TCO, the health, environment and worker protection label for office and home electronics, has updated its list of “alternative safer substances” to now include 14 PIN flame retardants, including mineral FRs (ATH, MDH), nitrogen FRs (melamine polyphosphate) and...
The state of Utah and the city of Denver, Colorado, have taken the lead in introducing mass timber into its Building Code, as of 2020. Mass timber is defined as the use of large, solid wood panels for wall, floor and roof construction. New specifications for mass...
The US Congress voted on 17th December 2019 the “Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act” (SOFFA, H.R.2647). This must now pass the US Senate. If the bill is finally adopted, then California Technical Bulletin 117–2013 would become a US federal standard for...
Clariant has launched a range of glass fibre reinforced polyamides for 3D-printing which use phosphorus-based PIN flame retardants to achieve demanding fire performance and low smoke toxicity. A PA6 + 20% glass fibre formulation achieves a GWIT (glow wire ignition...
The Austrian high-tech 2015 start-up Cubicure, a spin-off from TU Wien, has launched the first ever flame-retardant photopolymer for SLA (Stereolithography 3D-Printing process). Cubicure’s proprietary ‘Hot Lithography’ technology enables additive manufacturing with...
