by pinfa-editor | 17 Nov, 2020
pinfa member, Lanxess, has developed high strength & rigidity PA6-fibre composites achieving UL94-V0 @ 0,5 mm. The materials have high glass- or carbon-fibre content to ensure mechanical strength, rigidity and energy absorption, and use PIN flame retardants to...
by pinfa-editor | 30 May, 2023
Expert paper, with pinfa-NA, assesses possible non-halogenated solutions to reduce melt-drip fire risk in plastics. Melt-dripping of plastics can propagate fire from burning plastic to other materials. The UL 94 fire performance test therefore requires absence of...
by pinfa-editor | 30 May, 2023
Tests on 72 formulations of 10 polymers show no significant increase in smoke density or toxicity with PIN FRs. The tests, carried out by CREPIM France and funded by 12 pinfa member companies, applied the European railway standard EN 45545-2 as a recognised...
by pinfa-editor | 2 Mar, 2021
More than UK£ 5 billion to replace flammable building cladding, announced by the UK Government may still not be enough. The UK has promised a further £ 3.5 bn funding to help owners remove non fire safe cladding materials from buildings > 18m high, adding to £ 1.6...
by pinfa-editor | 11 Jun, 2020
European Fire Safety Alliance (EurFSA) has published a ten-point “action plan” for fire safety, based on outcomes of the 2019 European Fire Safety Week. EurFSA state that over 5 000 people per year are killed by fire in Europe. Escape times are reduced because smoke...
