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DIN Standards Committee Heating and Cooking Equipment

About FNH

The DIN Standards Committee Heating and Cooking Equipment (FNH) was founded in 1948. The working scope encloses on the one hand standardisation activities for household cooking and heating appliances, running with solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. It contains stoves and built in appliances, coal and oil ovens, open fire stoves, independent gas-fired space heaters, heating inserts for tiled stoves and fire places, woodpellet-fired independent heaters, water heaters and special appliances. On the other hand the FNH is concerned with the standardisation of appliances for commercial kitchen as used in hotels, catering trade, restaurants, casinos, hospitals, cafeterias and many other catering facilities. These are in particular: thermal catering equipment for commercial kitchen, large-scale kitchen equipment and steam equipment, equipment for commercial kitchens - components for ventilation, fire suppression systems, UV devises for commercial kitchens and stainless steel products.

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DIN Standards Committee Heating and Cooking Equipment (FNH)
Dipl.-Ing.
Frank Kienle

Amelia-Mary-Earhart-Str. 12
60549 Frankfurt am Main

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New projects
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DIN 18869-8 2025-03-19 Equipment for commercial kitchens - Components for ventilation - Part 8: Safety requirements, dimensioning and design for shared exhaust air from solid fuel-fired appliances and commercial kitchen appliances with other energy sources More  Comment 
DIN 18875 2025-03-11 Equipment for commercial kitchens - Components for ventilation; Text in German and English More  Comment 
DIN 18873-16 2025-03-10 Methods for measuring the energy consumption of commercial kitchen appliances - Part 16: Kitchen Machinery More  Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
DIN 18869-8 2025-06 Equipment for commercial kitchens - Components for ventilation - Part 8: Safety requirements, dimensioning and design for shared exhaust air from solid fuel-fired appliances and commercial kitchen appliances with other energy sources More 
DIN 18849 2025-05 Equipment for commercial kitchens - Labeling requirements for the identification of catering containers in accordance with DIN EN 631-1 More  Read draft and comment
DIN EN 16647-2 2025-05 Alcohol powered flueless fireplaces - Safety requirements and test methods - Part 2: Automatically operated decorative fireplaces for domestic use; German and English version prEN 16647-2:2025 More  Read draft and comment

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title
DIN 18867-2 2025-04 Standard Equipment for commercial kitchens - Mobile equipment - Part 2: Utility racks - Requirements and testing More  Order from DIN Media
DIN 18867-4 2025-04 Standard Equipment for commercial kitchens - Mobile equipment - Part 4: Tray removal trolley - Requirements and testing More  Order from DIN Media
DIN 18867-5 2025-04 Standard Equipment for commercial kitchens - Mobile equipment - Part 5: Heated banquet trolley - Requirements and testing More  Order from DIN Media

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Documents withdrawn without replacement
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DIN 4731 2025-05-31 Oil-fired heated units with vaporizing burners; requirements, testing, marking More  Comment 
DIN 30683-2 2025-05-31 Gas appliances; forced air gasburners with ventilation in bakeries More  Comment 
DIN 4733 2025-05-31 Oil fired bath water heaters with vaporizing burners More  Comment 

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