Cardea, the first automatic motorized fire-resistant steel swing door on the market, obtains NF certification

A major certification that recognizes a unique innovation on the French market: the first automatic motorized fire-resistant glazed steel swing door, compliant with fire and DAS requirements, and certified as a complete door unit.

For Guillaume Leborgne, Managing Director of MAF ATLANTIQUE: « CARDEA exemplifies our commitment to innovation without ever compromising on compliance, reliability, and quality of execution. This NF certification is a key step in our development strategy in the ERP markets. »

A key certification for a unique product on the market

Launched in early 2024, CARDEA was born from a shared observation by specifiers and project owners: the need to reconcile fire safety, accessibility, fluidity of traffic and automation, without regulatory compromise.

With the NF certification, issued by AFNOR Certification, MAF Atlantique becomes the only French manufacturer able to offer all of its ranges of motorized steel doors, compliant with the DAS NF S 61-937 standard.

This recognition highlights MAF Atlantique's positioning as an innovative player for public buildings, able to anticipate regulatory changes, while reaffirming its historical expertise and its role as a reference in traditional steel joinery.

A certified solution... and operational in the field

CARDEA is not just an innovation: it is a ready-to-deploy solution, supported by a structuring industrial partnership between MAF Atlantique and Record Portes Automatiques.

Designed by MAF Atlantique's integrated design office, the CARDEA door is co-certified with Record, a leading player in door automation.

Record can provide installation, commissioning, maintenance and service contracts, with a dedicated hotline, offering project owners, operators and ERP managers a turnkey, secure and sustainable solution.

An NF certification that secures projects and strengthens the market

The NF277 certification validates the entire door assembly: door, frame, hardware, glazing, door closer, motorization and options, in all certified configurations (1 or 2 leaves).

It is based on two years of trials, audits and controls, including:

• fire tests with integration of electrical penetrations
• DAS tests on models (selectivity, locking, kinematics),
• validation of installation and commissioning instructions,
• fire inspections and manufacturing audits.

Cardea: a highly technical door, certified for fire, DAS and intensive use

The CARDEA door combines, in a single solution, all the regulatory and mandatory requirements expected on the most complex ERP projects:

• Fire resistance EI30 or EI60
• standard NF EN 16034
• Safety Actuated Device (SAD)
• NF S 61-937-1 and -2
• Emergency exits
• In 179 or in 1125
• Automatic motorization
• or assistance with the opening
• NF EN 17372, EN 1154, EN 1155, EN 1158
• User safety
• radars compliant with EN 16005

For AFNOR Certifications: "The advantages of NF certification are crucial for specifiers and inspection bodies: regulatory recognition, performance traceability, consistent manufacturing quality, and comprehensive information provided with each door."

A lever for building trust among prescribers and insurers

In a demanding regulatory context, NF certification is mandatory for the validation of projects and secures the responsibilities of all stakeholders: project owners, design offices, technical controllers and insurers.

NF-certified CARDEA doors are now fully recognized on French ERP construction sites, where DAS compliance is a national specificity; MAF Atlantique also offers a range of motorized Cardéa fire-resistant doors, with or without thermal break, to meet all building configurations.

Already iconic references

Several major projects already incorporate the CARDEA door in an NF-certified version, including:

• Paris Orly Airport
• Headquarters of Crédit Agricole,
• Toussus-le-Noble Aerodrome (78) Google offices in Paris
• Mareterra underground parking lot in Monaco, near Ambroise Paré Hospital (92)
• Accessible housing door for people with reduced mobility (PMR) in Bergeron, Nantes
• Louis Mourier Hospital (92) …

To date, many CARDEA doors have already been manufactured and installed, illustrating the rapid adoption of this solution by the market.