Plastic Enclosures
UL 94 Flammability Ratings
Plastic Enclosures are rated for flammability using the UL 94 standard. There are 6 levels of certification that can be obtained as follows: –
- 5VA (Surface Burn) – Burning stops within 60 seconds after 5 applications of 5 seconds each of a flame (larger than used in vertical burn testing) to a test bar. Test specimens may not have a burn-through (no hole should be seen).
- 5VB (Surface Burn) – Burning stops within 60 seconds after 5 applications of 5 seconds each of a flame (larger than used in vertical burn testing) to a test bar. Test specimens may have a burn-through (a hole).
- V-0 (Vertical Burn) – Burning stops within 10 seconds after two applications of 10 seconds each of a flame to a test bar. No flaming drips are allowed.
- V-1 (Vertical Burn) – Burning stops within 60 seconds after two applications of 10 seconds each of a flame to a test bar. No flaming drips are allowed.
- V-2 (Vertical Burn) – Burning stops within 60 seconds after two applications of 10 seconds each of a flame to a test bar. Flaming drips are allowed.
- H-B (Horizontal Burn) – Slow horizontal burning on a 3mm thick specimen with a burning rate is less than 3”/min or stops before the 5” mark. H-B rated materials are considered “self-extinguishing”. This is the lowest (least flame retardant UL94 rating)
B&R Products
- Polynova PJ – UL 94 V-1 (vertical burn)
- Polynova PS – UL 94 V-0 (vertical burn)
- Polynova PC – UL 94 V-0 (vertical burn)
- Polynova PM – UL 94 V-1 (vertical burn)
- Polynova PN – UL 94 V-0 (vertical burn)
- Polynova PD – UL 94 V-0 (vertical burn)
- Polynova PU – UL 94 V-1 (vertical burn)
