Compliance
SSSicura is primarily designed for domestic use.
However, from the outset, project inputs have mandated compliance with the specific standard for safes used in professional settings. This ensures even greater security, well beyond that provided by the UNI EN 14450:2005 standard designated for private safe use.
SSSicura, therefore, has been tested and classified as compliant with the rigorous European standard UNI EN 1143-1:2009 – Grade 0.
This superior standard sets the requirements for safes used in professional environments, those with the highest security standards, to meet. It defines essential parameters for assessing the resistance of safes to burglary attempts, ensuring a reliable level of protection for professional use.
It should be emphasized that SSSicura’s unique design already positions it to meet the requirements for higher grades of the 1143 standard in order to achieve greater resistance levels. The unique, innovative, and patented design, meticulous engineering, and quality materials used not only ensure durability over time but also contribute to enhancing the safe’s robustness, providing an additional level of security beyond standard expectations.
In this way, SSSicura delivers solid and dependable protection for all valuable assets, even those of considerable size, reaffirming its commitment to the highest standards of professional security.
European Standard UNI-EN 1143-1:2009
The reference standard for evaluating the security of professional safes is the UNI EN 1143-1:2009, a European standard that divides products into 14 distinct levels of resistance, from 0 to XIII. This classification is the result of objective tests conducted in specialized laboratories, which assess the resistance capacity of safes to burglary attempts using means such as drills, cutting discs, oxyacetylene torches, thermal lances, etc.
Safes from levels 0 to X undergo two types of tests: partial access and total access. These tests generate two values (RU), and the overall resistance grade of the safe is determined by the lower value obtained. For the higher levels (from XI to XIII), the classification is based only on the total access test, considering these security containers as doors for strongrooms.
The EN 1143-1 standard provides a classification system that allows understanding the resistance of a safe based on the assigned grades. For example:
- Level 0 EN 1143-1: Insurable up to €52,000
- Level 1 EN 1143-1: Insurable up to €103,00
- Level 2 EN 1143-1: Insurable up to €258,000
- Level 3 EN 1143-1: Insurable up to €413,000
- Level 4 EN 1143-1: Insurable up to €568,000
- Level 5 EN 1143-1: Insurable up to €732,000
- Level 7 EN 1143-1: Insurable up to €1,033,000
These values represent the insurable limit associated with each resistance level, providing a practical guide for selecting the safe that best suits specific security needs.
European Standard UNI-EN 14450:2005
The UNI-EN 1450 standard classifies safes for private use based on their resistance to break-ins carried out with typical burglary tools used by professionals, such as crowbars, pry bars, electric drills, hammers, etc.
Specifically, the break-in test involves using a 1.5 kg hammer with a 40 cm handle. Additionally, tests conducted to meet the regulations include resistance to burglary attempts with a 500 Watt drill and an 800 Watt angle grinder.
Resistance to attack for at least one minute classifies the container at level I, while resistance for two and a half minutes elevates it to level II.
It’s evident, considering the relatively modest burglary tools used in these tests, capable of carrying out attacks that aren’t overly forceful, that the standard should refer more to what we might call “reinforced containers for private use” rather than to proper safes for professional use, for which it’s more appropriate to refer to the 1143-1:2009 standard.
