How effective are intumescent firestop collars? Joe, Matt, and I used a friend's Not A Flamethrower to find out. The testing was fun and enlightening.

Intumescent paint is an integral part of effective passive fire protection system. When exposed to extreme temperatures, it rapidly expands to protect the surface that it’s applied to. This prevents, ...

Existing tests supporting the standard for reactive coatings for structural steel do not require columns to be loaded – as long as comparable loaded beams have been tested. Norman Macdonald examines ...

Here's a quick follow up to my last video about intercalated graphite and it's use in intumescent, fire resistant products (seen here: • Fireproof Expanding Graphite ). This pipe collar uses strips of ...

-- Demand from oil and gas and civil construction sectors to promote continued uptake LONDON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Major exploratory activity in the oil and gas industry is fuelling demand ...