SAMPLE HOLDERS AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT FIRE TESTS ON MULTILAYER ELEMENTS

Sample holders for conducting fire tests in multilayer samples, configured to be used in any equipment for the analysis of combustion processes whose heat flow reaches the sample holder in a single direction, comprising: - a body (11, 21) whose material has a melting point for a temperature above 1000 degrees c, where said body (11, 21) has a cube or rectangular prism shape, and comprises six faces: at least three faces without opening and at least two faces with opening, where three faces without opening have an arrangement such that one of the faces is perpendicular to the other two faces and its interior comprises insulating and conformable material, these last two faces being parallel to each other, and where the heat flow from the equipment for the analysis of combustion processes, penetrates the body (11, 21) by one of its faces with an opening, and leaves the body on the opposite side that also has an opening, in such a way that said faces with opening are parallel to each other, parallel with the layers that make up the sample, and are attached to the face without opening whose interior comprises insulating and compliant material; y - a rear fixing system (15, 25) of the sample whose material has a melting point for a temperature above 1000 degrees c. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)