19/30396879 DC

This standard 19/30396879 DC BS EN 15685. Building hardware. Requirements and test methods. Multipoint locks, latches and locking plates. Characteristics and test methods is classified in these ICS categories:

• 91.190 Building accessories

This document specifies product characteristics and test methods of mechanically operated multipoint locks and their locking plates:

1. for use in doors in buildings;

2. for use on fire and smoke compartmentation doors fitted with door closing devices, to enable such doors to close reliably and thus achieve self-closing in the event of fire;

3. for use on locked fire doors to maintain the fire integrity of the door assembly.

This document covers multipoint locks their locking plates which are either manufactured and placed on the market in their entirety by one producer or assembled from sub-assemblies produced by more than one producer and designed to be used in combination.

This document does not cover assessment of the contribution of the product to the fire resistance of specific fire resistance and/or smoke control door set assemblies.

This document is not applicable to mechanical/electromechanical cylinders, handles, locks for windows, padlocks, locks for safes, furniture locks or prison locks.

This document does not specify mechanically operated locks or their locking plates which are specified by EN 12209.