Underground Pipe Insulation: Pittsburgh Corning FOAMGLAS® Insulation
FOAMGLAS® cellular glass for insulating underground pipelines
Because of its exceptional strength and resistance to moisture, FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation meets the mechanical and corrosion resistance requirements for direct underground burial while providing dependable insulating efficiency.
Being inorganic, FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation is not a targe of vermin, insects, micro-organisms and animals This is a property that helps to ensure that underground equipment is effectively insulated.
FOAMGLAS® cellular glass insulation can easily support loads from overburden without protective tunnels. This often eliminates the need for costly additional protection equipment and its speeds the installation of the piping systems.
Walking on insulated pipework
Despite numerous warnings against doing so, inevitably a number of visitors and personnel will walk on insulated pipework, causing substantial costs each year for repairing and replacing coverings and insulations systems damaged because of the lack of compressive strength of the insulating materials. As for pipelines, all risk of such damage may be avoided simply by using shells and elbows (with their high ultimate compressive strength of 50 t/m3 upwards, according to type.
Click on this project profile to learn now FOAMGLAS® Insulation solves a multitude of problems associated in utility tunnels with energy distribution.
Click on the project profile above to see how a long history of performance in underground service is rewarded to Pittsburgh Corning with a new underground system on the University of Massachusetts campus.
Click on this project profile to learn how FOAMGLAS® insulation has been providing consistent high quality insulation for miles of underground steam distribution in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana USA.
Click here to learn how in all commercial systems, including underground, FOAMGLAS® Insulation is the "truly sustainable" choice.
