Steel Guard Safety’s Steel-Scrim reinforced vinyl laminated chemical safety curtains combine the chemical resistance of PVC with steel-like strength to create the strongest vinyl curtains available.

Our proprietary trilateral Steel-Scrim® laminating process creates chemical safety curtains that are 84-percent stronger than standard vinyl laminates with over 406 pounds per square inch tensile strength.  Strength and tear resistance are critical to the health and safety of your workers in hazardous chemical processing, handling and dispensing areas.

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How did we develop one of the world's strongest vinyls?

Why Available vinyls Cannot Meet All Our Requirements

We know you’re aware of chemical safety curtains …and we also know that your opinion of them might not be a favorable one. Here are some of the things we’ve heard a) they’re made of low-quality material, b) they break, c) they’ll get me fined by fire inspectors.  

But we were determined to find a better solution for you. The head of our research and development team set out to find the best vinyl possible. He investigated over 20 different suppliers and just as many varieties of vinyl. Four months worth of exhaustive research.

But after all that searching and testing, all he found was vinyl that

• lacked adequate finish to provide proper protection
• had weak scrim strengths resulting in low durability
• contained lead which resulted in poor flame-resistance tests, sure to get the attention of fire marshals or OSHA inspectors.

We were beginning to think we’d have to give up on a finding a vinyl that would satisfy all your requirements…for a cost that would give you a great return-on-investment.

But instead of giving up, we decided to design our own. And what we discovered was an odd-looking design that would allow us to shatter the previous limits of vinyl strength and tenacity.

How We Created a vinyl that would Meet All Your Needs. A vinyl Strong Enough to Earn the Name STEEL-SCRIM

We started by spec-ing out a "super vinyl". A vinyl that would boast an R-value of 1.14 or higher, high enough to guarantee you energy savings meet the strictest of codes for flame resistance including CFM, NFPA-701 and ASTM E-84 class 1protecting you from fines protect against mildew protect against harmful chemicals protect against UV rays protect against heat up to200 degrees provide cold crack resistance down to -20 degrees provide the highest tensile and tear strength on the market be affordable enough to give you an attractive ROI.

Obviously, this wasn’t going to be easy. There were a handful of strong vinyls available but they were prohibitively expensive. To create a tougher, longer-lasting curtain, we had to somehow increase the scrim’s tensile and tear strength because ninety-five percent of a vinyl’s tensile and tear strength comes from the scrim.

To achieve this, our engineering department created something completely unique. A tri-lateral (three-directional) polyester scrim design. It may look odd compared to traditional vinyl patterns, but it was cost-effective and, most importantly, boosted the tensile strength of the vinyl to over 406 pounds per square inch. That’s more than EIGHTY-FOUR PERCENT stronger than a standard 9x9 denier 1000 row scrim! This is the strongest scrim we know of…quite possibly the strongest scrim ever created. It’s so strong that this 16-ounce vinyl out-performs standard 18-ounce, 22-ounce, even 26-ounce vinyl! It’s stronger, more resilient, and meets fire codes standards that the other vinyls can’t match.

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Areas of Use

- Chemical Processing Areas - Chemical Packaging & Dispensing - Chemical Manufacturing Separation - Dust Containment and Control - Paint,  Primer and Prep Areas - Food Processing and Prep - Pharmaceutical Production - Chemical Over Spray Areas - Parts Cleaning & Washing Areas - Semi-Clean Rooms