{"id":2241,"date":"2024-04-02T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T19:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afexsystems.com\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:19:43","slug":"afex-liquid-agent-fire-suppression-system-becomes-first-to-achieve-as-50622022-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afexsystems.com\/es\/afex-liquid-agent-fire-suppression-system-becomes-first-to-achieve-as-50622022-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"AFEX Liquid Agent Fire Suppression System Becomes First to Achieve AS 5062:2022 Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Raleigh, NC, USA, April 2, 2024 \u2013 <\/strong>AFEX Fire Suppression Systems, specialists in designing and manufacturing fire protection systems<\/a> for heavy-duty mobile equipment, today announced that their liquid agent system has completed rigorous testing to become the first vehicle fire suppression system to achieve the ActivFire\u00ae AS 5062:2022 approval. This certification assures AFEX customers that the system with a new liquid agent called SAFE-X has been thoroughly validated by a reputable third-party and found to be effective at suppressing mobile equipment fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

AFEX\u2019s Liquid Vehicle Fire Suppression System Achieves AS 5062:2022 Certification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AFEX has a long history of certification with ActivFire\u00ae, achieving initial AS 5062 approval of its fire suppression systems in 2012. At the tail end of 2022, the Australian Standards (AS) Standard\u2019s Committee updated the AS 5062 standard to a 2022 version that expands testing criteria, system performance, and agent content representation. AFEX was up to the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two representatives of ActivFire\u00ae Scheme traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Christopher Preston, Director, Infrastructure Technologies at CSIRO, alongside colleague Kai Loh, Executive Officer of CSIRO\u2019s ActivFire\u00ae Scheme, witnessed the AFEX system and SAFE-X agent undergo the AS 5062:2022 fire performance test schedule.  Tests were conducted using the most disadvantaged nozzle across the most disadvantaged system size. New to the 2022 revision, the disadvantaged nozzle must extinguish a fire within 80% of the effective discharge time in 2 out of 3 tests in both the direct and indirect application tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe AS 5062 standard is designed to push a [fire suppression] system to its limits,\u201d explained Christopher. Christopher has spent the last 10 years assisting ActivFire\u00ae with fire suppression system projects and has led the AS 5062 revisions alongside industry representatives. \u201cThe testing we conduct verifies a system\u2019s mechanical components and fire performance, as well as the agent\u2019s chemical components, all with the goal of giving clear demonstration that a system works as defined by the standard test methods.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe AFEX system extinguished the fires well within the requirements of the standard,\u201d said Christopher. \u201cThe effective discharge time of the AFEX system was 30 seconds, and the fires were extinguished in an average of 5-6 seconds, or within 20% of the effective discharge time. They also passed two tests sequentially without the need for additional tests.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, upon completion of the testing process, AFEX\u2019s liquid chemical fire suppression system became the first system certified to the 2022 revision of AS 5062. Kai related his experience working with AFEX. \u201cIt was straightforward and easy. The AFEX team was extremely organized, thorough, and very professional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AS 5062:2022 Certification Sets Benchmark for \u201cFluorine Free\u201d Agents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the 2022 revision of the AS 5062 standard was released, it included something that no other mobile vehicle fire suppression system standard had done at the time. It set a benchmark for what exactly constitutes a \u201cfluorine free\u201d agent, requiring that levels of fluorinated organics not exceed 1 mg\/kg (ppm).<\/p>\n\n\n

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