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Follow on Google News | SABIC Helps GRAMMER Lead Rail Industry with New Railway Seating SolutionAt InnoTrans 2012 at the Berlin Messe, Hall 5.1, booth #228, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business showcased GRAMMER Railway Interior GmbH’s tough, new seat back shells and side panels
By: SABIC “Developing our new first-class seating posed multiple challenges,” “Our multi-year collaboration with GRAMMER is an example of our longstanding commitment to the rail industry and our proactive efforts to help customers stay ahead of increasingly stringent safety requirements,” Meeting the Next Generation of Fire Safety Requirements The upcoming implementation of the CEN/TS 45445 standard in Europe in 2015 raised the possibility that seating manufacturers might have to stop using thermoplastics unless a compliant material could be identified. GRAMMER approached SABIC for assistance with this dilemma. The two companies worked together to find a solution that would not only provide the required compliance but also would allow GRAMMER to retain its existing designs and tooling. According to the certificate from the Currenta Institute, which performed independent testing, the LEXAN FST grade achieved the HL3 hazard level, the most challenging to achieve under the new norm. This copolymer features sustainable flame-retardant technology and provides excellent low heat release performance. It is a high-flow material suitable for large, injection-molded parts such as GRAMMER’s seat back shells, and can be custom colored using the services of SABIC’s world-class Color Xpress capabilities. End
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