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Tuesday 25 May 2010

Federal-Mogul develops breakthrough FR yarn for transportation

Southfield, MI - Federal-Mogul Corporation has announced it has developed what it believes to be the world's first Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) yarn to meet both halogen-free flame-retardant regulations and the "no flaming drip" requirement. Federal-Mogul says that until now, no commercially available, zero-halogen flame-retardant Polyethylene Terephthalate has been able to meet this requirement, known as the UL 1441 VW-1 flame test. Federal-Mogul is now developing commercialization plans to enable volume manufacture of fabrics made from the new material.

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