Kolcheva D. Commodity expert evaluation of tapestries with fireproof properties

In the thesis there is substantiated the performance of the research task concerning fire safety of tapestries, which are used for arranging premises in residential buildings and in places of mass stay of people, by way of processing their surface with the new fireproof drug Flame Stop. There has been determined the population annual need in tapestries for producing certain products. There has been worked out a classification and segmentation of consumers on the criterion of their requirements for tapestries. There have been identified and characterised three objectively existing typological groups: "innovators", "analysts", "logicians". There has been improved the classification of tapestries common properties with the use of the Kano model. There have been studied characteristics of tapestries flammability, in particular, of portiere fabrics, before and after processing with the known in the market fire-retardants and the new one - Flame Stop. There has been proved a high level of quality and competitiveness of the investigated portiere fabrics, processed with the new fireproof retardant Flame Stop in terms of flammability. There has been defined an economic and a social effect from introducing tapestries processed with the new flame retardant Flame Stop into production.