eurofeu to EUROFEU-Opinion on potential ban of PTFE for sealing materials in sprinklers by UPFAS restriction Status 21/09/2023 1 Building regulations / Sprinkler systems Sprinkler systems are required by law in many buildings to mitigate fire risks, enable the safe evacuation of people and animals and to support safe extinguishing measures by the fire brigade.

Bearing material & sliding material Application Number: Transportation (annex E.2.10), Electronics and semiconductors (annex E.2.11), Energy sector (annex E2.12) Application Name: Bearing material and sliding material Materials used in these products are PTFE (CAS No. 9002-84-0) alone, or inorganic and organic materials blended as a filler. *6) Subject to use: Bearings and sliding members *4), *5) Main fillers: There are glass fibers, carbon/graphite, carbon fibers, molybdenum disulfide, bronze, etc. *2), *3), *6) Chemicals used: Chemicals, oilless *2), *7) Use conditions: High temperature, high pressure, high speed. *2), *3) Essential conditions: To have a low friction coefficient. *1) Creep resistance, wear resistance, friction coefficient stability, seizure resistance, *2), *3) non-adhesiveness, and self-lubricity *2) Reference materials *1) Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Super Engineering Plastic "Sliding properties of Sumiploy" 1 *2) Valqua, Ltd., Research Department, Rubber Laboratory, Takaharu IKEDA "High-performance sliding material VALFLON sliding material series with filler" *3) Mitsubishi Cable Industries Review 101, April, 2004 "Influence of filler on friction and wear behavior of tetrafluoroethylene resin" *4) IIDA Co., Ltd.

Processed product for chemical plant applications Applicationr: Chemical Plant Materials used in the field are PTFE (CAS NO: 9002-84-0), PCTFE (CAS NO: 9002-839), PFA (CAS NO: 26655-00-5), PVDF (CAS NO: 24937-79-9), and ETFE (CAS NO: 94228-79-2).

Comment on Proposed Restriction of PFAS Aug 25, 2023 Japan Valve Manufactures' Association (JVMA) Japan Valve Manufacturers Association (JVMA) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the PFAS restriction proposal. 1.

Comment on Proposed Restriction of PFAS Aug 24, 2023 Japan Valve Manufactures' Association (JVMA) Japan Valve Manufacturers Association (JVMA) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the PFAS restriction proposal. 1.

Pilot-Scale Fluoropolymer Incineration Study: Thermal Treatment of a Mixture of Fluoropolymers under Representative European Municipal Waste Combustor Conditions Dr.

Basic investigations on thermochemical degradation of PFAS in laboratory and pilot plants to determine optimum combustion conditions for the thermal treatment of PFAS-containing waste materials Funded by the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) under FKZ 3722 36 302 2 // AZ 37 510/0031 Project duration: 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025 Project partners: Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) (project management) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Technical Chemistry (ITC) More than 4,800 per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are currently known.

Comments on EU PFAS Restriction Proposal June 5, 2023 Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) appreciates the opportunity to provide the following comments in response to the proposal of this PFAS restriction.

Petroleum and Mining (Annex E.2.15) and applications of fluororesin The materials used in this product are PTFE (CAS NO:9002-84-0) and PFA (CAS NO:26655-00-5).

Pneurop PN02 - Compressors PN02 position paper on the proposed REACH restriction of PFAS Table of content 1.

Annex XV restriction report of FFFs by ECHA (Version 1, 14 January 2022) Comments by DG GROW We were surprised by reading the restriction report when in the "Summary" section the Agency proposed that "the preferred restriction option would ban the placing on the market, use and export of PFASs in firefighting foams after use/sector-specific transitional periods".

PFAS foams waste management PRACTICALITIES PFAS foam concentrates - Removal of foam from systems, repackaging, storage and disposal.

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