Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus fire

Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus fire

Nobody was injured in this spectacular natural gas powered bus fire, near Perugia, Italy, 16th April. Only the driver was on board. The columns of fire result from automatic vending of natural gas, intended to keep the fire away from the vehicle to give time for...
US IBC Code and combustible cladding

US IBC Code and combustible cladding

Proposal to ban combustible cladding in renovations of high-rise buildings, unless sprinklers are fitted. The IEBC Technical Committee (International Building Code) has approved proposal EB33 to create a new section 309.2.1 to ban the use of “combustible” materials in...
NIST review on LCAs of plastics

NIST review on LCAs of plastics

This NIST review analyses current knowledge on life cycle and environmental assessments of plastics, based on over 150 publications. It is noted that “FRs are usually ignored in plastics LCA studies”. Only six publications relevant to FRs are cited: Broeren 2016,...
PIN FR engineering thermoplastic

PIN FR engineering thermoplastic

pinfa member Asahi Kasei’s PIN FR mPPE shows application success in automotive, electronics, photovoltaics, and water installations. mPPE (modified polyphenylene ether) is a combination of polyphenylene ether with polystyrene, polyamide, polypropylene, polyphenylene...
PIN FR labels for fire-safe electronics

PIN FR labels for fire-safe electronics

Polyonics continues to improve its non-halogen flame-resistant labels for miniature, high-power electronics. Component and material labels in electronic equipment and batteries are essential to enable component and material identification, quality control, commercial...