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PIN FR cable for e-vehicle powertrains
Padanaplast, a leader in cross-linked polyolefins (XLPO) since 1971, and part of the Finproject Group in Italy, has launched a new ultra-flexible halogen-free flame retardant T4 cable, specifically adapted for electric vehicle powertrains.
READ MOREPIN FR for natural fibre reinforced plastics
pinfa member, Budenheim, has launched a PIN flame retardant specifically developed for natural fibre reinforced plastics, such as WPC (wood plastic compounds).
READ MOREFirst 2-hour fire resistant phenolic cable conduit
Radix, a leading producer of high-performance cables, has launched Champion Flame Shield XW, a phenolic fire alarm cable (FPLR Fire Power Limited Riser) conduit which offers 2-hour fire resistance, as required by UL2196, for its DuraLife circuit integrity cable systems.
READ MOREWeather resistance of PIN FR cables
Prolonged artificial weathering of EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) cables was tested with three different PIN flame retardants (ATH aluminium hydroxide @60% from Nabeltec, AlPi aluminium diethyl phosphinate @20% and APP ammonium polyphosphate @20%, both from Clariant).
READ MOREComparing FRs in polyamides
Two different polyamides with 30% glass fibres, based on terephthalic acid (PTA) or isophthalic acid (ITA), were tested for fire performance and other properties with a halogenated and a PIN FR solution.
READ MORENew pinfa member: Grolman
Grolman is a leading international distributor and business development partner in speciality chemicals, present in 40 countries and providing a range of performance materials, additives, fillers, pigments, binders, and flame retardants to Industries including, amongst others: plastics & rubber, wires & cables, paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, composites, batteries, personal care.
READ MORERoger Avakian for SPE “Fellow Award”
Roger Avakian, of Avakian Polychem Consulting, will be awarded the prestigious Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) “Fellow Award” at SPE ANTEC 2020, recognising his contribution to the plastics industry.
READ MOREWashington consultation on “priority products”
Following on from the consultation on defining “priority chemicals” in 2019 (see pinfa Newsletter n°108), the State of Washington has now opened to 2nd March 2020 a consultation on “priority products”.
READ MOREPIN FRs maintained on TCO accepted list
TCO, the health, environment and worker protection label for office and home electronics, has updated its list of “alternative safer substances” to now include 14 PIN flame retardants, including mineral FRs (ATH, MDH), nitrogen FRs (melamine polyphosphate) and phosphorus FRs
READ MOREUS defines fire standards for mass timber construction
The state of Utah and the city of Denver, Colorado, have taken the lead in introducing mass timber into its Building Code, as of 2020. Mass timber is defined as the use of large, solid wood panels for wall, floor and roof construction.
READ MOREUS heads for minimal national furniture fire standards
The US Congress voted on 17th December 2019 the “Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act” (SOFFA, H.R.2647).
READ MOREPIN FR polyamide for 3D-printing for e-mobility
Clariant has launched a range of glass fibre reinforced polyamides for 3D-printing which use phosphorus-based PIN flame retardants to achieve demanding fire performance and low smoke toxicity.
READ MOREFirst ever FR photopolymer for SLA 3D-Printing
The Austrian high-tech 2015 start-up Cubicure, a spin-off from TU Wien, has launched the first ever flame-retardant photopolymer for SLA (Stereolithography 3D-Printing process).
READ MOREHEXPOL TPE reliable and durable FR cable compounds
The international polymer compounder HEXPOL TPE, specialised in thermoplastic elastomers, has launched new PIN FR materials for performance cable sheathing, with the objective of ensuring high standards of reliability and durability, customisation and easy processing, as well as low toxicity and smoke levels.
READ MOREFire protecting the world’s biggest mall
Over one hundred tonnes of non-halogenated flame retardant coating provided by AUDAX-Keck, Germany, with local partner Padena Hoor, will ensure fire protection of the steel structural elements of the world’s biggest mall, the “Iran Mall”, currently under construction in North Tehran.
READ MOREPIN FR for interior wood achieves Greenguard Gold
Koppers, a specialist in wood treatment, wood products and carbon chemicals, has launched FlamePRO, for pressure treatment for fire safety of interior-application wood construction materials, plywood and timber.
READ MOREGrowth predicted for flame retardants
New market studies continue to predict growth for flame retardant demand, particularly for PIN FRs. Credence Research predicts 6.4% annual growth for the flame retardants globally to 2025, marginally...
READ MOREBolton UK student housing cladding fire
A six-storey student residential building, The Cube, housing over 220 students, in Bolton UK, suffered a major fire on 15th November 2019.
READ MOREFire losses in the USA
The US Fire Administration has published a 100-page report on fire losses in the USA, 2008-2017. Some 1.3 million fire incidents were reported to fire departments in 2017 resulting in 3 400 deaths, 14 700 injuries and 23 billion US$ financial losses.
READ MOREDatabase shows variability of cladding fire performance
Data from 252 commercial fire tests in Poland (KRESNIK) was analysed (tests of 90 façade materials, some were tested three times, some fewer if failed).
READ MORERecycling FR boron from insulation to fertiliser
A R&D trial tested biochar, produced by pyrolysis at 600°C of boric acid flame retardant treated cellulosic insulation material (produced from recycled paper, Isocell Austria), as a boron fertili...
READ MOREDOPO – nitrogen – silicon FR for cotton
DOPO was reacted (in solvents) with piperazine (an organic compound containing nitrogen) and then with a chloro-silane compound, to produce a DOPO-N-Si molecule (not containing the chlorine): 1-(9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide)-4-(trimethoxysilylmethyl) piperazine (DOPO-PiP-Si).
READ MOREBio-based (vitamin B5) P – N FR for cotton
D-Panthenol (vitamin B5) is widely present in plants and animals, including in e.g. milk and soybean, and naturally contains both nitrogen and reactive OH groups.
READ MOREPhytic acid – zirconium bio-based FR for epoxy
The zirconium-containing MOF metal organic framework UiO66 (University of Oslo Zirconium 1,4-dicarboxybenzene, a MOF known for its exceptional stability) was functionalised with an amine and with phytic acid (PA, which can be bio-sourced and contains 60% phosphorus), in a one-step synthesis.
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