SafeCrest® reticulated polyurethane
foam for explosion suppression
and surge/noise mitigation

Crest SafeCrestT reticulated polyurethane foams for explosion suppression and surge/noise mitigation are unique, environmentally-friendly materials for use in fuel tanks of aircraft, boats, military vehicles, competition and emergency vehicles, automobiles and trucks- virtually any vehicle where the possibility of fuel tank explosion exists, or where surge/noise mitigation is required.

Explosion Suppressant Foam (ESF) has been used successfully in thousands of installations for over three decades. Proprietary manufacturing processes and special thermal reticulation techniques permit production of flexible skeletal foam structures with precisely controlled pore sizes and without cell membranes. The resultant "open pore" foam exhibits many unique characteristics and offers special advantages in fuel tanks for explosion suppression, fuel surge control, and noise mitigation applications of all kinds.

SafeCrest ESF is designed for use in rigid and flexible (bladder type) fuel tanks and fuel cells in virtually any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. Because of its unique characteristics, special advantages, and cost-effectiveness, industry, government agencies, and organizations around the world are incorporating SafeCrest in special use vehicles of all kinds-aircraft and land vehicles, VIP vehicles, competition cars and boats, recreational watercraft, consumer vehicles-for added safety and/or fuel surge control and noise mitigation.

SafeCrest ESF has an impressive track record of success for many years. It is currently used in military transport/reconnaissance aircraft such as C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orions, fighter aircraft such as F-4s, F-5s, F-14s, F-15s, F-18s, A-1Os, A-37s, and the T-1A trainer (the military version of the popular Citation series of corporate aircraft), as well as military helicopters, battle tanks, and transport vehicles. Experience and expertise gained over these years has led to highly refined SafeCrest materials with precise and repeatable pore sizes, reduced weight and displacement, and excellent static dissipation properties. SafeCrest materials are strong, consistent in quality, and resistant to most fuels.

SafeCrest Class 2 materials exhibit outstanding anti-static properties down to -25⁰F, excellent hydrolytic stability, and a long service life. In fact, SafeCrest Class 2 foam recently removed from a Navy P-3 Orion was extensively tested and proved to be just as effective as when installed over eight years earlier, with absolutely no degradation of properties.

Explosion suppressant foam has been mandated by a number of world class organizations that sponsor professional and amateur automobile racing. Among these are the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), NASCAR, and the Federation Internationale de Automobile (FIA). SafeCrest is also ideal for hostile environments subject to incendiary small arms fire (aircraft, armored personnel carriers, tanks, patrol boats, police cars, armored cars, diplomatic vehicles, for example). In fact, SafeCrest is designed for use in virtually any fuel tank where an explosion hazard may exist, including commercial and general aviation aircraft, competition boats, and automobiles.  

Consider these unique advantages of SafeCrest explosion suppressant foam:

· Prevents catastrophic explosions of ignited fuel vapors in the tank caused by electrical arcing, overheating of internal components, lightning strikes, or by static electrical discharge.

· Maintenance-free-SafeCrest contains no moving parts or electrical devices

· Passive operation-SafeCrest requires no action by operators or crews. It is effective 100% of the time and doesn't need control devices or trigger mechanisms. SafeCrest continues to work as long as it is present and intact

· Efficacy (explosion suppression) is unaffected by fuel tank punctures, ruptures, fuel level, speed, attitude or altitude

· May be fabricated into any shape to conform to internal structural members and components such as pumps, valves, sensors, filters, fuel lines, etc.

· Mitigates fuel spray in the event of fuel tank rupture from compressive forces

· Effectively baffles fuel to control surging and eliminate sloshing. Improves handling in high performance vehicles; eliminates fuel "slapping" noise in tank

· Quick, easy installation without special tools or skills; fuel wetting and low swelling characteristics of SafeCrest insure a snug fit without the need for oversizing of foam. SafeCrest can be retrofitted to existing fuel tanks

· Lowest logistics support-Once installed inside a fuel tank or cell, there's no need for anyexternal supportive equipment such as required by gas inerting systems

· Cost-effective-Lowest initial cost of any other system offering explosion protection; lowest cost to maintain, and low weight penalty