Kuraray Plastics Develops High Transparency Composite Film "Tuftec"

Japan's Kuraray Plastics (headquarters: Osaka City) has developed a highly transmissive flame-retardant film "Tuftec", which was sold on June 20, 2011. This product is a composite film with a polyvinyl chloride film sandwiched between glass fiber textiles and has been certified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (NM-3096). Previous flame-retardant films required a certain thickness, so there was a problem of poor light transmission, and Tuftec used the laminating technology previously accumulated by the company to solve the problem of poor light transmission.

Tuftec measures 2020mm wide by 0.25mm thick and weighs 325g/m2 per unit area. The total light transmittance is 60%. In addition to high light transmission, the product is also thin, lightweight, soft to the touch, excellent in processability, and can be used as a flame-retardant material (non-flammable material) in the fields of electric and electronics, automobiles, and railway vehicles. Assuming uses, in addition to factory partitions, it will also be used for household appliances (refrigerators, dryers, air conditioners, dishwashers, etc.), elevators, Harness covers, curtains, and railroads. Interior trim of the vehicle.