Research and Development: from hypothesis to reliable facts
TO STAND STILL IS TO GO BACKWARDS
Colt invested in test facilities right from its very beginnings. The Company built a wind tunnel in 1931, the first year of its existence. It was technically advanced for it time and was initially used to develop vehicle ventilators. Over the years Colt has delivered a constant flow of new ideas that have led to the development of new products and services.
Since the 1930's Colt has developed test facilities in the UK and Germany, and has carried out hundreds of tests, whether for the development of its own products or to test how well these products perform when integrated into a customer's building under differing conditions.
Colt's test facilities include testing of air permeability, water tightness under static pressure, aerodynamic performance, coefficient, air leakage for ventilators and louvre panels; a life cycle area; a fire test rig; and an acoustic facility consisting of two connected test cells (reverberant and semi-anechoic). Other test capabilities include freeze testing, 'fall through' tests and structural wind load testing.
COLT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCIENCE OF SMOKE CONTROL
Colt played a significant part in the development of the science of smoke control. Following a series of catastrophic fires in the 1950's, Colt worked with the Fire Research Station at Borehamwood, near London, to fund a series of full scale tests. These led to the publication of Fire Research Technical Papers 7 and 10 which are the basis for the science of smoke control.
Original wind tunnel set up in Bush House, London in the 1930's
A later version of the wind tunnel
Modern day win tunnel
Rain Test Rig
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