TAGS: Flame Retardants Surface Modification
CAI Performance Additives announces its halogen-free flame retardant for polycarbonate film or sheet, ST-SR487.
The additive allows PC film to achieve UL 94 V0 at ultra-low thickness, a very tough technical requirement.
Delivering New Solution to the US Market
As customers and regulators continue to question the safety of halogen-based FR solutions, compounders have increasingly looked for halogen-free alternatives for adding flame retardant properties to their compounded polycarbonate. CAI Performance Additives is delivering ST-SR487, a new proprietary solution to the US market.
ST-SR487 has more benefits than just standard FR qualities, at ~1% dosage PC compounded with ST-SR487 has achieved UL 94 V0 with a 0.25mm thick film. The additive also can provide a
higher resistance to yellowing and other forms of weathering as well as increased hydrolysis protection for water-contact end products.
CEO Richard Marshall says, “
Halogen based FR solutions can contain bromine, iodine, even chlorine; all chemicals of concern nowadays. I’m proud to say we are offering a safer alternative to our customers in ST-SR487, our first FR additive that is entirely halogen-free.”
Source: CAI Performance Additives