New Products from
Teknor Apex Enable
Compliance with
Tough New EU
Fire Standards for
Wire and Cable
Multiple Halguard® Low Smoke
Halogen-Free Flame Retardant (LS HFFR)
Compounds Are Already Developed that
Enable Compliance with CPR for Cables
Used in Construction
Now that the European Union’s new
Construction Products Regulation (CPR)
has gone into effect, Teknor Apex Company
is prepared to provide wire and cable
manufacturers with low smoke halogen-free
flame-retardant (LS HFFR) compounds which
enable cables to comply with CPR for fire
performance.
Teknor Apex will highlight its Halguard® LS HFFR
candidate compounds for compliance with CPR at
IWCS 2017 (Booth 213).
CPR affects products for permanent installation in
a building structure, such as data cables, control
cables and building wire. As of July 1, 2017, cable
manufacturers supplying such products to European
markets must make a ‘Declaration of Performance’
certifying that a particular product meets CPR
performance standards as validated in stringent
testing by an independent body.
As initially promulgated, CPR focuses on the “fire
reaction” of a cable—its contribution to fire
propagation through heat given off in combustion,
the amount and transparency of the smoke emitted,
and the acidity of the gases given off. The fire reaction
of a cable is indicated by a classification system, with
cables ranked from B2ca to Fca. Class B2ca requires
the lowest heat release, lowest fire growth rate, and
lowest flame spread performance from cable testing.
“Teknor Apex is experienced with CPR classifications
and has already helped customers in their programs
for achieving CPR compliance,” said David Braun,
Teknor Apex wire and cable industry manager.
“Among Halguard compounds now available are
products suitable for class B2ca and below under the
new system.”
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To learn more visit:
www.teknorapex.com.
4 WIRE NEWS October 2017