Waste PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) filter textiles were tested as a PIN FR in epoxy, showing reduced PHHR and smoke. PPS fibre bag-filters are widely used for high-temperature industrial gas cleaning, for e.g. combustion plants, metallurgy … Material recycling by...
A phosphite derivate of melamine was successfully tested, with SiO2, as a PIN FR solution for polypropylene (PP). Melamine compounds are recognised N-based PIN flame retardants, and their effectiveness is improved by synergy with phosphorus. MPHP melamine phenyl...
Marcello Hirschler summarises updates of façade requirements in the 2021 US IBC (International Building Code). He underlines that the NFPA 285 test in place since the 1980’s has shown to ensure fire safety, in that the US has had zero fatalities in cladding fires...
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,...
Yuen et al. summarise building cladding panel fire incidents, regulations and perspectives. Numbers of significant fires worldwide related to cladding are accelerating rapidly from only around ten per year in the early 2000’s to around one hundred in 2014, continuing...
