Tecnofire success in fire testing for rail applications

BURNSIDE - Nonwovens manufacturer Technical Fibre Products has released fire test data for the use of its Tecnofire technology in rolling stock composites applications.

According to TFP, the results demonstrate Tecnofire’s effectiveness in enabling composites manufactured from a non-FST epoxy carbon fibre prepreg to pass key elements of the EN45545-2 rail standard with a HL2 R1 rating.