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HYDE at BAU 2027

11 – 15 Jan 2027Messe MünchenHall C4Stand 523

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Exit device selector. The people decide the standard, the door decides the rest.

EN 1125 covers panic bars for people who may not know the building, where panic is foreseeable. EN 179 covers lever or push-pad devices for people who know the building and the exit. Three questions settle almost every case, and when a case is borderline the bar is the safe answer: EN 1125 hardware is acceptable where EN 179 would do, never the reverse.

The occupancy figure that binds is in the building regulation, not in either hardware standard. No certificate is published for any of our exit devices; on a project that needs one, ask and we will say plainly whether we can meet it.

Will the people using this exit know the building?
Could only a few people be moving through it at once?
Is panic foreseeable (crowded, dark, an exit people cannot see until they reach it)?
The opening is
Is it a fire door?
From outside, the door must

Specify to

EN 1125

At least one answer points away from a familiar, small, calm group, so the door needs a panic bar.

Exit only: no outside trim, a blank face or plate outside.

Bars are sized to the leaf, not to the opening. We do not publish a width range per bar length; send the leaf width and we answer against the model.

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Three things that make a correct device non-compliant

EN 179 hardware on a public escape route, usually chosen on cost. Dogging on a fire exit, which holds the latch back on a door that works by staying latched. And anything added to the inside face after handover: a bolt, a hasp, a chain. Each adds a second action, and both standards exist to guarantee exactly one.