Alexium tweaks FR offering after independent testing
14/08/2013
The aim was to provide guides for variable production set-ups used by different factories and to widen the potential product applications of this breakthrough nylon FR technology, said the Australian company.
“The key test for FR performance, the vertical burn, is a notoriously variable test and the results can be highly dependent on the particular production setup used,” said Dirk Van Hyning, Alexium’s head of product development and commercial transfer.
The results show a high 75% correlation and performance that exceeds product requirements with the remainder showing higher results, typical of the variability seen in the vertical burn test using different set ups.
“Although we were pleased with the solid performance from Ascalon through independent testing, we also saw the data as an opportunity to take the quality of the product to a new level for the benefit of our current, as well as our potential, manufacturing partners,” added Mr Van Hyning.
Using the data from the study and insight gained from the testing community, Alexium made small changes to the technology which it said improved key FR performance measures by 44% and reduced variability in those measures by 58%.
“Importantly, we are now able to provide confidence from independent tests for our future manufacturing partners for important manufacturing mileposts such as percentage first quality and on-time delivery,” added Mr Van Hyning.
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