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HOUSTON, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eCORP Stimulation Technologies, LLC ("ecorpStim"), a subsidiary of eCORP International, LLC ("eCORP"), today announced plans to deliver a propane-based technology which renders the propane stimulation fluid non-flammable. Patent application has been filed and further testing and experimentation of this technology has been initiated confirming its environmental safety and commercial viability. ecorpStim has successfully demonstrated the use of...

Architectural Testing Adds Fire Testing, Flammability, and Combustibility to Their Approved Testing Agency License for the City of Los Angeles York, PA (PRWEB) September 25, 2012 Following an inspection of Architectural Testing’s (ATI) fire testing facility at their corporate headquarters in York, Pennsylvania, representatives from the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) granted an approval to include Fire Testing on ATI’s approved testing agency license....

DETROIT, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Woodbridge is pleased to announce the development of an industry leading flame retardant foam, for a range of under-hood acoustical and thermal insulating applications, to meet increasingly stringent OEM needs. This new material represents a significant breakthrough in flammability performance for Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) solutions, offering enhanced sound absorption and transmission loss properties, versus competing materials...

A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has developed a method to determine the chemical composition of liquids seized by police and suspected to be explosive. Some of the samples analysed contained substances hazardous to health, such as methanol and boric acid.Each year police forces seize tonnes of pyrotechnic substances which, in principle, are for indoor firework manufacturing (i.e. flares or those used in artistic or sporting events), but which also may...

Gram for gram, novel carbon nanofiber-filled coatings devised by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Texas A&M University outperformed conventional flame retardants used in the polyurethane foam of upholstered furniture and mattresses by at least 160 percent and perhaps by as much as 1,130 percent.The impressive test results, reported in the journal Polymer,* suggest that significant fire-safety advantages can be gained by coating polyurethane...

In response to the ever-growing rise in special hazard flammable liquid fires, fire safety specialist and inventor David Munroe has launched ACAF Systems Inc, a manufacturer of innovative and self contained Compressed Air Foam fire suppression systems. This newly patented, FM Approved line of fire suppression solutions are adding a whole new dimension to firefighting. Coventry RI (PRWEB) January 27, 2011 In response to the ever-growing rise in special hazard flammable liquid fires, fire...

HONG KONG, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- ZhongShan City Pan-Asia Electric Co. Ltd is notifying customers that Cat5E cable manufactured by ZhongShan City Pan-Asia Electric Co. Ltd may be absent of non-fire retardant compound, and as a result, lower the degree of flammability level. Customers are asked stop using it. Although these products are marked with the UL Marks, they do not comply with Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) safety requirements and are not authorized to bear the UL...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The only thing more frightening than your child's ghoulish Halloween costume is the potential risk it can pose for serious injury. What's more, scary skeleton string lights and jack-o-lanterns that haunt your home could be potential fire hazards if not used properly. Every Halloween, the second most "decorated" holiday after Christmas, potentially flammable costumes and improperly-used decorations contribute to a significant increase in home fires,...

BALTIMORE, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Requiring tank trucks to purge excess fuel from the external product piping, or wetlines, will not improve the safe transport of flammable liquids and is dangerous to technicians that install the purging technology, American Trucking Associations (ATA) First Vice Chair Barbara Windsor told the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Material today. "We believe the industry's safety record demonstrates that a mandate for...

A team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device that measures how construction materials react to fire. The technique, which is being presented this week at the Fifth Spanish Forestry Congress, can be used to improve fire risk maps.A group of researchers from the Forest Fires Laboratory (CIFOR-INIA) has applied a "mass loss calorimeter" "“ a...