Material supplied by the Tentra factory in Cape Town for the tests was the unique StormChild Mark 4 Fabric now used for all LiquidCanvas tents in the UK and in Europe. This fabric has become the standard supplied by Tentra throughout the Southern African region, and the world.
Comments Arundal Thom CEO, of Tentra in SA "Even though our Mark 4 Fabric far exceeds the minimum fire standards in most countries, including South Africa, we felt that we had to offer the safest product to everyone, no matter where they live in the world."
The tests, comprising of two test methods, were administered to assess the fire characteristics of their StretchTent fabric. The first test method was British Standard, BS 7837:1996, testing flammability performance for textiles used in the construction of marquees and similar textile structures. The second was British Standard, BS 7837:1989, testing the flammability of textile fabrics when subjected to a small igniting flame of vertically oriented specimens.
Comments CEO Terry Yoell: “These results reaffirm our position as the most advanced product on the market and have enabled us to lead the race to cover Europe with stretch tents.”
The material was exposed to stringent criteria in order to be deemed safe according to British Fire Standards. The results were incredibly positive for LiquidCanvas with the product coming through as completely safe.
The fabric supplied by LiquidCanvas was exposed to a flame for a period of 10 seconds, at a 30° angle, after which the flame was defused. The fabric had a two second average afterflame time, which means that the fabric continued to burn and extinguished itself within a mere two seconds after the flame was put out. The spread of the burn was only an average of 3.4cm in length and just on average 2.7cm in breadth during that time. The most important result of this test was that there was no flaming debris observed during or after the test. Flaming debris can spread a fire, and dramatically increase the risk to life and property, so to have a fabric and a tent that will not spread a fire is absolutely essential.
LiquidCanvas tents, researched and manufactured by Tentra in South Africa, have gone through an incredibly rigorous research and development process for years now to formulate a fire-safe fabric in accordance with British Fire Standards.
LiquidCanvas is the UK and European sister brand operation to designer entertaining company, Loudfire, based in South Africa. Loudfire has started to slowly replace its range of some 200 tents with the safer StormChild Mark 4.
