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Flame
retardant textiles are required to meet furniture and furnishings
fire regulations in force in various countries. The textiles are
most commonly flame retarded using a flame retardant latex based
backcoating, although in some cases the fibres/yarns used to make
the fabrics are flame retarded during their production. The main
products used in flame retardant backcoatings are halogenated flame
retardants, such as DE-83R or HBCD, used in combination with antimony
trioxide. For transparent backcoatings it is not possible to use
antimony trioxide due to its white pigmenting behaviour and HBCD
is thus used without any synergist.
Contact
our Technical Service
group for expert advice on our products for textiles or see our
Product Guide below.
Market
Trends
- DE-83R most widely used halogenated flame retardant
due to its excellent cost performance in the back-coating formulas.
- Positives EU Risk Assessment outcome for DE-83R
has resulted in many textile back-coaters moving back to using
DE-83R in their systems
- Many OEMs would like to move to a halogen-free
flame retardant solution but at no additional cost
- Furniture fire regulations only currently exist
in the UK within the European community for private dwellings,
although France and Italy are considering introducing a cigarette
and match resistance requirement for furniture fabrics
- Public buildings such as hospitals, prisons, hotels,
cinemas tend to have some degree of fire regulations in place
for textile furnishings.
- The new Euroclass regulations for building products
will introduce the option for tighter smoke regulations in the
flammability performance of wall linings.
Product
Guide for Textiles
Key
Polymers
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