Fp7 STEELPROST - 'Innovative Fire Protective Coatings For Steel Structures'             Coordinator: ECCS (Belgium)

 

 

Project Acronym: STEELPROST	Project Cost: 2.39 million euro
Project Reference: 243574	Project Status: Execution
Start Date: 2010-05-01	End Date: 2012-10-31
Duration: 30 months	Project Funding: 1.87 million euro
Contract Type: Research for SME associations/groupings

 

Current methods to provide fire protection of light steel structures include the nowadays most efficient approach of intumescent paints, which are typically applied on-site on a mounted structure using brushes or spray guns. Such treatments are generally achieved through the preparation of the surface by grit/shot blasting, followed by the application of a primer, and followed by the application of several layers of intumescent coatings.

 

This methodology has a number of drawbacks for a large community of end users, including:

 

a)Drying times of intumescent coatings are very long, resulting in high cost associated to labour, site disruption, and space required for painting;