Chiltern International Fire (CIF) has carried out reaction to fire testing on a fire retardant clear holographic projection foil for Musion Systems Ltd, comparing the company’s patented Eyeliner Foil technology with non-fire retardant samples.

“Holographic projection is still a new technology,” commented Ian O’Connell, a director at Musion. “Increasingly, advertisers are creating 3D holographic effects on an invisible polyester foil screen to enable a live audience to see people or products on a real stage when they are not actually there.”

Shopping centres are one of the prime venues for this type of advertising, where large crowds may quickly gather to see ‘live’ bands and celebrities.

The Musion Eyeliner foil, which is manufactured from a polyester flame retardant foil, achieved European class B in accordance with EN 13501-1.

CIF head of section for fire behaviour, Philip Howard, said: “In EN ISO 11925-2 single flame ignitability (SFI) tests, which are part of the test programme, none of the Musion Eyeliner flame retardant samples reached the fail criteria. On application of the flame the product melted away from the flame application point and self extinguished. On the other hand, on ignition of the non flame-retardant samples, flame spread was rapid and very little of the specimen remained.”

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