Wider applicability of expandable graphite

Wider applicability of expandable graphite

Georg H. Luh has developed an expandable graphite with starting temperature over 270°C, targeting technical polymers. Expandable graphite is an inorganic flame retardant which expands considerably in heat, generating a thermally stable residue in case of fire. A...
Higher temperature expandable graphite

Higher temperature expandable graphite

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...
HELUKABEL new LS0H data cables

HELUKABEL new LS0H data cables

The range of four new instrumentation and compensating cables are each available in Low Smoke Zero Halogen versions. The three instrumentation cable types are conformant to PLTC UL13, EN 50288-7 or IEC 60331-21, cable type dependant. They are flexible for use in...
Improving mineral PIN FR performance

Improving mineral PIN FR performance

Innospec Leuna offers non-halogenated processing aids which improve processing of ATH and MDH PIN FR compounds. The polar organic additive is used at 1 – 2% to improve wetting and dispersion, and prevent re-agglomeration during processing, of mineral PIN FRs, such as...
Teknor Apex recognised UL “halogen-free”

Teknor Apex recognised UL “halogen-free”

The global custom compounder Teknor Apex now has fifteen grades recognised UL AATJ2 low-smoke halogen free FR. The PIN flame retardant EVA-based cable compounds for control, data, fibre-optic and transit cables offer fire performance, heat shock and heat deformation...