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AFRC Lab

  
Please do not confuse us with the AFRC (Australian Fenestration Rating Council) www.afrc.org.au
 
AFRC Lab are one of a handful of businesses that have been AFRC trained whilst maintaining our independence.
We are an Australian business with over 19 Years of industry experience that prides itself on its ability to provide honest, accurate, scientifically based results.
We are based in Melbourne with Local, National and Global partners.
Our customers are Importers, Architects, Developers, ESD Consultants, Glass Companies, Hardware suppliers,
Primary Die Holders, System Companies and Industry Associations. 
If you need to get your products certified for sales into the Australian market you have multiple options.
 
Our experience suggests that if you are importing products there is a very high chance that the ratings have not been modelled following the AFRC Protocols or modelled by an AFRC trained company.
The AFRC Protocols differ from other international protocols making the values incorrect for Australia.
The AFRC Protocols are the only approved method for NCC compliance of Windows, Doors and Facades in Australia.

AFRC Lab are also able to model complete systems, including blinds, shading devices, attachments, accessories and dynamic glazing products.
 
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Compliance Certification 
AFRC Lab specialise in providing NCC compliance certification based on the AFRC Protocols.
We focus on providing values for the Performance pathway, this method involves the modelling of complete systems to size and configuration.
As you can see the Awning windows used in this image are both using 6.38 Clear Laminate.
Using the WERS/AFRC Std size the Values are Uw 6.5, SHGC 0.59, Tvw 0.63
The same product modelled using the Performance Pathway has a Uw 6.0, SHGC 0.70, Tvw 0.76 
this is a more acurate representation of what was being installed on site                     
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Thermal Transfer Videos
Utilising our powerful Multiphysics engine, we can develop videos of your product located anywhere in the world (based on ASHRAE weather Station Locations) on any location at any height on any day, week, month, year (up to 2017) for any time frame.
We can set customised conditions that may show things like dew point temperatures etc, we are also able to position videos side by side, above and below etc for comparative purposes.
  
Thermal Transfer Imagery
Custom Conditions Modelling
AFRC Lab can provide you with custom climate condition modelling of your products
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Acoustic Simulations
AFRC Lab have developed a virtual acoustic test facility.
Our virtual facility was created based on AS/NZS ISO717.1:2004 Acoustics - Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements Airborne sound insulation.

Our virtual test facility utilizes our powerful multiphysics engine that allows us to provide visualisations of each frequency and how it behaves as it passes through your products.
Our virtual test facility allows quick and affordable acoustic modelling that can be project size and configuration specific. All we need are your cad files, material list and product size/configurations.

We are also able to provide Auralization files for your products.
What is Auralization? 
Auralization is a procedure designed to model and simulate the experience of acoustic phenomena rendered as a soundfield in a virtualized space. This is useful in configuring the soundscape of architectural structures, concert venues, public-spaces and in making coherent sound environments within virtual immersion systems.
Basically we can use a recording from your site, or some generic sounds we already have, process them through the simulation and create an audio file that allows you to hear the original sound followed by the same sound as if you are on the inside.
Air Pressure Simulations
AFRC Lab have developed a virtual air pressure test facility.

Our virtual test facility utilizes our powerful multiphysics engine that allows us to provide visualisations of how air under pressure behaves as it passes through your products.
We are able to apply interal and external temperatures and show how the air mixes.
As with our Thermal Transfer Videos we can attach actual weather station data.
Our virtual test facility allows quick and affordable modelling that can be project size and configuration specific. All we need are your cad files, material list and product size/configurations.