Leaving cable trays and structural steel exposed to fire can lead to severe damage of a refinery’s superstructure, thus compromising continuity of operations and life safety in the event of a fire. 3M™ Interam™ Endothermic Mat provides easy-to-install, full-envelope fire protection for a broad range of critical components including structural steel, electrical raceways and vessel skirts. Its flexibility and space-saving design allows 3M™ Interam™ Endothermic Mat to fulfill installation requirements, even in space-constrained situations.
As our flagship product for fire protection in refineries, this flexible mat provides a uniform covering that, when exposed to high temperatures, releases chemically-bound water. This chemically bound water cools the outer wrap material, significantly retarding heat transfer and keeping the integrity of the structural steel or electrical raceways intact.
When a fire occurs, the electrical systems that deliver critical power and control signals must remain operational in order to facilitate a safe and orderly plant shutdown and evacuation. 3M™ lnteram™ Endothermic Mat is significantly more flexible and conformable than rigid panel systems, making it easier to install on complex shapes common in electrical systems. It also passes the most severe hydrocarbon and jet fires which many of the spray on cable coatings do not.
3M™ lnteram™ Endothermic Mat provides passive fire protection as an effective alternative or supplement to active systems for protecting vessels from fire. Applied directly to the vessel, this flexible mat is often used where water or other active protection systems are inadequate, such as in remote locations or where difficulties arise with traditional water run-off.
- Up to 4-hour protection for structural steel and up to 3-hour electrical circuit protection
- 3M E-Mat has been tested and listed to:
- UL 1709 / ASTM E 1529 hydrocarbon pool fire
- ASTM E 119 / UL 263 / ISO 834 cellulosic fire
- ISO 22899-1 jet fire
- NFPA 58, ANNEX H/NFPA 290 “torch test”
- Lloyd’s Register
- DNV
- Factory Mutual
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
- Intertek
- Flexible. Can easily be cut to size
- Install in new applications or directly over existing fire protection
- Outdoor durable
- Passes UL environmental aging and exposure for humidity, salt spray, wet, freeze dry, acid spray and solvent spray
- Manufactured in ISO 9001 facility
- Used in Canada, North Sea, U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, China and Russia, to name a few
- E-Mat has also been tested for blast, radiation, seismic, acoustic and chemical analysis of leachable products
- Reaction to fire properties according to ASTM E 662, ASTM E 162, BSS 7239, EN ISO 11925, EN 13501-1, EN 13823-2010 and UL 723/ASTM E 84
