Daletec Flame Retardant Fabrics – Reliable Worker Protection

The value of flame retardant fabric or flame retardant clothing cannot be underestimated in any industry. Flame retardant clothing is the first level of protection that protects workers from exposure to high temperatures, sparks of molten metal and open flames.

The Importance and Effectiveness of Fire Retardant PPE

Serious workplace incidents, including fires in work clothing, are causing many industries such as the petroleum, chemical and steel industries to pay attention to the personal protective equipment/PPE they use.

Work clothing made from special refractory materials performs a number of protective functions:

• repels splashes of hot metal
• stops burning: the material begins to smolder, the fire fades
• gives workers enough time to escape from the source of fire
• increases the chances of surviving and avoiding serious injuries

In addition to providing workers with protective clothing, labor protection specialists should consider the effectiveness of PPE.

This is because there are different types of flame retardant and heat resistant fabrics that offer different levels of protection against different risks:

• chemical burns
• fire
• explosions
• thermal
• burns electric arc

A common cause of injury in the workplace is that the flame retardant clothing that employers buy often does not meet the requirements and does not provide the required level of safety.

Generally injuries do not occur due to initial physical impact, but due to the consequences of burning clothing. When an effective flame retardant fabric is used, there is a dramatic reduction in the severity of burn injuries, making it possible to draw the line between life and death.

Daletec Flame Retardant Fabrics

The main purpose of a flame retardant fabric is to limit exposure to flame and heat, to stop burning when the flame source is removed from the fabric. This provides an adequate level of protection for workers by reducing the possibility of injury when exposed to open flames.

To ensure maximum protection for workers, workwear has to be made from high quality special purpose fabric.

Daletec offers a wide range of flame retardant materials:

• based on cotton fibers
  • WelderSafe
  • TropicGuard
  • MetalSplash
  • Liner
  • RigChief
• based on aramid fibers
  • AramidSplash
  • Dalamid 5
  • Aramid Al
• with antistatic effect
  • ClassicSplash
  • RigChief Universal
  • TropicSplash Daletec

fire retardant fabrics undergo a series of tests in special laboratories in accordance with international standards NFPA 2112, EN ISO 11611 and EN ISO 11612.

NFPA 2112 : Requirements for the design, manufacture, evaluation and certification of flame retardant clothing

EN ISO 11611 : Requirements for the use of clothing for welders

EN ISO 11612 : Occupational safety standards system

Although 100% protection couldn’t be guaranteed, workwear based on standardized flame retardant fabrics with effective performance can protect workers from overheating, burns, fire, sparks and splashes of molten metal.