FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
In Ukraine the fire safety requirements are applicable to ACP like to any construction material used in civil and industrial construction. They must comply with State building standards DBN V.1.1-7-2002 “Fire safety of construction projects” that came into force on 01.05.2003. These standards provide for fire-technical classification of materials on five indices: inflammability, combustibility, fire spreading over the surface, smoke-forming ability and toxicity of combustion products.
For public use facilities designed to be used by throngs of people such as supermarkets, department stores, movie theaters, passenger stations, underground railway stations etc., as well as elevator cages, evacuation passageways and public transport it is recommended to use incombustible materials or materials of the following groups:
- flammability – G1 (low flammability)
- combustibility – B1 (difficult combustibility)
- flame spreading over the surface - RP1 (not spreading flame)
- smoke generation property – D1 (low smoke generation property)
- toxicity – T1 (low-hazardous)
Ecobond®Plus FR
Abbreviation “FR” means "fire resistant". The materials marked with such abbreviation comply with fire safety requirements.
Ecobond® Plus FR panels neither burn nor sustain combustion. The panels of a special fire resistant series of Ecobond® are laminated by a special aluminum alloy on the both sides with a fire-retardant mineral core inside. As a rule, properties of combustibility, inflammability, smoke generation and toxicity are determined by intermediate layer of polymer and external coating. All Ecobond® products meet the fire safety requirements of BS EN ISO 9002 standard. Ecobond® Plus FR ACP have a Fire Safety Certificate.
Fireproof core is a compound of mineral filler and polyethylene. Modern antipyrens are used as filler. Despite high concentration of mineral filler, the strength properties of ACP remain acceptable.
Coloring PVDF coating of panels has a negligible influence on fire hazard indices because its layer is very thin. So, standard coatings with PVDF only burn in the places exposed to direct flame and after its removal the flame on the panel dies out itself.
Ecobond® Plus FR series successfully passed the tests at Scientific Research Institute of Fire Safety at the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine and obtained the Fire Safety Certificate. Based on to the classification of DSTU B V.2.7-19-95 (State Standard GOST 30244-94), it refers to groups: G1 (low flammability) and G2 (fire-resistant). In accordance with these requirements, the time of self-sustained combustion of the material after removal of flame must be less than 5 seconds for G1 and 30 seconds for G2. During the tests carried out, the flame on Ecobond® Plus FR panels disappeared by itself in 0-10 seconds. When exposed to flame, no burnt drops arise, and the flame does not spread over the surface. These combustibility groups are acceptable for most applications where fire safety requirements are indispensable.