New Standard for Household Appliances Industry: Require the Use of Non-Flame or Flame Retardant Materials
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- 2019-05-07
It is expected that by the end of this year, "General Requirements for Fire Safety of Electrical Appliances" will be formally promulgated and implemented after fully communicating with relevant household appliances enterprises and associations and reaching consensus, which will improve the fire protection performance of domestic appliances to a new height. At that time, the plastic shell of household appliances such as air conditioners, heaters and kitchen appliances will be required to use non-flammable or flame-retardant materials.
Dr. Han Songqing, member of China Fire Retardant Society, said, "Behind the introduction of this consumer safety standard for electrical appliances, the Fire Department of the Ministry of Public Security has found that household appliances have become the main culprits of fire in recent years. The fire department is under great pressure, so they are anxious to upgrade the fire protection level of household appliances.
According to the statistics of Shenyang Fire Station of the Ministry of Public Security, 13.11% of the cases of electrical products fire occurred in the appraisal of fire material evidence from 2007 to 2011, and the number of cases involving electrical products was considerable.
At present, there is no compulsory requirement for the use of flame retardant materials for plastic household appliances in China. Only in the components such as printed circuit boards involving green certification, the fire retardant can be added to increase the fire resistance. In Europe and the United States and other countries, although there is no compulsory addition of flame retardant for household appliances plastic shell, many enterprises have voluntarily complied with it.
What worries household appliances enterprises is that once the above standards are implemented, it will not only improve the fire protection performance of household appliances, but also increase the production cost of enterprises. However, as the rotating chairman of the Commission for the Promotion of the Sustainable Development of Bromine Flame Retardants and the relevant personage of Jiangsu Suli Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., said, "The use of flame retardants will not bring greater cost pressure to household appliances enterprises. Taking the use of bromine flame retardants as an example, the production cost of enterprises is generally about 10-20 yuan.
Professor Zhou Zhengmao, Secretary-General of the China Society of Flame Retardants, also believes that "Flame Retardants are additives that must be used in electronic, electrical, building materials and other products, mainly bromine and halogen-free. Among them, brominated flame retardants are the most widely used in the Chinese market. They have the characteristics of high flame retardant efficiency, good heat resistance, wide application area and moderate addition. At present, 77 products of all brominated flame retardants are green and can be widely used.
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