4 parts:
EN 1627 Specification on fittings and manufacturing of test elements.
EN 1628 Static test.
EN 1629 Dynamic test.
EN 1630 Manual test (burglary test) with standard tool kit.
The standard is divided into 6 classes according to durability. The classes range from RC1 to RC6, where RC stands for Resistance Class. The higher the class a grille/blind is approved for, the longer it takes a thief to break through it and the more professional the tool the thief uses.