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Compounds & colourings
Compounds
for solar
cables
Fainplast has introduced a new range of
halogen-free flame retardant compounds
for sheathing and insulation of photo-
voltaic cables. An all-in-one solution for
the growing market of renewable energy.
Fainplast has invested in the development
of plastic materials that can be used
efficiently for the sheathing and insulation
of the solar cables that transport energy
from the PV panels to the place of its
consumption.
Technical requirements for this type of
material are very demanding. Despite
being halogen-free it is required to be
flame retardant with emission of low
density smoke and low corrosive gases
in the case of fire. The most important
requirement for these materials is long
term performance in extreme ambient
conditions. For this reason, all materials
are required to be crosslinked. The
specific solution provided by Fainplast
is a SIOPLAS crosslinking method, that
does not require big investments for the
cable manufacturer and can be easily
implemented in a standard PVC cable
production line.
To further improve the performance of
these crosslinkable materials Fainplast
has significantly improved the long term
ageing performances of these materials
to comply with the strict requirements
of TUV, CEI (Italian Electrotechnical
Committee) and other international
standardisation bodies.
All materials have been tested in ageing
ovens according to the Arrhenius thermal
endurance method, during a testing
procedure that lasted several months.
All results were positive, and today
Fainplast can offer to the market a valid
solution for this specific business.
With 12 fully automatic compounding
lines and a production capacity of almost
60,000MT of compound a year, Fainplast
offers a wide range of PVC, EVA, PE and PP
based compounds.
Its R&D laboratories are among the most
modern in the compounding industry,
and with a strong knowledge base built
over several years of market-orientated
developments, Fainplast is able to give
swift and sure solutions to its customers.
Faraotti Industrie Plastiche Srl – Italy
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: +39 0736 403807
Website
:
www.fainplast.comResults of Fainplast's endurance tests
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