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WINDFORM and RP Tempering™
Fire Retardant treatment: UL 94 V0
 The useful collaboration between CRP Technology and Temperman utilizing RP Tempering™ technologies began after the first meeting of Eng. Livia Cevolini and Mr. Baran Dag during Euromold 2006.
After that, many other companies started inquiring about RP Tempering™ and that’s enough to underline the importance of these new fire retardant treatments.
It is for CRP Technology a great honour to have been chosen by Temperman to be part of this new reality, it further demonstrates that Windform XT is now a “perfect” product, actually the first carbon fibre filled material for laser sintering, that besides its already well known great mechanical properties, has also incredibly high thermal properties, ideal for the fire retardant treatment now.
A significant amount of time and effort have been put into the
development of the RP Tempering™ Fire Retardant (FR) additives and
engineering processes and the results are promising and really
consistent.
The main target of this great news is obviously the aerospace market,
that absolutely needs these kinds of treatments. By the way, CRP
Technology and the development with RP Tempering™ technologies won’t
stop here, the product will become for sure very useful for motorsports
as well, as many pieces of the racing car in order to support very high
heat during competitions.
The treatment was done to the Windform XT test pieces by using two of RP Tempering™ products:
- Proto Reinforcement(C) Compound
- Fire Retardant Hi-Temp Protoplass(C)
UL 94 Burn Test results report (4th April 2007)
Par3 Technology
CRP Technology & Protodag Technology (Temperman Initiative)
Test Engineer: Jim Reinhardt - Project Managers: Earl Dunlap & Baran Dag
Independent Test Center: Porter Labs
Three kinds of test were done:
1. Horizontal Burn H-B Tempered
2. Surface Burn 5VA or 5VB Tempered
3. Vertical Burn V-0 V-1 V-2 Tempered
For the Horizontal Burn H-B Tempered, the Fire Retardant Hi-Temp
Protoplass© + Windform XT was used. The test was done on 15 samples and
they all passed, with absolutely no failures, no holes and no drips.
The Fire Retardant Hi-Temp Protoplass© Tempered Windform XT was used
for the UL94 5VA & 5VB Surface Burn Test, with still 15 samples
that all passed the test without any holes or drips.
The third and last test was done on the Fire Retardant Hi-Temp
Protoplass(c) Tempered Windform XT with Vertical Burn V-0 V-1 V-2
Tempered. Once again, all 15 samples passed, with no drips and no
holes. They all passed either v.0, v.1 and v.2.
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