Twiga Insul: preferred insulation materials for sustainable construction
By Edit Team | May 28, 2014 9:14 am SHARE
Features superior thermal resistance, acoustic absorption, and fire safety, hydrophobic nature, chemical stability, shot free, resiliency
Twiga is one of the leading manufacturers of fiberlass wool insulation in India with a 30-year track record of supplying world-class products for thermal and acoustic insulation.
The suitable application areas of Twiga products are:
Building envelope: Energy efficient roof, wall and facade. Twiga Insul helps to comply with Energy Conservation Building Code 2007 (India) recommended U-values or R-values for 12- or 24-hour buildings. Products like faced and un-faced fiberglass wool insulation boards are suitable for underdeck, cavity wall, wall lining and facade assembly.
HVAC: Twiga Insul is used in duct wrap and pipe insulation for central air-conditioning systems. Aluminium or special polypropylene faced flexible blankets are used as duct thermal along with compatible sealing system. Twiga also provides flexible insulated or un-insulated ducts and prefabricated non-metallic duct boards against conventional metal ducting and insulation. AHU room, mechanical room and duct acoustic lining can have Twiga Insul fiberglass wool acoustic boards with laminations like tissue or woven glass textile.
Drywall partition: Low density resilient fiberglass wool helps to achieve high acoustic isolation in dry wall partition without increasing the load in the assembly. Twiga Insul products arecompatible with drywall systems or products of various manufacturers.
PEBs and light gauge or prefab structures: Tough and flexible insulation blankets of customised lengths with special facing and tabs can be used for metal building roof and wallinsulation.
Other user segments include cold storage, bus-body, metro rail cars, long distance rail coaches and many other processes or niche segments.
Twiga Insul products are made of quality inorganic and non-combustible fiberglass insulation in various forms and shapes, optionally laminated with imported facings. Being a technical licensee of Saint Gobain-Isover, Twiga has adopted the world-class TEL technology in manufacturing. In this process the complete raw materials are converted to 100 per cent pure fiber and free from slag, metal-shots or any un-fiberised elements. This ensures better quality and long performing life of the product and its associated system.
The general product features of Twiga Insul include high-thermal resistance, high-acoustic absorption, fire safety, hydrophobic nature, chemical stability, shot free, resiliency, etc. Basic material has fire safe features like non-combustibility, non-toxicity, limited or zero spread of flames (Class ‘O’ / Class 1). It is pure and does not settle down. It complies to generalstandards of IS:8183, IS:3346, IS:3144 and IS:9842.
Twiga Insul has been awarded various approvals from FM Global, EIL, and Indian government authorities like Navy, Central Public Works Department, National Thermal Power Corporation, Military Engineering Services etc. It is also included in green product directory of IGBC and TERI-GRIHA/SVAGRIHA. It is one of the preferred insulation materials for sustainable construction and is being supplied either directly or through distribution network in various prestigious projects in India. Twiga Insul has also expanded its presence in South-East Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam.
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