Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Applications Of Fiberglass Insulation

By Barun Kumar


Fiberglass can be explained as a hardened plastic also known as glass wool. The plastic is manufactured through the enforcement of plastic using glass to produce a glass-fiber reinforced plastic. Therefore, the fiberglass insulation is making of the glass fiber for commercial use. The fiberglass material has excellent properties such as being weather proof and strong. Plastic manufacturing industries do use the fiberglass based on the composition and texture of the final product.

Glass wool can be classified into two categories; the continuous fiber and the discontinuous fiber. The continuous fiber is mainly used in textile industries while the latter is used in making blankets and insulation materials. The first application of fiberglass was in making aircraft radomes, the weather resistant and doom shaped structures that protect radar.

A modern use of fiberglass is the manufacture of sports cars and boats bodies, where such models were developed in 1950s. This has made a big impact in the automotives industry. A variation of fiberglass referred to as carbon fiber is used in aviation industry. The material is strong and non-corrosive and possesses the required standards of weight and volume.

Telecommunications industries are also investing in fiberglass by shrouding the antennas with the insulation. The process involves insulating the metallic antennas with a non-reactive plastic, as the fiber is very permeable to radio frequency. It also posses low signals attenuation; defined to mean low loss of signal quality.

Fiberglass can also be used to cover transmission equipment that does not require signal transmission. A common example is in the making of cabinet as well as steel support structures. To blend with different surfaces, fiberglass can easily be painted or remolded into different shapes. The glass wool is also a raw material in making of electrical insulators and manufacture of protective gears. Examples of products that feature the fiberglass are helmets and masks due to the lightweight and durability aspect.

Fiberglass is also an important input for manufacture of water tanks. These are made with different sizes with volume capacities of some tanks reaching about 300 tonnes. Such containers are made from woven filament wound fiber or mat with fiber orientation at right angles. The tanks can be used for chemical storage as their polypropylene plastic lining is resistant to corrosion.

Using plastics to make building materials can be a favorite alternative to bulky metallic and wooden construction materials. Plastics are very lightweight and easy to handle as well as install. There are different housing components,which are now replaced with plastics such as window canopies, door surrounds, sills and roofing laminate. Fiberglass is now being incorporated with other acoustics to ensure that building panels are heat and sound proof.

The piping industry largely depends on the fiberglass to ensure new pipes that are durable and weatherproof are made. Pipes can be either above surface or underground based on the usage or topography of the area they are used. Textile industries also enjoy different options of fiberglass by making fabrics, yawn or in making molded and laminated plastic. The fiberglass variety of wool is used as an insulator for sound and heat at different settings.




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