[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR7.26]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 7--TESTING BY APPLICANT OR THIRD PARTY--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B--Brattice Cloth and Ventilation Tubing
 
Sec. 7.26  Flame test apparatus.

    The principal parts of the apparatus used to test for flame-
resistance of brattice cloth and ventilation tubing shall be constructed 
as follows:
    (a) A 16-gauge stainless steel gallery lined on the top, bottom and 
both sides with \1/2\ inch thick Marinite or equivalent insulating 
material yielding inside dimensions approximately 58 inches long, 41 
inches high, and 30 inches wide;
    (b) Two \3/8\-inch diameter steel J hooks and a \9/16\-inch diameter 
steel rod to support the sample located approximately 2\3/16\-inches 
from the front and back ends of the test gallery, 1\1/2\-inches from the 
ceiling insulation and centrally located in the gallery along its 
length. Samples shall be suspended to preclude folds or wrinkles;
    (c) A tapered 16-gauge stainless steel duct section tapering from a 
cross sectional area measuring 2 feet 7 inches wide by 3 feet 6 inches 
high at the test gallery to a cross-sectional area 1 foot 6 inches 
square over a length of 3 feet. The tapered duct section must be tightly 
connected to the test gallery;
    (d) A 16-gauge stainless steel fan housing, consisting of a 1 foot 6 
inches square section 6 inches long followed by a 10 inch long section 
which tapers from 1 foot 16 inches square to 12 inches diameter round 
and concluding with a 12 inch diameter round collar 3 inches long. A 
variable speed fan capable of producing an air velocity of 125 ft./min. 
in the test gallery must be secured in the fan housing. The fan housing 
must be tightly connected to the tapered duct section;
    (e) A methane-fueled impinged jet burner igniting source, measuring 
12 inches long from the threaded ends of the first and last jets and 4 
inches wide with 12 impinged jets, approximately 1\3/8\-inches long and 
spaced alternately along the length of the burner tube. The burner jets 
must be canted so that they point toward each other in pairs and the 
flame from these pairs impinge upon each other.