The removeable insulation industry has grown by leaps and bounds, developing to meet new customer needs and create safer, more effective products. Some significant areas of improvement include insulation materials, removable insulation blanket design, and areas of application.
Removable Insulation Blanket Material Advancements
The industrial insulation industry makes use of a variety of different materials for removable insulation blanket design to better protect workers from high temperatures, contain radiant energy, and maximize system efficiency. Materials like fiberglass, Foamglass®, elastomeric foam, urethane, calcium silicate, and mineral wool have been commonly used for decades. Innovations in the application and the design process have elevated what these materials can achieve.
Before you choose a material for your removable insulation blanket, you must consider the environment, thermal efficiency, durability, ease of maintenance access, and physical exposure. Removable insulation must also incorporate a protective exterior jacketing, available in a variety of different materials engineered to perform with the removable insulation material and the application.
Removable Insulation Blanket Design Improvements
Shannon Global Energy Solutions, the leader in the removable insulation industry, is committed to designing custom removable insulation blankets for a variety of equipment to meet customers’ needs and save them valuable resources.
“What has changed has been the adoption of reusable blanket systems on components and complex surfaces that otherwise would be left uninsulated,” said Frank Kovacs, CEO of Shannon.
The development of removable insulation blanket surveying technologies, including thermographic imaging, alongside sophisticated CAD drafting software, allows for the creation of insulation blankets for valves and other components that would otherwise remain bare. Small components and valves with complex geometry can now have quality, removable insulation blankets specifically designed to fit their unique contours through these design advances.
“What you’ve got now in the insulation industry is this evolution of design, created by application and performance, that is now very specific,” said Kovacs.
CAD drafting also allows for the standardization of removable blanket insulation designs for different components. Take, for instance, insulation blankets for valves, such as gate valves, pressure reducing valves and globe valves. If an insulation blanket for a valve was previously designed with CAD software, designers can reuse that file. This ensures a near-perfect, custom fit of the insulation blanket for the valve and assures the customer of uniform performance standards of thermal loss reduction.
Advances in removable insulation blanket testing further ensure high standards of performance and allow for accurate prediction of service life and design specifications. These changes in design and procedures have resulted in dramatic improvements to the quality and longevity of removable insulation blanket systems.
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