Is the Flame Retardant Performance of Sport Artificial Grass Safe?
May. 14 , 2020
As a Landscape Artificial Grass Factory, share with you. Unconsciously,
artificial turf has quietly entered many aspects of our lives. Various sports
venues, commercial venues, daily homes, and urban greening. Increasingly
intimate contact makes people more concerned about safety. The flame retardant
properties of artificial turf are one of the important indicators to judge
whether the artificial turf is qualified. Have you verified that your artificial
turf is flame retardant?
Sport Artificial Grass
The main flame retardant of artificial turf is grass silk, and it's flame retardant performance is achieved by adding flame retardant in the production of grass silk. Generally speaking, the amount added is controlled between 10% and 20%. First, the flame retardant will not adversely affect other characteristics of the artificial turf and product quality; second, it has good compatibility and can be evenly dispersed in the artificial grass; the third flame retardant is environmentally friendly and non-toxic, and will not release harmful substance.
What is a flame retardant? Flame retardant is a kind of chemical additives that can improve the burning of materials in order to protect people's lives and property in daily life and prevent fires. The substances added with flame retardants can effectively prevent the flame from spreading or reduce its spreading speed when exposed to an open flame.
The flame retardant effect of Soccer Synthetic Turf is that the artificial grass can extinguish itself when it is burned, and will not ignite each other and cause a large area of combustion. At present, the artificial turf market is still in a relatively chaotic stage. The quality of artificial turf products is uneven. Good products do have flame retardant properties, but poor quality products do not perform well. Special attention should be paid to the purchase process.
Artificial grass is mostly used in public places, such as stadiums, playgrounds, public green spaces, club halls, etc. Although it is forbidden to throw cigarette butts, the actual implementation effect is not good. Don't underestimate the small cigarette butts, the number of fires caused by littering cigarette butts is staggering. Coupled with the chaos in public, sudden unexpected situations are even more difficult to control.
We have seen the news that "almost one hundred cigarette butts burn artificial lawns". Although the situation on the spot is really indignant, it is fortunate that the site purchased and installed artificial turf with flame retardant properties, which did not cause serious consequences of fire. . Therefore, in order to avoid possible fire hazards, the fire retardant properties of artificial turf are very necessary.
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