The Polyfire project will develop and scale-up techniques for processing halogen-free, flame retardant nanocomposite materials and coatings based on unsaturated polyester resins and organomodified clays. This will enable, for the first time, industrial scale production and exploitation of flame-retardant nano-filled polyester resins, and the replacement of halogenated flame retardant additives. These materials will open up an extensive field of applications in a wide range of industrial sectors, not least construction and mass transport, where flame-retardancy and light-weight are critical. The project will focus on developing turn-key solutions that will be easily integrated into industrial companies, in particular SMEs in Western and Eastern Europe, thereby ensuring maximum impact and benefit to the European community. 

 

                                                  

 

                             

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n° 229220.