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Emergency gear maker may have lithium battery fire risk in the bag

HAMBURG's Innovint Aircraft Interior, a 35-year-old emergency equipment maker, says it has come up with with a way to contain the risk of lithium battery fires aboard airliners.

Innovint has developed the Portable Electronic Device (PED) containment bag to protect passengers and crew as well as the cabin from damage by containing blazing PEDs and batteries.

Able to contain burning objects generating 1,000 degrees Celsius, containment bags enable the crew to bring the defective PED safely to a fireproof place in the cabin, where it can burn out or be cooled down under surveillance.

"The fluid soaking property of the CB allows to cool down the defective battery by immersing the whole bag into water or other non-flammable liquids, which is likely to prevent battery cells from catching fire," said the Innovint statement.

Innovint has conducted tests to demonstrate the efficiency of their containment bags. One test a lithium battery fire. With fire resistant gloves that come with the bag the burning PED was place in the bag.

"No flames were present outside the bag, only smoke released. The PED containment bag passed the test without any damage. Only black soot indicated the stress the bag was exposed to," said the company statement.

You can find a fire testing video and more from our website:www.innovint.de/products/cabin-interior/ancillary-equipment/innobags.html