Armacell India has recently launched two products with focus on various industries. Armaflex Alu E is the latest offering from Armacell India which combines excellent fire performance with superior aesthetics and forms a complete insulation solution for ducting. The other offering from Armacell India is Class 0 Armaflex with Arma-Chek GC specially designed in five different colours to combine mechanical and UV protection with aesthetic value.

ArmaflexAluE: Superior performance insulation for ducting solutions across industries (para)
Aesthetic insulation coupled with durability is one of the major industry requirements today. For example, clean rooms are one of the most demanding applications in Pharmaceutical industry where hygiene becomes the most important aspect of clean room application. Similarly, in construction or process industries as well, the ducts and pipes are visible and hence insulation applied on them should be easy to clean and aesthetically appealing. It should not retain any moisture and prohibit any possibility of microbial growth, and of course, conserve energy with minimum heat loss or gain.

High performance insulation with aesthetic covering (sub-para)
The traditional Aluminium-clad insulation products have always faced an ever existing problem of ugly dents, wrinkles and pockets. Thanks to the unique surface pattern, the ArmaflexAlu E cleverly disguises most of the imperfections that may occur during installation. The cladding is embossed with Armaflex brand to avoid any counterfeiting which also lends an overall premium feel to the cladding. It’s highly flexible nature further aids fast and easy installation in technical sections.

Water vapour and humidity are one of the biggest hindrances in enabling thermal insulation. With water vapour diffusion resistance (µ) of 60000, ArmaflexAlu E ensures that the insulating properties are retained in the most adverse conditions. Moreover the surface can be wiped clean effortlessly which helps in keeping the fungi and microbes at bay, resulting in increased hygiene in the applied area.

Insulation with superior fire performance (sub-para)
In the unfortunate event of a fire breakout, the last thing anybody would want is propagation of the fire to the other sections of the building. Insulation materials are mostly at the forefront and exposed to fire in its early stage. The responsibility to arrest fire propagation naturally comes to insulation.

With compliance to strict norms laid down by Building Regulations, ArmaflexAlu E has a big ace up its sleeve. It passes all the requirements of Class 1 as per BS476 Part 7 for surface spread of flame and Class 0 as per BS476 Part 6 and meets Fire category as per 1991 Building Regulations (England and Wales) and the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990. ArmaflexAlu E is a non-fibrous, non-itchy, easy-to-clean product. Hence, there is no probability of air contamination due to degradation of the insulation material over a period of time.

Class 0 Armaflex with Arma-Chek GC: Economical pre-covered Armaflex system for resistance to mechanical impact (para)
Arma-Chek GC is a flexible, woven glass fibre covering system for long term mechanical protection of mechanical substrates. Arma-Chek GC is now available in various colours like red, blue, green and grey in addition to the original Black covering material.

Class 0 Armaflex with Arma-Chek GC prevents condensation, reduces energy losses, prevents scratch or mechanical damage and protects against frost on pipes, air ducts and vessels. It is suitable for hot and cold water services, chilled water lines, heating systems, air conditioning ductwork, refrigerated pipework, process and industrial pipework and equipment.

Arma-Chek GC is an economical covering system with good resistance to mechanical impact and scratch. The combined system of Arma-Chek GC along with Armaflex substrate forms a Class 0 fire performance and is FM approved.

Now available in new colours (sub-para)
Arma-Chek GC covering is now available in three new colours viz. red, blue and green in addition to the existing black and grey. The new colours not only add to aesthetics but also aids in identification of different pipelines (e.g. hot and cold lines).

Arma-Chek GC is available in pre-covered sheets and tubes as well as separately as Glass Cloth covering along with accessories.

About Armacell (para)
Armacell is a global major in flexible insulation foams for the equipment insulation market and a leading provider of engineered foams. In 2015, the company with currently around 2,900 employees and 24 production plants in 15 countries generated net sales of EUR 540.2 million.

Armacell operates two main businesses (sub-para)
Advanced Insulation division develops flexible foams for the insulation of technical equipment utilised for the transport of energy such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and heating and plumbing (H&P) in residential and commercial construction, process lines in the heavy- and oil and gas industry, equipment in transportation, as well as, acoustics.

Engineered Foams division develops high-performance foams for the use in a broad range of end markets including transportation, automotive, wind energy, sports and construction.

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