The risk of fire is less with the ban on smoking. Yet, fires may be caused by the illicit smoking of cigars and faulty electrical installations. The best is to rely on communal areas and stairways to escape the fire risk.
Having the risk of fire there is a need for the MDF board. MDF means Medium Density Fibreboard. It refers to engineered wood composite. These boards replicate the look of wood and are the perfect substitutes for plywood and solid wood. They make great boards to manufacture furniture.
What is MDF?
It is an engineered product of wood that is created by breaking softwood or hardwood residuals. It is broken into wood fiber and features a combination of resin and wax binder. It forms panels by applying pressure and high temperatures.
MDF are the sheets featuring thermosetting resins forming a close-packed, consistent fiber distribution. It has become affordable and reliable with industrial and technological advancements. All these qualities make FR MDF highly popular.
What is FR MDF?
FR MDF represents a fire retardant MDF board featuring a fine, hard, and smooth sanded surface. The panel has a red color in the mass offering easy identification. This board is useful for dry conditions and non-load-bearing applications.
FR MDF offers protection to the highest level and is used widely in hospitals, schools, cinemas, theatres, and libraries. FR MDF provides safety and fire resistance in various applications and has BCA fire hazard certification. It has the best properties as a fire retardant, even after sanding and cutting.
A few advantages of FR MDF
- High-Density Material – The material is precisely engineered and features zero grain on it. It also comes free of scorching, and splintering and has no cut with a jigsaw, band saw or scroll saw. It is easy to drill or cut without damaging the natural product. The biggest advantage is its great density allowing using any equipment on it.
- Environment-Friendly– FR MDF is made of plantation wood, assuring no cutting down of trees. The production of MDF is such that it decreases the costs of virgin wood material, making it the best environment-friendly wood.
- Affordable and easily available. The MDF is genuine wood and less expensive. It is more affordable than other wood types. However, the economic value is high as it is easily available, without bearing extra expense. In addition, you can find it as per your choice and of any specific size. FR MDF is popular for its fire resistance rating commanding durability.