Summary:
A German inventor has developed a new fire protection additive for wood and cellulose insulation materials. The additive prevents glowing and smouldering after the material has been exposed to a fire source and thus significantly improves the fire protection properties without affecting the insulating effect.
This enables the use of these insulation materials in new applications such as multi-storey residential buildings.
Insulation manufacturers are sought as licensees and investors.
Description:
A German SME has developed a fire protection additive for wood and cellulose insulation materials. Wood and cellulose insulation materials are usually equipped with fire-retardant additives that protect the material from rapid burning. Until now, the problem of these materials' tendency to smoulder, which limits their use as a building material, has remained unsolved. With the newly developed fire protection additive, the problem of smouldering and glowing has been solved. This opens new applications and markets for wood and cellulose fiber insulation materials (e.g. multi-storey buildings).
Depending on the requirements in the production of the insulating materials, the fire protection additive can be mixed into the insulating materials as a water-soluble or water-insoluble powder. A fire behaviour test according to EN 16733 has been passsed. The inventor seeks investors as well as manufacturers of wood fibre or cellulose fibre insulation materials as licensees or financial partners.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
The inventor seeks investors for expanding the business and adaption of the additive to other application fields as well as manufacturers of wood fibre or cellulose fibre insulation that want to use the fire protection additive for their insulation products under a license agreement. Addionally the inventor is searching for financial agreements.
Stage of Development:
Available for demonstration
Comments Regarding Stage of Development:
The fire protection additive is available for demonstration. Samples of protected insulation materials can be produced for testing.
IPR Status:
Patents granted
Comments Regarding IPR Status:
Europe
External code:
TODE20200827001