Industrial Insulation

Whether you’re operating in petrochemicals, power generation, refining or gas processing, our ultra-durable and flexible products can meet the unique challenges of your industry

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Industrial insulation, developed by ROCKWOOL Technical Insulation, can help protect your operation and employees from heat, fire, noise and corrosion.

The ProRox range of stone wool insulation products are well-suited for various different industries – from production sites on dry land, to marine and offshore facilities.

You’ll find a range of industrial insulation types, covering everything from industrial pipe insulation and temperature-regulating storage tank insulation to outdoor column insulation.

We also offer solutions for vessels, chimneys, boilers and cold boxes.

Whether you’re operating in petrochemicals, power generation, refining or gas processing, our ultra-durable and flexible products can meet the unique challenges of your industry.

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Why do we need industrial insulation?

Hazards and harmful impacts from fires, CO₂emissions, excess noise and heat damage can be a concern on many production sites. Industrial insulation helps to combat and protect against these risks, ensuring:

Higher fire safety standards – stone wool insulation acts as a natural fire barrier and can protect highly combustible elements from flame damage, protecting your employees and business.
Efficient temperature regulation – thermal industrial insulation for different elements of your production facility can help keep temperatures level within them, ensuring your investments are safe long-term.
Lower chemical and noise emissions – the products we’ve sold in just one recent year will save customers, including those on industrial sites, up to €77 billion in lifetime energy costs. So we can help keep your operating costs down as well^2/³.

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Making savings on your energy output is critical, particularly in a world where coping with rising operating costs is a constant battle.

By installing our solutions, you could help to reduce your energy usage and contribute to cutting CO₂ emissions.

When working out how much insulation you’ll need for your operating site,

we recommend taking two main factors into account:

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Type of installation

ROCKWOOL Technical Insulation will help you find the right solution for your operating facility.

Use our ROCKWOOL U-value calculator to determine the thermal performance of the building’s walls/roofs, and possible cost savings. For more details on technical specifications, visit our ROCKSPEC Specification Toolkit.

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Why choose ROCKWOOL solutions?

Our insulation is different from other solutions you’ll find on the market.

ProRox products are made from stone wool, harnessing the natural power of stone to create one of the most effective insulation solutions in the world⁴.

Built with a smart fibre structure, this leaves no gaps in the insulation and keeps heat and air contained. Our products – including industrial pipe and boiler insulation – regulate temperatures effectively in apparatus such as pipeworks, tanks, boilers and more⁵.

The thermal properties of stone wool allow the insulation to withstand temperatures above 1000°C (1800°F)⁶. Having such a fire resilient solution on your site can help to minimise the risk of fire spreading – keeping the people who work on-site safe.

Our products have also won awards for their optimal performance when in water too.

WR-Tech™ is a revolutionary water repellence technology, which helps combat corrosion under insulation (CUI). It won the 2019 Materials Performance Corrosion Innovation of the Year prize.

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We use the natural power of stone to develop insulation solutions for industries on land and at sea. We have one goal in mind: to make our customers’ operations safe for people, better for the environment and better for their business.

John Mogensen

ROCKWOOL Technical Insulation, Managing Director

Case studies

The challenge

The Noor Power Station in Ouarzazate, Morocco, is the world’s largest solar power plant complex. It provides renewable electricity to more than one million people and contributes around 14 percent of Morocco’s energy mix.

However, poor insulation meant that some of the solar energy generated had been lost. This hampered the plant’s ambitions to lower the country’s carbon emission levels.

The solution

ROCKWOOL Technical Insulation has provided many thousand square metres of insulation products – including industrial pipe insulation – to help insulate tank roofs, walls and pipework. This includes:

Wire mats
Pipe sections
Slab insulation

The results

The technical applications within the plant are now more energy efficient, with less solar energy lost.

This improved solution can help the Moroccan government achieve its target of generating 52 percent of its total energy from renewable sources by 2030⁷.

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Installation

The ProRox range is designed for safe and easy installation.
Contact us to discuss the bespoke solutions you need for your business.

Key tips:

The space in which the insulation is being fitted should be considered before installing. During the planning stages, provide accurate measurements to get the correct thickness⁸.
The space around your installations should be considered too, as this will impact how industrial insulation can be installed. Assess the area fully to get accurate dimensions⁹.

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Sustainability and energy efficiency

We strive to make products that are energy efficient, recyclable and provide a high-quality solution for industrial settings.

An independent international energy and climate consultant, Ecofys, assessed the energy and CO₂emission savings that could be enjoyed by companies after installing our solutions.

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They found that our products were world leaders in providing cost-effective, energy efficient and eco-friendly solutions¹⁰.

Our products also contribute to circularity of materials used in industry. Stone wool is recyclable and doesn’t degrade in performance or quality after being recycled¹¹. All our ProRox solutions are powered by what we call the ‘Seven Strengths of Stone’, making them highly sustainable insulation¹² solutions.

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