Fire Protection Coating For Steel

In addition to the aforementioned systems there are also some other systems such as cladding with fire.

Fire protection coating for steel.

Sprayed cementitious or gypsum based coatings. Boards and blanket fire protection system. All clear and pigmented timber systems offer up to group 1 surface finishes fireshield can only be installed by registered. Fire protection solutions limited were involved in coating the steel with it s clean white finish over an 8 month period last year.

Provides intumescent fire protection that exceeds many astm e119 listing standards. 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. All fireshield fire coating systems fire tested and assessed around the globe for use in new zealand. Fire protection coatings reactive fire protection systems from the specialist specialist for reactive fire protection systems.

Intumescent coating steel structure fire protection system. 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. A majority of steel structures use intumescent paints approx. Structural steel is the most commonly protected material but protection can include other materials such as sheet metal sheetrock composite panels and interior woods.

Fireshield timber and steel systems are compliant with the new zealand building code. 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. Passive fire protection materials insulate steel structures from the effects of the high temperatures that may be generated in fire. 70 while cladding with boards are used by approx.

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. 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. 25 and fire stopping sprays by approx.

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. 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.