MCPP is a leading materials supplier to the automotive industry for thermoplastic elastomers used in seals, interior parts and wires and cables, as well as supplying consumer electronics and other sector with tailor-designed material solutions. Demand for automotive...
Abdullah Al-Mamun, Adler Pelzer, outlined the demanding requirements set by customers for FR engineering plastics for electric vehicles. Customers want five minutes ignition resistance, that is fire performance comparable to UL94 V0, but this requires levels of FRs...
Michael Grosshauser, Fraunhofer LBF, summarised tests of ageing of cable compounds (polyethylene, EVA) with nano-clays. Nano-clays cause premature degradation of these polymers with weathering, because of carbonyl formation, accentuated when used with ATH (aluminium...
Thanos Porfyris, National Technical University, Athens, presented work underway in the EU-funded EPAnEK project testing non-halogenated flame retardants for polypropylene electrical cable conduits and tubes. These are not today covered by the EU Construction Products...
Serge Bourbigot, Centrale Lille / UMET France, indicated an increase in the number of publications addressing intumescents for fire safety of around 4x from 2000 to 2020*. He summarised tests using different amounts of expandable graphite (EG) and conventional...
