Products in Wire & Cable: Smoke Suppressant

SmokeShield® ZB8 is a versatile additive catering to the flame retardant needs of plastics and elastomers. With its dual functionality as both a flame retardant and a smoke suppressant, this product is especially suitable for applications like cables and wires made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Notably, SmokeShield® ZB8 also serves as a char forming agent, adding an additional layer of fire protection.

Polyfill® 301SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 403 is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 30 is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

SmokeShield® AOM-XF is a smoke suppressant for plastics and elastomers, categorized under performance additives. It is used in applications such as plenum cable insulation, plenum cable jacketing, riser cables, HVAC insulation, belts/belt repair, sheets, carpet tiles, and aircraft interiors. SmokeShield® AOM-XF offers excellent performance and is known as a charformer.

Polyfill® 402SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 407 Alumina Trihydrate is a specialized product meticulously designed for wire/cable-elastomers, coatings, and thermoset/plastic applications. Engineered with precision, it boasts a controlled particle size distribution and essential physical properties, empowering compounders to achieve elevated loading levels and superior overall performance. The enhanced surface area enables exceptional surface finish and impact characteristics, while meticulous particle distribution control allows for maximum loading levels.

Polyfill® 405SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

PolyJet® 502SM is a versatile additive specifically designed for enhancing fire safety in various applications. As a flame retardant and smoke suppressant, it serves both plastics and elastomers, including cables, carpet backing, and flooring. With compatibility in processing methods like extrusion, pultrusion, and resin transfer molding, it guarantees fire resistance in composite materials.

SmokeShield® ZHS is a fine particle size zinc hydroxystannate flame retardant and smoke suppressant. This fine white to off-white powder effectively suppresses smoke in halogenated polymers, notably PVC, functioning as a charformer in the condensed phase. It serves as a potent flame retardant synergist and a replacement for antimony oxide in flexible PVC and halogenated polyesters.

SmokeShield® ZM-20 is a cost-effective and high-performance smoke suppressant designed for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) applications. This fine powder additive, featuring zinc and molybdenum compounds, offers excellent fire safety with low smoke emission, making it an ideal choice for cables, wires, and plenum cable jacketing.

Polyfill® 402 is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

SmokeShield® ZM-4 is a reliable smoke suppressant additive tailored for enhancing the fire safety of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) applications. This fine powder, comprising zinc and molybdenum compounds, offers a cost-effective solution with low smoke emission characteristics. Ideal for cables, wires, and plenum cable jacketing, SmokeShield® ZM-4 serves as an alternative solution.

SmokeShield® ZM-8 is a potent zinc/molybdate complex that stands as an effective alternative to ammonium octamolybdate (AOM) smoke suppressants. This AOM-alternative is presented in the form of a white powder, meticulously designed to diminish smoke generation across halogenated and various polymers. SmokeShield® ZM-8 doesn't just enhance fire safety; it also streamlines costs.

Polyfill® 405 Alumina Trihydrate is a specialized product meticulously designed for wire/cable-elastomers, coatings, and thermoset/plastic applications. Engineered with precision, it boasts a controlled particle size distribution and essential physical properties, empowering compounders to achieve elevated loading levels and superior overall performance. The enhanced surface area enables exceptional surface finish and impact characteristics, while meticulous particle distribution control allows for maximum loading levels.

SmokeShield® AOM stands as a high-performance smoke suppressant containing Molybdenum, actively suppressing smoke in halogenated polymers, particularly PVC. Its role involves acting as a char former in the condensed phase. Its applications span jacketing and insulation for plenum and riser cables, plastisols, calendered sheets, belting, carpet tiles, and extruded sheets for subway and aircraft interiors.

Polyfill® 403SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 407SM is a versatile flame retardant and smoke suppressant, finds application across various sectors. Ideal for consumer goods, it excels in carpet and upholstery applications. In electrical and electronics, it enhances wire and cable jacketing and insulation. This product is a key player in plastics, elastomers, and composite materials, functioning as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant.

Polyfill® 301 Alumina Trihydrate is meticulously crafted for thermoset plastic and CASE applications necessitating heightened loading levels. This medium grind series enhances surface area, promoting improved flow and surface finish properties. By incorporating Polyfill® 301, you amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, bolstered by increased H2O molecule availability.

Polyfill® 203 Alumina Trihydrate is expertly tailored for thermoset plastic and CASE applications demanding high loading levels. This intermediate product empowers compounders to attain maximal loading while maintaining acceptable physical properties. The heightened loading levels facilitated by Polyfill® 203 amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, leveraging increased H2O molecule availability.

Polyfill® 204 Alumina Trihydrate, expertly tailored for thermoset plastic and CASE applications demanding high loading levels. This intermediate product empowers compounders to attain maximal loading while maintaining acceptable physical properties. The heightened loading levels facilitated by Polyfill® 204 amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, leveraging increased H2O molecule availability. Rest assured, Polyfill® 204 alumina trihydrate adheres to the exacting standards of Cimbar Performance Minerals' ISO 9001:2015 quality program.

Polyfill® 110 Alumina Trihydrate is meticulously engineered for industrial applications requiring peak loading levels. With a low surface area, the coarse grind of Polyfill® 110 empowers maximum loading levels, enhancing flame retardancy and smoke suppression through increased H2O molecule availability.

SmokeShield® ZB2 stands as a flame retardant and smoke suppressant tailored for PVC-based applications. It demonstrates efficacy in halogenated polymers, functioning in the condensed phase to create char. This versatile product serves as a flame-retardant synergist and a partial replacement for antimony oxide in numerous PVC applications. Its diverse applications range from plenum and riser cable jacketing to HVAC insulation, plastisols, calendered sheets, belting, and carpet tiles.

Polyfill® 130 Alumina Trihydrate is meticulously engineered for industrial applications requiring peak loading levels. With a low surface area, the coarse grind of Polyfill® 130 empowers maximum loading levels, enhancing flame retardancy and smoke suppression through increased H2O molecule availability.

Polyfill® 302 Alumina Trihydrate is meticulously crafted for thermoset plastic and CASE applications necessitating heightened loading levels. This medium grind series enhances surface area, promoting improved flow and surface finish properties. By incorporating Polyfill® 302, you amplify flame retardancy and smoke suppression, bolstered by increased H2O molecule availability.

SmokeShield® ZM-7 is an exceptional smoke suppressant complex, combining zinc and molybdenum compounds in the form of a white to off-white powder. Engineered as a versatile solution, SmokeShield® ZM-7 offers a budget-friendly substitute for ammonium octamolybdate (AOM). Its effectiveness in curtailing smoke emissions makes it a preferred choice for both flexible and rigid PVC applications, particularly in PVC-based wire and cable, sheet and film, as well as coatings.

PolyJet® 502 Alumina Trihydrate is a specialized product meticulously designed for wire/cable-elastomers, coatings, and thermoset/plastic applications. Engineered with precision, it boasts a controlled particle size distribution and essential physical properties, empowering compounders to achieve elevated loading levels and superior overall performance. The enhanced surface area enables exceptional surface finish and impact characteristics, while meticulous particle distribution control allows for maximum loading levels.

Hydramax™ M3FS is a series of magnesium hydroxide flame retardants and smoke suppressants which have been designed for thermoplastics and elastomeric compounds.

Flamtard S (zinc stannate) is an insoluble, non-hazardous, antimony-free flame retardant synergist, and is increasingly being used in green applications, particularly in the electronics industry. It is extremely effective in PVC systems for cable sheathing, epoxy resins for printed circuit boards, polyamides and surface coatings. Flamtard S is thermally stable up to 400 °C; at higher temperatures (400 °C - 600 °C) zinc and tin ions exert catalytic activity that inhibits the radical chain reaction causing the flame.

Flamtard H (zinc hydroxystannate) is an insoluble, non-hazardous, antimony-free flame retardant synergist that inhibits the development of flames and smoke in polymers. In halogen-containing polymers, the material has both condensed and vapor phase action during combustion. At 220 °C, the material releases 15w% of water, then at higher temperatures (400 °C - 600 °C) zinc and tin ions exert catalytic activity that inhibits the radical chain reaction causing the flame. In halogen-free polymers Flamtard H can increase the char consistency and strength.

Hydramax™ M5SA is a series of magnesium hydroxide flame retardants and smoke suppressants which have been designed for thermoplastics and elastomeric compounds.

Charmax™ FS ZMT is a non-toxic flame retardant / smoke suppressant composed of a micro sized Zinc Molybdate complex coated onto Talc.

Charmax™ FS BZMA-T is a non-toxic flame retardant / smoke suppressant composed of a micro-sized zinc molybdate complex coated onto magnesium hydroxide with a hydrophobic coating to promote dispersion in various polymer systems.

Hydramax™ M5SM is a series of magnesium hydroxide flame retardants and smoke suppressants which have been designed for thermoplastics and elastomeric compounds.

Charmax™ LS ZB400 is a high performance standard grade of Zinc Borate used as a Flame Retardant / Smoke Suppressant additive in a wide variety of polymer systems.