A156.3 – Exit Devices (ANSI Approved November 2020)‎

• 1.1 Removed self-latching flush bolts from the scope (covered in A156.16)‎
• 2.7 Added language to allow use of optional brackets
• 3.1 Clarified definition for actuating bar surface
• 4.0 Clarified Types excluded from the optional Security Test, added language for utilizing suffix “S” and added Types 29 and 30 for exit devices on glass doors
• 7. Added test fixtures from appendix C to section 7
• 8.2 Removed language “Portions of the actuating bar which are below 30 in. (750mm) and more than 48 ‎in. (1250mm) above the floor when installed per the manufacturer’s templating are exempt from this ‎requirement” as it does not align with code requirements for the hardware to be mounted between 34” ‎and 48” above finished floor (AFF)
• 9.2.3 Added language for single motion to egress
• 9.3 Clarified sequence of testing
• 9.3.2 Added language, “failure of mullion does not constitute failure of the device”
• 9.3 Increased load requirement for grade one from 400lbs to 600 lbs. on the outside pull test
• 14.2 Removed Grade 1 carry open bar
• 15 Added optional security test
• Appendix A-5 Clarified language on fusible fire pins
• Appendix A-8 Added Cycle Test information
• Appendix B Added Type 29 and Type 30, Glass Door Exit Device –top latching and bottom latching ‎
• Appendix C Removed Figure 4 Dent Depth Measuring Device
• Appendix C Added Bracket Diagram