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PIN FRs for smartphone battery enclosure
Realme has selected a SABIC copolymer resin featuring a PIN FR for the C25’s lightweight, thin-wall battery enclosure. The polycarbonate silicone copolymer resin with PIN FR and an anti-drip agent achieves UL 94 V-0 at 0.6 mm, so enabling design of ever thinner devices.
READ MORELow-smoke PIN FR polypropylene
Tosaf’s PIN FR PP compound meets stringent fire performance and smoke criteria for domestic appliances and construction. The PIN FR polypropylene-based compound meets UL 94 V-5A at 1.6 mm, EN13501-1 BS1 do, NFPA 286, ASTM E162, NF P 92 503/507 M1 and LPS 1207.
READ MOREMetal-organic hybrids as PIN FRs
These can improve polymer compatibility of metal salts, provide catalytic FR functions and absorb pyrolysis products. This review summarises FR effects of different types of metal-organic hybrids. In OMIFERs (organically modified inorganic FRs) metal salts are surface modified by organic molecules to improve polymer compatibility.
READ MOREPIN FR battery module housing for EVs
From Lanxess and INFAC, this offers mass-production, mechanical and non-halogenated fire performance. Lanxess is a PIN flame retardant producer, member of pinfa.
READ MOREBiobased N-P FR for epoxy
A piperazine – phytic acid compound showed to be an effective PIN FR in epoxy, passing UL 94 V-0 and reducing smoke. Phytic acid, a natural molecule with high P content which is widely present in plant seeds, was reacted in ethanol with piperazine, which contains nitrogen, and was then dispersed in epoxy resin before curing.
READ MORERoyal fire death
Eighteen fire fighters were mobilised near Saint Etienne France on 9th August to deal with an apartment fire.
READ MOREReview on organophosphate esters (OPEs)
This review is based on nearly 200 publications, covering production/use, environmental occurrence and health / environmental toxicity of over 20 OPEs (mostly non-halogenated, some chlorinated or brominated) used as flame retardants, plasticisers or in other applications.
READ MORENFPA report on fire in the US since 1980
Analysis of 40 years’ data concludes that the key to improving fire safety is implementation of codes and standards. In buildings where fire safety is strictly regulated, such as hospitals, schools and hotels, catastrophic fires are now rare. In apartment buildings, the rate of deaths per fire has fallen, whereas in less regulated 1-2 family homes it has increased.
READ MOREAsahi Kasei
A leading Japanese polymer manufacturers, Asahi Kasei has joined pinfa to take forward safe and sustainable FRs.
READ MORESmart phone Ecodesign consultation
An EU general public consultation on smart phone & tablet Ecodesign priorities is open to 23 August 2021.
READ MOREH&M on Safe and Sustainable by Design
Clothing and interior company H&M calls the EU to require chemical assessment methodology and full disclosure.
READ MOREChemical Ingredient Disclosure
Over 100 companies and organisations have defined and endorsed six principles for access to information on chemicals.
READ MOREChemSec on “Essential Use”
NGO ChemSec says hazardous chemicals must disappear if their function, even if important, can be achieved otherwise.
READ MORERisk scientists criticise Chemicals Strategy
Scientists of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment question the scientific basis of the new EU Chemicals Strategy, in particular the hazard-based approach.
READ MOREUS federal furniture fire safety enacted
The CPSC has issued a final federal rule to require for cigarette ignition resistance of all upholstered furniture, as passed in the COVID–19 Regulatory Relief and Work From Home Safety Act (see pinfa Newsletter n°122).
READ MOREBio-based polycarbonate with PIN FR
SABIC high-performance, bio-based polycarbonate, carbon fibre reinforced compound with PIN FR package.
READ MOREPerformance of kaolin with PIN synergists
Quarzwerke HPF has developed an olefin compound for automotive using kaolin and non-halogenated synergists.
READ MOREHexpol Group low-smoke low-toxicity range
New wire & cable compound range from the polymers group centres on non-halogenated FRs to meet regulatory demands.
READ MOREPIN FR glass-reinforced polyamides
Teknor Apex expands portfolio of PIN FR polyamides for demanding applications including under-hood automotive. The hon-halogen, 15% - 30% glass-reinforced semi-aromatic PA66 compounds achieve UL94-V0 fire performance (0.5 or 0.8 mm) and offer high flow for injection molding of complex components, good surface finish and good retention of mechanical properties such as tensile strength and stiffness under exposure to moisture.
READ MOREWider applicability of expandable graphite
Georg H. Luh has developed an expandable graphite with starting temperature over 270°C, targeting technical polymers. Expandable graphite is an inorganic flame retardant which expands considerably in heat, generating a thermally stable residue in case of fire.
READ MOREHigher temperature expandable graphite
NeoGraf Solutions’s new expandable graphite offers onset temperature over 270°C enabling new applications. The new grade, with particle size of 300 microns, plastics can be used as a PIN flame retardant in plastics including polypropylene, polystyrene, PET, polyamides and ABS for injection moulding and thermoforming, including composites.
READ MOREOrganoboron smoke suppressing PIN FRs
DTNW Germany has launched research into organoboron compounds as safer alternative smoke suppressant PIN FRs for the automotive and construction sectors
READ MOREHELUKABEL new LS0H data cables
The range of four new instrumentation and compensating cables are each available in Low Smoke Zero Halogen versions. The three instrumentation cable types are conformant to PLTC UL13, EN 50288-7 or IEC 60331-21, cable type dependant.
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