Special articles on flame retardants and cables show leading companies are centring development on PIN technologies. The articles bring together interviews of FR producers, compounders and production equipment providers, and are accessible online.
Compounding World’s review on cables cites Alphagary, Avient, Benvic, Barouge, Buss, Europiren, Evonik, Hexpol TPE, Innospec Luna, Nabaltec, Pandaplast and Tolsa. All are concentrating on PIN fire safety solutions, driven by demand for low-smoke “HFFR” (halogen-free flame retardant) cables. Photovoltaic, electric vehicles and optic fibre roll-out are driving new performance formulations. Demand is for PIN fire performance and low-smoke combined with resistance to oil and water, electrical characteristics (for high voltage) and mechanical performance (wear resistance, flexibility, heat resistance) as well as processing qualities. New synergist additives are proposed to combine performance with high mineral PIN FR loadings.
The magazine’s review on flame retardant innovation also cites mainly PIN developments from Adeka, Borax, Byk, Budenheim, Clariant, Evonik, Europiren, FRX Polymers, Hüber, Inovia Materials, Italmatch, Kärtner KMI, Luh, Nabaltec, PAG, Paxymer. Companies indicate trends towards sustainable materials, driving the move away from halogenated to PIN FRs, towards more demanding fire performance (e.g. for electric vehicles) and continuing push for recycling. Technical developments include improving FR dispersion by using compatibilising synergists or surface treatments, higher FR thermal stability to better target char generation, PIN FR packages with high electrical performance and new mineral FR solutions.
“What’s new in flame retardants”, Compounding World, December 2021. “Formulating for performance cables”, Compounding World, May 2021. http://www.compoundingworld.com/
Compounding World’s review on cables cites Alphagary, Avient, Benvic, Barouge, Buss, Europiren, Evonik, Hexpol TPE, Innospec Luna, Nabaltec, Pandaplast and Tolsa. All are concentrating on PIN fire safety solutions, driven by demand for low-smoke “HFFR” (halogen-free flame retardant) cables. Photovoltaic, electric vehicles and optic fibre roll-out are driving new performance formulations. Demand is for PIN fire performance and low-smoke combined with resistance to oil and water, electrical characteristics (for high voltage) and mechanical performance (wear resistance, flexibility, heat resistance) as well as processing qualities. New synergist additives are proposed to combine performance with high mineral PIN FR loadings.
The magazine’s review on flame retardant innovation also cites mainly PIN developments from Adeka, Borax, Byk, Budenheim, Clariant, Evonik, Europiren, FRX Polymers, Hüber, Inovia Materials, Italmatch, Kärtner KMI, Luh, Nabaltec, PAG, Paxymer. Companies indicate trends towards sustainable materials, driving the move away from halogenated to PIN FRs, towards more demanding fire performance (e.g. for electric vehicles) and continuing push for recycling. Technical developments include improving FR dispersion by using compatibilising synergists or surface treatments, higher FR thermal stability to better target char generation, PIN FR packages with high electrical performance and new mineral FR solutions.
“What’s new in flame retardants”, Compounding World, December 2021. “Formulating for performance cables”, Compounding World, May 2021. http://www.compoundingworld.com/