Fire Protection Coating For Steel

Fire protection solutions limited were involved in coating the steel with it s clean white finish over an 8 month period last year.

Fire protection coating for steel. 3 data for great britain tata steel steel construction fire protection 2013. Structural steel is the most commonly protected material but protection can include other materials such as sheet metal sheetrock composite panels and interior woods. Boards and blanket fire protection system. This type of fire protection system as shown in figure 2 is widely used due to several reasons such as it is clean cost effective water resistant and can be applied to non painted steel members.

Fire protection is accomplished through a combination of active and passive fire protection methods. They can be divided into two types non reactive of which the most common types are boards and sprays and reactive of which thin film intumescent coatings are the most common example. Thin film intumescent coatings can be either on site or off site applied. Even though steel itself is not flammable and will not emit any harmful gases under fire fire poses a special challenge for the load bearing structure of a steel construction.

All fireshield fire coating systems fire tested and assessed around the globe for use in new zealand. All clear and pigmented timber systems offer up to group 1 surface finishes fireshield can only be installed by registered. Technical director john molloy who project managed the coating system said it was a challenging project to coat but the finish looks superb and adds to the exceptional appearance of the station. Fireshield timber and steel systems are compliant with the new zealand building code.

In addition to the aforementioned systems there are also some other systems such as cladding with fire. A majority of steel structures use intumescent paints approx. 70 while cladding with boards are used by approx. Sprayed cementitious or gypsum based coatings.

Promat s range of fire protection steel coating products ensure protection against fire to a buildings structure and services such as kitchen exhaust ventilation duct work and air plenums. Provides intumescent fire protection that exceeds many astm e119 listing standards. Cafco is the market leader for steel and concrete protection and trusted by applicators worldwide. 25 and fire stopping sprays by approx.

Many steel framed structures including some low rise buildings sports stadiums and open deck parking structures do not even require fire protection or only require active fire protection sprinkler systems. Architectural fire protection for exposed structural steel in interior and exterior applications hilti fire finish 120 cfp sp wb is a high performance water based intumescent fire resistive material or ifrm for architecturally exposed structural steel in interior and exterior applications with approved top coats.