Insulating element from mineral fibers for shipbuilding
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Isover
InventorsHorst Keller, Ina Bruer, Gerald Amannt, Jean-Luc Bernard
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Abstract
Insulating element from mineral fibers for shipbuilding with an insulating element in form of a plate or roll felt for shipbuilding the composition of the mineral fibers of the insulating element points an alkali/alkaline-earth mass ratio of the fiber structure of the insulating element is determined by an average geometrical fiber diameter of ≦4 μm and a surface weight of 0.8 through 4.3 kg/m2 and a binding agent portion above 0.5 until 4 weight %.
Claims11
An insulating element in the form of a plate or roll felt, adapted for the insulation of a vessel's deck, comprising mineral fibers, made of bonded fibers soluble in a physiological agent, wherein the insulating element may be utilized as fire and/or thermal and/or sound protection in a vessel, wherein the composition of the mineral fibers of the insulating element amounts to an alkali/alkaline-earth mass ratio of <1, wherein the insulating element is comprised of a bead portion in the mineral fibers in an amount<1% of the insulating element as well as by an average geometrical fiber diameter of ≦4 μM, a surface weight of 0.8 through 4.3 kg/m2, and wherein a portion of a bonding agent of the insulating element in relation to the mineral fibers is in the range of 0.5 through 4% by weight;
- wherein the weight per unit area of the insulating element with a Fire Resistance Category A15 or similar is in the range of about 0.8 to 1.4 kg/m2, with a Fire Resistance Category A30 or similar, about 1.2 to 1.8 kg/m2, and with a Fire Resistance Category A60 or similar, about 2.0 to 2.5 kg/m2;
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- wherein the insulating element, having a gross density of 50 kg/m3 or less, is compressible in a minimum ratio of 2:1.
An insulating element in the form of a plate or roll felt, adapted for the insulation of a vessel's bulkhead, comprising mineral fibers, made of bonded fibers soluble in a physiological agent, wherein the insulating element may be utilized as fire and/or thermal and/or sound protection in a vessel, wherein the composition of the mineral fibers of the insulating element amounts to an alkali/alkaline-earth mass ratio of <1, wherein the insulating element is comprised of a bead portion in the mineral fibers in an amount<1% of the insulating element as well as by an average geometrical fiber diameter of <4 μm, a surface weight of 0.8 through 4.3 kg/m2, and wherein a portion of a bonding agent of the insulating element in relation to the mineral fibers is in the range of 0.5 through 4% by weight;
- wherein the insulating element features an λ-value of ≦35 mW/mK;
- wherein the weight per unit area of the insulating element with a Fire Resistance Category A15 or similar is in the range of about from 0.8 to 1.4 kg/m2, with a Fire Resistance Category A30 or similar, from 2.3 to 3.0 kg/m2, and with a Fire Resistance Category A60 or similar, from 3.2 to 4.3 kg/m3;
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- wherein the insulating element, having a gross density up to 50 kg/m3, is compressible in a minimum ratio of 2:1, and wherein the insulating element, having a gross density up to 30 kg/m3, is compressible in a minimum ratio of 3:1.
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