Good question
Not sure if the closure itself has to be rated in any way?
You might ask the guru
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also, does the door manufacture list the door with this hardware attached??
from 2013::
Chapter 6 Swinging Doors with Builders Hardware
6.1.3.3.1 The fire door shall latch upon closure.
6.1.3.4 Power-Operated Fire Doors. Power-operated fire doors shall be equipped with a releasing device that shall automatically disconnect the power operator at the time of fire, allowing a self-closing or automatic device to close and latch the door regardless of power failure or manual operation.
Check 6.4.4.11,,, Not sure how to read that one??????
6.4.4 Locks or Latches.
6.4.4.1 Only labeled locks and latches or labeled fire exit hardware (panic devices) meeting both life safety requirements and fire protection requirements shall be used.
6.4.4.2 Fire exit hardware shall be installed only on fire doors bearing a label stating “Fire Door to Be Equipped with Fire Exit Hardware.”
6.4.4.2.1 Fire exit hardware shall be labeled for both fire and panic.
6.4.4.2.2 Fire exit hardware shall have a permanently attached label that bears the serial number and shows the manufacturer's name and type of approval.
6.4.4.2.3 The label shall differentiate between panic hardware, which is not acceptable for use on fire doors, and fire exit hardware.
6.4.4.3 All single doors and active leaves of pairs of doors shall be provided with an active latch bolt that cannot be held in a retracted position as specified in the individual manufacturer's published listings.
6.4.4.3.1 Doors other than those used in means of egress shall be permitted to be provided with dead bolts in addition to the active latch bolts or as otherwise permitted by the AHJ.
6.4.4.3.2 Locks with dead bolts that are interconnected with latch bolts and retract when the latch bolt is retracted shall be permitted for use on fire doors within a means of egress.
6.4.4.3.3 Latching arrangements that do not provide positive latching in the normal mode shall be permitted to be used provided that, in a fire emergency, the door becomes positively latched by means of an automatic fail-safe device that is activated by an automatic fire detector. (See Section 4.7.)
6.4.4.4 Where both leaves are required for exit purposes, they shall be provided with labeled fire exit hardware.
6.4.4.4.1 Where permitted by the AHJ, pairs of doors not provided with an astragal shall be permitted to have labeled fire exit hardware and an open back strike installed on the inactive leaf, and either labeled fire exit hardware or any labeled latch capable of being opened by one obvious operation from the egress side installed on the active leaf.
6.4.4.5 Where a pair of doors is needed for the movement of equipment and where the inactive leaf of the pair of doors is not required for exit purposes, labeled, top and bottom, self-latching or automatic flush bolts, or labeled two-point latches shall be permitted.
6.4.4.5.1* Manually operated, labeled, top and bottom flush-mounted or surface-mounted bolts on the inactive leaf of a pair of doors shall be permitted to be used where acceptable to the AHJ, provided they do not pose a hazard to safety to life.
.4.4.6 Throw.
6.4.4.6.1 The throw of single-point latch bolts shall not be less than the minimum shown on the fire door label.
6.4.4.6.2 The minimum throw shall be as specified in the manufacturer's installation instructions.
6.4.4.7 Door Attachments.
6.4.4.7.1 Locks, latches, surface-mounted top and bottom bolts, and fire exit hardware shall be secured to reinforcements in the doors with machine screws or shall be attached with through-bolts.
6.4.4.7.1.1 Pilot holes shall be drilled prior to lock and latch installation, in accordance with manufacturer's installation instructions.
6.4.4.7.2 Flush-mounted top and bottom bolts shall be secured to reinforcements in the doors with machine screws.
6.4.4.7.3 Locks and latches shall be attached to wood and plastic-covered composite doors or wood core doors with not less than No. 8, flat, threaded-to-the-head wood screws or shall be attached with through-bolts.
6.4.4.7.4 Fire exit hardware and surface-mounted top and bottom bolts shall be attached to wood and plastic-covered composite doors with through-bolts or with steel screws at locations specified in the door manufacturer's installation instructions.
6.4.4.8 Strike plates shall be secured to the frame with steel screws or other types of screws as indicated by the manufacturer's published listing or label service procedure.
6.4.4.9 Strike plates for doors swinging in pairs shall be secured to reinforcements in the inactive leaf with machine screws.
6.4.4.9.1 Pilot holes shall be drilled prior to strike plate installation, in accordance with manufacturer's installation instructions.
6.4.4.10* Open back strikes shall be permitted to be used in lieu of conventional strikes only where specifically provided for in the published listings.
6.4.4.11* Electric strikes shall be permitted to be used in lieu of conventional strikes in single swinging doors and pairs of doors where provided for in the published listings.
