Avient Launches Thermoplastic Composite Panels with Integrated Flame Retardance
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Avient’s Hammerhead FR Flame Retardant Composite Panels are an industry-first, patent-pending thermoplastic composite sandwich structure featuring integrated flame retardance that can eliminate the need for additional FR sheets or coatings. They can be used in modular construction walls, flooring, and ceilings and can replace gypsum, drywall, and framed assemblies with a consolidated, lightweight, structural solution. Available in large formats up to 10 feet wide and nearly unlimited lengths, they can help to significantly reduce typical carpentry and installation time and costs.
Offering the beneficial inherent properties of thermoplastic composites, Hammerhead FR panels can resist rot and degradation from moisture, chemicals, ultraviolet (UV) light, and corrosion, and they can bond easily to other materials with strong adhesive properties and paintable surfaces. The panels also meet ASTM E84 Class A standards for flame spread and smoke density and passed NFPA 286 corner room burn testing.
Avient will also feature its full portfolio of composite materials at the show that can help reduce weight, streamline installation and production, and add strength and functionality to building and construction projects, including:
- Polystrand™ Thermoplastic Composites: for decking, lumber, flooring, structural reinforcement, and more
- GlasArmor™ and ThermoBallistic™ Ballistic Resistant Panels: for residential and commercial protection against projectiles, such as bullets and explosive fragments
- Glasforms™ Pultruded Rods, Tubes & Custom Profiles: for concrete reinforcement, infrastructure repair, and more
