The Future of Intumescents and Passive vs Active FP Systems with Clarke O'Reilly

About this episode

Clarke O'Reilly discusses innovative fire resistant materials and their applications in fire safety.

Clarke O'Reilly enlightens me on his fire resistant polymer composites that contain trusted proprietary and patented intumescent materials. These materials, when combined with thermoplastics, create powerful passive barriers, including for battery fires caused by thermal runaway. Clarke, and the rest of the Pyrophobic team, continue to innovate with OEM’s on new applications for their highly versatile intumescent products to solve safety challenges.

People in this episode

Hosts: Benjamin Casey, Kelly Kidwell

Guest: Clarke O'Reilly

Topics covered

• fire protection
• intumescent materials
• passive fire systems
• fire safety
• innovation

Keywords

• intumescent
• fire protection
• polymer composites
• passive barriers
• thermal runaway

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pyrophobic

Products: fire resistant polymer composites, intumescent materials, thermoplastics

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