A Consideration of the Safety of Screwless Terminals (Push-In Connections)

A Consideration of the Safety of Screwless Terminals, by Tadamichi Hijikata, Kunihiko Arai, Satoshi Otsuka, and Minoru Hara, Japanese Association of Fire Science and Engineering , Vol. 38, No. 6 (Whole No. 177), 19-22 (1988). English translation from Japanese. A study was made of a fire caused by resistive heating at a screwless (back-wire, push-in) connection on a wiring device. The safety of push-in connections is problematic, and an engineering study is used to show that screw-connected terminations are more reliable. Contact surface area is shown to be an important variable in establishing a reliable connection. This document also includes a shorter paper presenting a summary of the above study: Danger of Fire with Screwless Terminals, by Satoshi Otsuka, Proceedings from Presentations of Identification Science Research Papers.

An Evaluation of the Fire & Explosion Hazards of Thermopolymers of Diene Hydrocarbons

This translation comprises both parts of a two-part study: Report 1. A Study of the Thermal Indications of the Fire and Explosion Hazards of Thermopolymers, by V. A. Shikhanov, N. A. Komarovsky, T. V. Kriger, et al., Production & Utilization of Elastomers , No. 8; 12-15 (1992). Report 2. A Study of the Critical Conditions of Spontaneous Combustion in Thermopolymers, by V. A. Shikhanov, N. A. Komarovsky, T. V. Kriger, et al., Production & Utilization of Elastomers No. 9; 9-11 (1992). English translation from Russian. The authors examined the spontaneous combustion hazards associated with a spontaneous polymerization which can occur in the processing equipment for diene thermoplastic elastomers (butadiene, isoprene, and butadiene-piperylene rubbers). Experimental data are provided from an oven-cube testing method. A chemical-structure criterion was evolved allowing to distinguish highly-hazardous elastomers from moderately hazardous ones. The study has special application to potential hazards of production wastes.

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