Videos

Packing Your Samples for Dyne

Getting your samples tested in a timely manner is important. One of the biggest causes of delay in getting samples checked in and tested is incomplete paperwork or improperly packed samples. Watch this short video to ensure your sprinkler samples are ready to be checked in and tested when they arrive at Dyne.

Tips:

• Tag each sprinkler to match the location on the sample return form
• Use the online sample return form to send the info directly to us
• Ensure the samples arrive safely by packing them appropriately 

Completing the Online Foam, Antifreeze, and Dry Chemical Return Form

This tutorial will walk you through how to fill in the online form step by step.

If you have any feedback or suggestions, email jennie@dyneusa.com.

Completing the Online Sprinkler Return Form

The Sprinkler Return Form tutorial will walk you through how to fill in the form and what information you need when packing up your sprinklers to send them to Dyne for testing.  

If you have any feedback or suggestions, email jennie@dyneusa.com.

Preparing Your Foam Samples for Dyne

Getting your samples tested in a timely manner is important.  One of the biggest causes of delay in getting samples checked in and tested is incomplete paperwork.  Watch this short video to ensure your samples are ready to be checked in and tested when they arrive at Dyne.

Dyne Firefighting Foam Testing

Introducing our new Firefighting Foam Testing video! View the video to learn about how Dyne completes firefighting foam testing to help customers meet NFPA 25 requirements. Our goal at Dyne is to provide you with a worry-free system for meeting your foam testing needs. Our system includes:

• Free sample kits with postage-paid-shipping labels for shipping within the contiguous United States (starting 7/1/21: limited free shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada, inquire for details)

• Results guaranteed in 5-business days with rush testing also available for an added fee• Results archived and available via a phone call or through our secure website• Emailed PDF of test report and tank tags available by request• Technical experts to answer your questions

To order your sample kits, please call (800) 632-2304 or email lab@dyneusa.com.

Dyne Sprinkler Field Service Testing

Introducing Dyne's new Dyne Sprinkler Field Service promo video! View the video to learn about how Dyne completes the sprinkler field service test to help customers meet NFPA 25 requirements. Our goal at Dyne is to provide you with a worry-free system for meeting your sprinkler testing needs. Our system includes:

• Free standard sprinkler kits with postage-paid-shipping labels for shipping within the contiguous United States (starting 7/1/21: limited free shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada, inquire for details)

• Results guaranteed in 5-business days with rush testing also available for an added fee

• Results archived and available via a phone call or through our secure website

• Emailed PDF of test report

• Technical experts to answer your questions

To order your sample kits, please call (800) 632-2304 or email lab@dyneusa.com.

Dyne Dry Chemical Agent Analysis

View the video to learn about how Dyne analyzes dry chemical agents for moisture content and chemical composition per NFPA 10, NFPA 17, and IMO 1432.

AR-AFFF and AFFF into Alcohol

An Analyst demonstrates placing AR-AFFF and AFFF foam concentrates into alcohol.

IPA Burnback Test on 3/6 AR-AFFF Mixed at 3% and 6%

An Analyst demonstrates an IPA Burnback Test conducted on 3/6 AR-AFFF Firefighting Foam mixed at 3% and 6%.

IPA Burnback Test on 3/3 AR Protein Mixed at 3%

An Analyst demonstrates an IPA Burnback Test conducted on 3/3 AR Protein Firefighting Foam mixed at 3%.

How Paint Affects Sprinkler Performance

Grant Lobell demonstrates How Paint Affects Sprinkler Performance on different types of sprinklers in this testing video.

How Loading Affects Sprinkler Performance

Grant Lobdell explains How Loading Affects SprinklerPerformance in this live action video of sprinklers being tested that have no loading, very light loading, light loading, heavy loading, and very heaving loading. Learn what you should do if you see loading before you send your sprinklers to us for testing.

When Sprinkler Samples are Out of Specification

It is important to send in a sample of sprinklers to be tested by a recognized testing laboratory such as Dyne Fire Protection Labs to ensure that a sprinkler system will work properly in the event of a fire. Dyne completes an appearance inspection as well as a test of the response time of the sprinklers received in our laboratory.  Any test that does not meet the NFPA 25 requirement will show up as “Out of Specification” on the test report.

Dyne Fire Sprinkler Testing

Dyne has purchased a state-of-the-art plunge oven test from the manufacturer that has made these ovens for many of the test organizations and sprinkler manufacturers both in the US and abroad. The oven precisely controls both the temperature and velocity of the air flow in order to provide accurate and reproducible results. View the video for a close up look at what the sprinkler oven looks like in operation.

Film Formation

Understanding the outcomes of your test results is vital to making sure that the lives and property that you are protecting are safe. For film forming foam, one of the performance tests that is done is Film Formation, or as an alternative, Surface and Interfacial Tension.

High Expansion

High expansion foam is a specialized type of firefighting foam that can expand 1000 times its original solution volume. This video shows the various characteristics unique to high expansion foams.

Preparing Your Foam Samples for Dyne

Getting your samples tested in a timely manner is important.  One of the biggest causes of delay in getting samples checked in and tested is incomplete paperwork.  Watch this short video to ensure your samples are ready to be checked in and tested when they arrive at Dyne.

IPA Burnback Test

The IPA Burnback test checks to ensure an alcohol-resistant foam holds up against alcohol-based fuels. The alcohol resistant qualities are demonstrated in this video, along with a comparison to a firefighting foam without them.

Low Expansion

There are many different types of low expansion fire foam and it has many diverse applications. This video demonstrates some of its general features and a breif explanation of how we test it.