As an innovative company, it is Pyrophobic System’s mission to focus on our customers’ challenges and add value by applying our technology resulting in unique intumescent, thermal resistant solutions for thermoplastic materials. The following case studies provided document how innovation has helped our customers.
Construction Industry: Longer Burn Times
Challenge:
Fire rated wall systems for building such as hospitals are critical for fire safety and require 2+ hour ratings in many interior walls. Historically the construction industry has used puddy type intumescent materials to provide the wall membrane ratings. Some of these puddy materials do not have unlimited shelf lives or age prematurely in various climatic regions around the globe. Consequently, the ratings of these walls are in question and could cause prematurely failure should a fire occur.
Solution:
As requested by our customer, Pyrophobic Systems Ltd. designed a product that easily retrofits the ASTM E814 series wall electrical box penetrations with the Intuplas Fire Block product. Since there are millions of potentially faulty electrical box penetrations in need of correction, PyroPhobic Systems developed Fire Blcok as a cost effective solution by providing an injection molded gasket which which inserted into the box, returns the fire rated wall to the original specification. Building maintenance personnel and owners can cost effectively, and easily install the Intertek tested gasket and thereby re-establish the 1 and 2 hour rated insulated and un-insulated walls.
Lighting Industry: Safer LED Lighting
Challenge:
Fire rated lighting has relied on drywall enclosures built on site or purchase of a large tent to cover the entire can inside of the ceiling cavity. These methods have proven too expensive and labor intensive. With the introduction of LED fixtures, the application is further complicated by having to provide fire rated materials that are required to operate every day at temperatures as high as 43°C for the lifetime of the light.
Solution:
Pyrophobic Systems Ltd. designed and manufactured the customer a fire rated “bung” insert utilizing the nano composite Bernograph material. The bung is an intricate shape so that operational heat is permitted to be released and allow the fixture to operate as designed. The Daisy shaped part just snaps into the top of a standard can fixture and a soft fire rated gasket is substituted for the ceiling gasket, still allowing for effective compartmentalization and prevention of cold smoke migration. The injection molded part allows the customer to eliminate assembly components and reduce assembly time, saving production and material costs. The owner benefits as well, by eliminating on site built tents, thereby speeding up the construction process. Manufacturing the injection molded part is scalable and fast. Testing resulted in 30, 60 and 90 minute ratings applicable to EU building codes for shallow void wood construction applications.
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International Firestop Council (IFC) Voting Membership
05/08/2012
Pyrophobic Systems Ltd. is now a voting member of the International Firestop Council (IFC). After attending the IFC’s spring 2012 meeting held in Hilton Head...
NAATBatt Workshop on Thermal Safety in Advanced Traction Batteries
04/03/2012
Timothy Riley, US Market Manager for PyroPhobic Systems, LLC spoke about IntuPlas fire resistant thermoplastic technology at the NAATBatt Workshop on Thermal Safety in Advanced...
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