The firerated aluminium composite panel is a new composite material skinned with coated aluminium alloy sheets and cored with non-combustible mineral. It has excellent fire resistance compared to normal aluminium compostie panel. It confirms to German standard DIN4102. Grade A-2. It is a kind of environmentally friendly building material that offers excellent fire resistance and minimal gas generation when burnt. Alubond FR with improved non-combustible minaral core is now under testing for DIN - Germany A1 grade and also Russian A- level certifications. |
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Big fire in Oasis Centre, Dubai - Gulf News September 9, 2005 |
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Alubond u.s.a. FR Aluminium Composite Panels which carries the Warrington Fire Research U.K. certificates of BS 476:Part 6: 1989 and BS 476: Part 7 : 1997 has proved its fire rating qualities by withstanding one of the biggest fires seen in the Middle East on 9 th September 2005. Oasis Center a very popular shopping mall was burnt to ashes with an estimated damages of over 300 Million USD. Onlookers stated that the building was like a volcano normally seen in the movies. Amidst all the fire and ruins there was one product Alubond FR which stood tall and what seemed like a miracle came out of the fire literally unscathed and without damage. This perhaps was a major factor in saving lives of the hundreds of people working in the Mall. There were zero casualties as per the reports! |
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