Centexbel
Ine De Vilder, Centexbel, Belgium, presented the FR4Tex project (www.fr4tex.be), funded by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship, to facilitate research on eco-friendly flame retardants for textiles. Design of experiments, high-throughput technologies and LOI (Limited Oxygen Index, 8×13 cm samples) fire testing data are used to screen different flame retardants and binder systems. FRs were also tested in extrusion and finishing applications.
Also an overview on legislation and labelling was elaborated generating a database of more than 1 600 flame retardant products.