Artificial turf was born in the United States in the 1960s, and entered the Chinese market in the 1990s, and now it has entered all corners of the world. Artificial turf is not only used in football field, but also in rugby field, tennis court, hockey field, volleyball court, golf course and other sports places, and also widely used in family yard, kindergarten construction, municipal greening, highway isolation zone, airport runway auxiliary area and other leisure places.
From the previous contact only on the sports field to now can be in indoor intimate contact, the distance between artificial turf and people is getting more and more intimate, so the safety performance of artificial turf is also getting more and more attention, of which the flame retardant performance of artificial turf is a very important indicator. After all, the raw material of artificial turf is PE polyethylene, if there is no flame retardant performance, once the consequences of a fire are unimaginable, so can artificial turf really play a role in fire prevention?
The main raw materials for artificial turf are polyethylene, polypropylene and nylon, commonly known as "plastic", which are flammable substances. If the artificial turf is not fire retardant, a fire can lead to unpredictable results, so the fire retardancy of the artificial turf is an important factor in the safety performance of the artificial turf. Flame retardancy is the ability of an artificial turf to extinguish itself when it catches fire, so that the entire artificial turf does not burn.
The principle of flame retardancy is actually the addition of a flame retardant to the production of grass filaments. Originally used for fire prevention, but later developed for artificial turf safety, flame retardants work by effectively stopping the spread of flames and reducing the speed of fire. The addition of flame retardants to artificial turf can be equally effective in stopping the spread of fire. However, many artificial turf manufacturers on the market omit to add flame retardants in order to save costs, which results in artificial turf posing a threat to human life and is a safety hazard for artificial turf. Therefore, it is important to choose a regular artificial turf manufacturer when buying artificial turf, do not be greedy for cheap.
