by pinfa-editor | 19 Jun, 2024
Flame retardants are identified as one route to fire safety in public purchasing and can be without hazards. The German Federal Environment Agency (Umwelt Bundesamt, UBA) report assesses fire safety requirements for public purchasing of PPE (personal protective...
by pinfa-editor | 15 Oct, 2019
Richard Lyon, US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), presented work underway by an FAA/industry working group to use milligrams of sample in a microscale combustion calorimeter to compare the fire performance of components (e.g., adhesives, films, potting...
by pinfa-editor | 19 Oct, 2022
German sports electric car uses Lanxess (pinfa member) non-halogenated flame retardant nylon for charger heat dissipation. The charging system manufacturer is Leopold Kostal GmbH, Luedenscheid, Germany, a global automotive, solar and electrical contact system...
by pinfa-editor | 30 Apr, 2021
Cicoil low-smoke, zero-halogen FR cables for reliable, weather and UV resistant performance in solar and technical uses. The Cicoil Flexx-Sil jacketed single and multi-core cables are designed for up to 42 KV (DC) and do not require protection in harsh environments...
by pinfa-editor | 24 Mar, 2021
The brominated flame retardant industry, BSEF, has published a report by SOFIES discussing brominated flame retardants in WEEE recycling. The report was presumably funded by BSEF (but this is not stated) and appears to be based on 50 references and input from around...
