Fire Resistance

Fire Resistance

Fire Resistance

Cork is also a natural fire retardant: it burns without a flame and does not emit toxic gases during combustion.

Fire resistant

New study highlights cork’s superior fire resistance and thermal performance for safer, sustainable construction.

With the objective of powering this brainstorming of ideas, the initiative considered a challenge that would put the creativity and the technical knowledge of those present to the test. Starting with five priority market segments for the company – construction materials (reaction to smoke, to fire, acoustic performance…

The MAC range is designed to enhance the acoustic performance of panels, making them ideal for applications in vehicle interiors, flooring, walls, and ceilings. These materials, which combine cork with other circular economy materials, offer excellent thermal insulation and noise reduction while maintaining a lightweig…

The acoustic core materials can be used to create innovative and more efficient interior systems in different means of transport. Floor, side and ceiling panels are examples of applications in which cork's lightness and insulating capacity play an important role in the system's performance.Mobility Acoustic Core soluti…

The European Space Agency's (ESA) most recent rocket was launched into space in 2012, equipped with technical products manufactured by Amorim Cork Solutions. To prevent the rocket from overheating, cork was placed in the nose cone and other areas sensitive to temperature.As a result of the natural thermal and vibration…

In addition to cars, Amorim Cork Solutions also offer cork solutions for buses, trains and planes, used in their interiors, side and top panels, flooring and also battery components for cars and planes. This is driven by common objectives: to improve thermal insulation and fire resistance, reduce noise and make structu…

The main challenge for this project was to look for better, healthier and sustainable solutions for the construction of façades, exterior walls and interior divisions.  Cork is a key material within the OSIRYS project to provide thermal and acoustic insulation and fire resistance. The project’s results confirm that use…

The scope of the summary characterization is intended to highlight the performance in terms of safety, comfort, and durability of Alucork® panels.The basis of the characterization is a 20mm Alucork® panel and the typical requirements of end users, such as the national and international rules governing the passenger tra…

Cork is inherently linked to its ecosystem: the cork oak forest, part of one of the world’s 36 most important ecosystems for the biodiversity conservation - on a par with natural paradises such as the Amazon, the African savannah or Borneo. Cork oak forests serve as an anti-fire barrier, due to cork’s low combustion ra…

Exactly. Cork has been used in the Energy sector for a long time, in particular in the T&D Transmission and Distribution area (Power or Distribution Transformers). Cork is used as a sealing element, where unique combinations of cork and selected rubber create materials suitable for flat sealing applications which,…

Cork, the outer bark of the cork oak tree, is an extraordinary material that can be applied in a wide array of different situations in our daily lives. From its gentle touch to its thermal and acoustic insulation properties, this 100% natural, renewable, and recyclable raw material is one of the world’s most versatile…