{"id":11552,"date":"2025-12-08T16:47:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=11552"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:48:01","slug":"multotec-releases-flame-retardant-rubber-screen-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/multotec-releases-flame-retardant-rubber-screen-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Multotec releases flame-retardant rubber screen panels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Multotec, recently unveiled its newly developed Flame Retardant (FR) rubber screen panels for mines and quarries, giving them a proactive solution to reduce fire risks while ensuring continuous plant uptime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standard rubber screen panels are highly susceptible to ignition, with fires often continuing to burn or propagate once they start. The risk is particularly high during routine maintenance or hot work activities such as welding, grinding, or flame cutting, where sparks, heat or hot pieces of metal can easily ignite surrounding panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multotec\u2019s FR screen panels, engineered from specialised flame-retardant rubber compounds and rigorously tested to international standards, are designed to resist ignition and self-extinguish in under 60 seconds. This key feature prevents flame propagation while protecting personnel, equipment, and critical processing assets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panels combine safety, reliability, and performance in a single solution. Backed by more than 50 years of mineral screening expertise, the durable FR panels, like all of Multotec\u2019s screening media, are engineered with good wear properties and will maintain operational efficiency, even under the most demanding conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solutions were first developed for the Australian market in response to stricter fire safety regulations and insurance requirements. Today, leading iron ore producers in Australia have made FR panels a standard, with certification and compliance to Australian fire safety standards central to their adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFR screen panels go beyond their primary screening function,\u201d explained Francois Fouche, Vice President of Screening Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy self-extinguishing when the heat source is removed and limiting flame propagation, these panels protect personnel, equipment, and assets while reducing unplanned shutdowns, ultimately supporting higher plant availability.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FR screen panels are suitable for both wet and dry screening applications across a wide range of commodities, including coal, iron ore, copper, platinum, manganese, zinc, and diamonds. They are available in both hard and soft durometer rubber variants, offering options tailored to meet specific operational needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multotec, recently unveiled its newly developed Flame Retardant (FR) rubber screen panels for mines and quarries, giving them a proactive solution to reduce fire risks while ensuring continuous plant uptime. Standard rubber screen panels are highly susceptible to ignition, with fires often continuing to burn or propagate once they start. The risk is particularly high during routine maintenance or hot…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[89],"tags":[4236,4238,3036,4237],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-11552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-launch","tag-flame-retardant","tag-mineral-screening","tag-multotec","tag-screen-panels"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t