BIC , the Lighters Expert ®
• Over 40 years, BIC Group has manufactured more than 30 billion lighters*. • Each day** around the world, consumers choose to buy 6 million BIC lighters. ®
Since a lighter is a flammable gas tank under pressure and a flame generator, it must comply with safety regulations in force and safety happens to be BIC’s number one priority. BIC® lighters offer up to twice the lights than other flint lighters of the same format***.
All BIC® pocket lighters meet or exceed the international safety standards ISO 9994 specifications.
100% of BIC® pocket lighters are made in our own factories with state-of-the-art mass assembly equipment.
All BIC® lighters sold in the EU are conform to the EN 13869 Child Resistance regulation. A Child-resistant lighter is a lighter that at least 85% of children under the age of 51 months cannot operate.
Every BIC® lighter undergoes more than 50 separate automatic quality checks during the manufacturing process.
How does a BIC® Lighter work? Guard
Safety guard added over the sparkwheel on all BIC® child-resistant lighters.
Hood
Steel. Windshield and heat protection.
Spark wheel Spark wheel
hen the spark wheel, which is made of W serrated hardened steel wire, is rotated with sufficient speed and force, it creates a spark.
Flint
S upplies material for the sparks. The flint spring applies pressure to the flint to generate sparks.
Flint spring
Feeds flint onto spark wheel as flint wears. The flint spring applies pressure to the flint to generate sparks.
Jet Jet
With jet and fork spring this component controls the opening and closing of gas coming from the valve. The jet/globe seal subassembly is quality checked using a sophisticated camera vision system.
Fixed flame valve Valve
The subassembly regulates fuel flow and releases a constant level of fuel, permitting a constant flame of predetermined height.
Fork Fork
ith Jet and Fork Spring these components control the W opening and closing of gas coming from the valve.
Fork spring
With Jet and Fork these components control the opening and closing of gas coming from the valve.
Body
This is plastic; ultrasonically welded with the Base. The body, base and seal ball constitute the gas reservoir.
Base
This is plastic; ultrasonically welded with the Body. The body, base and seal ball constitute the gas reservoir.
Ball
Seals the gas reservoir after it is filled. eals fuel port after filling; carbide steel.
* Source: internal BIC® studies ** Base: 220 days *** Internal testing - EU Market 2008-2010 / on J26 www.bicgraphic.com