The invention relates to a method for controlling a
fire damper installed in an air duct of an air
handling system, preferably in an air duct of an air
handling system designed as an exhaust air duct or as a supply air duct of a commercial kitchen, wherein the
fire damper comprises a housing (1) having a housing wall and a
damper blade (3), preferably made of
calcium silicate, which is pivotably mounted about an axis of rotation (2) and is preferably centrally located on the housing cross-section between an open position and a closed position, and which has two opposing
damper surfaces connected to each other by a circumferential end face, wherein the axis of rotation (2) divides the
damper blade (3) into two damper blade halves and two opposing bearing points forming the axis of rotation (2) are provided for mounting the damper blade (3).wherein the
fire damper has an
electric motor drive (4) arranged on the outside of the housing (1), connected directly or indirectly to the damper blade (3), with at least either a thermally releaseable fuse (6) and / or a thermoelectrically releaseable release device, and a spring element (22) acting directly or indirectly on the damper blade (3), preferably a spring element (22) designed as a
torsion spring, and wherein the drive (4) is connected to an actuating device (7), wherein when a
voltage is applied to the drive (4), the damper blade (3) is moved by the drive (4) against the
restoring force of the spring element (22) from its closed position into its position, preferably aligned parallel to the flow direction (8),The damper blade (3) is pivoted from its open position and held in the open position. Upon a power interruption, either due to the melting of at least one fuse (6) and / or the triggering of a thermoelectrically
triggered release device, or due to the actuation of an actuating device (7), the damper blade (3) is pivoted from its open position to its closed position by the spring element (22). To provide a method that allows a high number of cycles even with a closing time of 1 to 3 seconds, the fire damper should have either a control device (10) and an electric braking device (11) to slow down the closing process, wherein the control device (10) sends a
control signal to the braking device (11) upon detection of a power interruption caused by the actuating device (7).so that the damper leaf (3) is actuated by the spring element (22) and the damper leaf (3) is in turn braked by the braking device (11) and pivoted from its open position to its closed position within an extended closing time, or the fire damper has a control device (10) for slowing down the closing process, wherein the control device (10) effects a braking effect upon detection of a
voltage interruption caused by the actuating device (7), for example by applying a
voltage to the drive (4) to effect a temporary holding of the damper leaf (3) open and reducing this braking effect, preferably continuously, successively, for example by reducing this applied voltage, preferably continuously, successively.so that the damper leaf (3) is actuated by the spring element (22) and the damper leaf (3) is pivoted from its open position to its closed position within an extended closing time - and secondly, either in the event of a power interruption either as a result of the melting of at least one fuse (6) and / or as a result of the triggering of a thermoelectrically
triggered release device, the damper leaf (3) is pivoted from its open position to its closed position by the spring element (22) within a normal closing time, or the fire damper has a control device (10) and an electric braking device (11) to slow down the closing process,wherein the control device (10), upon detection of a voltage interruption, either as a result of the melting of at least one fuse (6) and / or as a result of the triggering of a thermoelectrically
triggered release device, sends a
control signal to the braking device (11), so that the damper leaf (3) is actuated by the spring element (22) and the damper leaf (3) is again braked by the braking device (11) within an extended closing time pivoted from its open position to its closed position, or the fire damper has a control device (10) for slowing down the closing process, wherein the control device (10), upon detection of a voltage interruption, either as a result of the melting of at least one fuse (6) and / or as a result of the triggering of a thermoelectrically triggered release device,For example, by applying a voltage to the
actuator (4) to temporarily hold the damper blade (3) open and reducing this braking effect, preferably continuously and successively, so that the damper blade (3) is actuated by the spring element (22) and the damper blade (3) is braked and pivoted from its open position to its closed position within an extended closing time. The invention also relates to a fire damper.