A detailed review summarises research into rail carriage fires from the 1970’s to today, including NIST, Eureka, Firestarr, Transfeu and Metro projects, and translation into standards for materials fire performance and toxic gas emissions in combustion, including...
Solvay has launched a halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) glass fibre reinforced polyarylamide (PARA) for high-performance electric vehicle charging connectors. The material is supplied in the signal orange specifically used for such connectors. It offers the high...
The EU-funded (Horizon 2020) project Future Sky Safety brings together 33 partners and €30 million budget to develop new tools and approaches for aeronautics safety. The project notes that 50% of aircraft accident casualties occur in incidents where fire is involved....
Pinfa North America is organising three workshops and panels on PIN flame retardants in specific applications. 4th-5th April, a 2-day workshop on Changing Material Flammability Requirements for Ground Transportatio” is organised together with SAMPE, the Society...
Werner Tecker, LEONI, develops cables for performance applications, in particular automotive. Customer demand to move towards halogen free cable solutions in applications such as commercial buildings, domestic cables and automobile is challenged by cost restraints....
