Flamebar N5. This product is designed for use on a multitude of different surfaces and materials and comes ready to use for direct application. Flamebar N5 is harmless to use and has negligible odour. Since materials are specific in the way they ignite and burn they each require different combinations of chemicals selected to work at or below ignition temperature to prevent burning and smouldering. Apart from retarding combustion, Flamebar solutions will stop smouldering and afterglow and often reduce smoke emission.
Best Uses
Flamebar N5 is best used internally and will withstand dry cleaning, remaining effective until washed out. This Flame Retardant from Bollom, is highly suitable for use on materials that are not frequently used like curtains and furnishing fabrics. Flamebar semi-durable flame retardants offer a convenient effective way of making a wide variety of materials safer from fire and thus conform to fire regulation standards.
Application
Bollom Flamebar N5 is a high quality product designed for immediate application by spraying or dipping. Depending on the material or surface you use Flamebar N5 on depends on the application method and coverage rates. Theoretical coverage rates are usually between 4 and 10m2 per litre. Please see the technical data sheet if you require more information on the coverage rates on different materials.
Surface and Environment
Bollom Flamebar N5 is designed for interior use and is most effective when used on wood products such as insulation board, cork, heavyweight cardboard, industrial belting, stage wood props, exhibition boards, sawdust, wood fibre, shavings, wood nuggets, peat, bark, vacuum impregnation of wood and straw.
British Standards
Flamebar flame retardants have been tested on a wide variety of materials to British Standard levels as listed on fire certificate data sheet.
These include:
BS5867 part 2 1980 flammability of furnishing standard mainly for fabrics and building regulation standard
BS476 part 7 surface spread of flame.
These are mainly on wood and allied products.
Flame Retardancy
It is not possible to produce a non ignitable finish on all materials.The level varies, but the most effective treatments are on absorbent materials like cotton and other natural fibres; wood, straw, cardboard and paper products etc. Synthetic materials are more difficult to treat with most plastics being extremely difficult to upgrade this way. Finishes like scotchguard stain proofing present difficulties of penetration. Increased penetration is normally possible by adding wetting agent or raising the temperature of the solution.
The purpose is to obtain the best flame retardancy possible with the particular material applying the most suitable flame retardant.This is to make the material more difficult to ignite, to slow any flame spread down to a minimum and prevent smouldering. In this way, in case of fire, it helps along with other measures to provide a time delay for people to evacuate the area safely.
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