by pinfa-editor | 2 Mar, 2021
U.S. Borax, part of Rio Tinto, is a new member of pinfa-NA (pinfa North America). Borax is a global leader in the supply and science of borates: naturally occurring minerals containing boron and other elements. US Borax supplies 30% of the world’s demand for refined...
by pinfa-editor | 27 Jul, 2021
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...
by pinfa-editor | 24 Mar, 2021
Bench fire destroys school and again shows risks of outside furniture or decorations not covered by building regulations. In the editorial to Fire Safety & Technical Bulletin (FS&TB) February 2021, Marcelo Hirschler shows that around 3% of reported fires in...
by pinfa-editor | 16 Nov, 2021
Agarwal et al. present large-scale fire test results on twelve different ACM (aluminium composite materials) and HPL (high-pressure laminate) cladding assemblies. They conclude that non-FR thermoplastic core ACM systems show accelerated flame spread within minutes,...
by pinfa-editor | 17 Nov, 2020
Innovating in cable conduits since 1938, the Austrian company Dietzel Univolt considers its range of “HFT Next generation” LSF0H (Low Smoke and Flame, Zero Halogen) conduits as a frontrunner in sustainability. Using PIN flame retardants, the conduits are HFT...
