This unified European fire protection standard assesses the performance of components through rigorous flammability, toxicity and smoke density tests and is recognised as the benchmark standard for the rail industry.

Sicomin’s SR1125 infusion epoxy, combined with the SGi128 gel coat system and 3A’s AIREX T90 structural PET foam, was used to manufacture a 23mm thick GRFP sandwich panel using a vacuum infusion process at 25°C. The component was then tested to evaluate its performance, according to the EN45545-2 standard.

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