Safes, strongrooms

The Mechanical Malicious Acts Laboratory performs tests to validate the compliance of safes and strongrooms

 
The tests consist in perform the products with manual, electrical and/or thermal tools to meet the requirements of the standards.

The requirements are:

• "Total access" which usually involves opening the door in a destructive manner,
• "Partial access" which consists to perform a hole large enough for an arm to reach some of the valuables (this requirement does not apply to strongrooms),
• "Anchoring" which results in the removal of the safe,
• In addition, safes must be equipped with high security locks to resist non-destructive attempts at opening. 

 

The classification of the products is used to select those capable of resisting break-ins, whether by amateur or experienced burglars.

• Secure safes cabinets for use by private individual:

Technical rules A2P T71-4; EN 14450.
 

• Safes for use by private individuals, businesses and the banking sector:

Technical rules A2P T71-1; EN 1143-1.
 

• Strongrooms, strongroom doors for use by private individuals, businesses and the banking sector:

Technical rules A2P T71-1; EN 1143-1.
 

• Deposit systems and night safes for the banking sector:

Technical rules A2P T71-1; EN 1143-2.
 

• Safes for ATMs for the banking sector:

Technical rules A2P T71-3; EN 1143-1.
Manufacturers design and develop safes to resist burglary and may optionally meet requirements for core drilling and gaseous and/or solid explosive attack.
We carry out these tests to obtain the option CD (core drilling), EX (solid explosive) and GAS (gas explosive), in compliance with A2P T71-1 technical rules; A2P  T71-3 and European standards EN  1143-1 and  EN 1143-2.
The tests carried out for A2P certification can be used within the framework of agreements between European certifiers grouped within the European Fire & Security Group (EFSG).