PYROGUARD--Flame resistant fabrics from Aditya Birla Group

Jaya Shree Textiles, a unit of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, believes implicity in this credo– and lives by it too. In this constant quest for improvement it has now come out with a fabric that is essential for today’s world– a new range of flame retardant fabrics from Pyroguard.


Advantages of Using Pyro-Guard

Pyroguard protects you from fire from number of ways.
Flame retardant: Being inherently flame retardant it is self extinguishing and does not allow flames to spread.
No dripping, no melting: Neither does Pyroguard melt of drip. This inturn does not allow the formation of molten droplets that cause skin burn.
Negative Ionic Effect: Thanks to its negative ionic effects, Pyroguard does not generate any static charges either.
Antiweather– Pyroguard is weather proof and does not deteriorate even after repeated washes.
Natural Feel: It retains the original natural feel of the fabric.

Flame Retardant Fabrics- Redefining Safety

Fabric flammability is an important textile issue, especially for stage drapery that will be used in a public space such as a school, theatre or special event venue. In the United States, Federal regulations require that drapery fabrics used in such spaces be certified as flame or fire retardant. For draperies and other fabrics used in public places, this is known as the NFPA 701 Test, which follows standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Although all fabrics will burn, some are naturally more resistant to fire than others. Those that are more flammable can have their fire resistance drastically improved by treatment with fire retardant chemicals.

The flammability of fabric can be drastically reduced through the use of fire retardants. Many natural fibers, including cotton, can be topically treated with a chemical that reduces the fabric’s flammability to the extent that it becomes nearly non-combustible. During a fire, the chemical reacts with the gases and tars generated naturally by the fabric, converting the gases and tars to carbon char, thus drastically slowing the fabric’s burning rate.
Some polyester fabrics are considered permanently fire retardant. This is because fire retardant properties are built directly into the molecular structure of the fibers. Fabrics manufactured utilizing Trevira and Avora polyester fibers are considered inherently or permanently fire retardant[citation needed]. Other synthetic fabrics may be considered durably fire retardant, fire retardant, or non-fire retardant. Durably fire retardant refers to a process in which polyesters are chemically treated during the manufacturing process with a non-water soluble chemical. In other cases, synthetic fabrics may be topically treated with chemicals after the manufacturing process (in the same manner as natural fibers such as cotton), or may be untreated (or untreatable) and therefore considered non-fire retardant.
Aramid, like Twaron is used in modern fabrics to withstand high temperatures in industry and fire-fighting.