by pinfa-editor | 21 Jan, 2020
The NFPA (US National Fire Protection Association) standards committees NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 (Life Safety Code, Building Construction and Safety Code) have agreed to extend fire safety standards to cover combustible objects “adjacent to buildings”, such as furniture...
by pinfa-editor | 9 Feb, 2022
Angela Schöffel, Georg H Luh, summarised developments in Expandable Graphite as a PIN flame retardant. Different suppliers (see pinfa Newsletter n°128) now offer expandable graphite with an “onset” temperature of 270°C, thus enabling use in polymers which are...
by pinfa-editor | 17 Apr, 2024
Tim Reilly and Stephen Scherrer, pinfa-NA, will present on why and where flame retardants are needed at ACS Fire & Polymers, 12-15 May, New Orleans. pinfa-NA is developing a project on the “Value of flame retardant containing materials” to demonstrate that FRs are...
by pinfa-editor | 18 Jan, 2024
Ascend Performance Materials’ PIN FR PA66 resistant to 1100°C flame for 15 minutes for electric vehicle battery safety. The non-halogenated flame retardant performance polymer offers fire protection performance to SAE AS5127 (aerospace specification), better than...
by pinfa-editor | 17 Apr, 2024
Revision of the (US) International Wildland Urban Interface Code shows wide discussion on materials fire resistance. The code defines requirements for land use and for buildings within wildland urban interface areas, with the aim of reducing impacts and dangers of...
