This type of insulation is usually used in industrial furnaces and foundries.
High temperature insulation wool coalition.
High temperature mineral wool is a type of mineral wool created for use as high temperature insulation and generally defined as being resistant to temperatures above 1 000 c.
Also commonly used is the classification according to astm c892 standard specification for high temperature fiber blanket thermal insulation.
High temperature insulation wool is an ultra lightweight insulation material that due to its properties provides highly efficient thermal insulation for industrial furnace construction applications.
Its members manufacture a broad range of htiw products that are essential in industrial applications such as the thermal insulation of furnaces other thermal process equipment automotive catalytic.
1980s alkaline earth silicate wool aes invented.
Because high temperature mineral wool is costly to produce and has limited availability it.
1990s nomenclature changed to high temperature insulation wool htiw the term refractory ceramic fibers rcfs was adopted as the original fibers were made by fusing calcined kaolin at a temperature approaching 3600 f 2000 c and then fiberizing a stream of the molten material.
The htiw coalition represents the north american high temperature insulation wool htiw industry in matters relating to health and safety.
Temperature ranges for the application of inorganic synthetic mineral and high temperature insulation wools.