Fire-fighting fluorine materials, the hardcore leader: Sanmei breaks through the core technology of the entire chain of water-formed film fire-fighting agents

On August 15, 2023, Fujian Sanmei New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. announced a major technological breakthrough: the company successfully overcame the core technology of the entire chain of water-forming fire-fighting foam agents, becoming one of the few enterprises in the domestic fire-fighting industry to master a complete technical system from fluorine-containing surfactants, hydrocarbon surfactants to fire-fighting agent formulas. This breakthrough has broken the long-term monopoly of foreign countries and provided safe, controllable and high-performance domestic core materials for China's fire emergency industry, which is of great strategic significance.

Fire-fighting foam liquid is a key emergency material in scenarios such as emergency rescue, petrochemicals, ports and docks, airports, and oil depots. Fluorinated surfactants are the core components that determine the fluidity of the foam, the speed of film formation, the flame resistance performance, and the efficiency of fire extinguishing. For a long time, high-end fluorine materials for fire protection have been monopolized by foreign enterprises, and domestic products have gaps in film-forming property, flame resistance time, fluidity, and seawater resistance. After two years of technological research and development, the Sanmei R&D team successfully completed molecular design, synthetic optimization, formula debugging, and application testing, and developed high-performance fluorine-containing surfactants and fluorine-resistant polymer products specifically for fire protection.

The core products of Sanmei Fire Protection series have four major advantages: First, they have extremely low surface tension, quickly spreading and forming a film on the oil surface, isolating oxygen, inhibiting evaporation, and rapidly extinguishing fires. Second, it has strong anti-burning performance. The foam layer is stable, self-healing and not easily punctured, significantly extending the anti-burning time. Thirdly, it has excellent compatibility and can be well compatible with various hydrocarbon surfactants and foam systems, and is suitable for multiple fire-fighting foam liquids such as water film-forming, solvent resistance, and seawater resistance. Fourth, it is environmentally compliant, free of PFOS, meeting domestic and international environmental protection requirements, and is safe and reliable.

After being tested by authoritative institutions and verified on-site by customers, the fluorine materials of Sanmei Fire Protection can significantly increase the speed of foam fire extinguishing and the anti-burning time. They have high fire extinguishing efficiency and strong anti-re-ignition ability, and their performance reaches the level of international high-end products. In the firefighting of oil fires, it forms a film rapidly, has good fluidity and stable foam, which can effectively ensure the safety of personnel and property.

As an enterprise that masters the core technologies of the entire chain, Sanmei can provide one-stop services from core raw materials to formula solutions, supporting fire agent enterprises in optimizing costs, improving performance, stabilizing supply and getting rid of import dependence. The company has established cooperation with many leading fire-fighting agent enterprises, and its products have been applied in batches to high-end products such as water-forming foam fire extinguishing agents, alcohol-resistant foam fire extinguishing agents, and seawater-resistant foam fire extinguishing agents.

Behind the technological breakthrough lies the joint support of Sanmei's continuous high-intensity R&D investment, a complete experimental testing platform, industry-university-research collaboration, and a senior R&D team. The team conducted in-depth research on the demands of fire protection scenarios, the mechanism of foam formation, the kinetics of film formation and the anti-burning mechanism, continuously optimized the molecular structure and formula system, and ultimately achieved independent control of key technologies.

The person in charge of the company stated: "Fire-fighting materials are related to the safety of life and property, and there is no room for the slightest compromise." Sanmei's breakthrough in full-chain technology is not only a technological victory for the enterprise, but also an important progress for the national industry. We will produce in accordance with the strictest standards to ensure the stability and reliability of our products and contribute to the national emergency safety cause.

In the future, Sanmei will continue to upgrade the technology of fire-fighting fluorine materials, develop new products with lower viscosity, better low-temperature resistance, better seawater resistance and more environmental friendliness, expand the application in fields such as fire-fighting foam liquid and flame-retardant materials, and contribute to the high-quality development of China's fire-fighting industry.