Rock Wool Insulation

Rock wool insulation technology is one of the most environmentally friendly and energy efficient insulation products available in the market today it meets the highest standards of sustainability, energy conservation and recyclable.

This new insulation technology allows users great savings in energy cost while enjoying the highest benefit in fire safety and nuisance reduction.

Rock wool insulation can be made by heating minerals and other raw materials to about 2910°F (about 1600°C) in fire, through which air or steam is blown.

Rock wool, formed by the action of high winds on lava streams during volcanic eruptions was first patented as a commercial product in the United States in 1875.

How is Rock Wool Manufactured?

Today more advanced production techniques also include rotating the molten rock at high speeds in a spinning wheel, in some ways resembling the way that cotton candy is made.

The resulting product is a mass of very fine intertwined fibers, bound together with starch. To decrease the formation of dust, oil is added during production to decrease the formation of dust.

Rock wool is ideal for insulating the exteriors of a refurbished property. Unlike other rigid insulation materials, which rapidly crack and deteriorate, Rock wool can withstand the impact, without compromising its integrity or thermal efficiency.

Rock wool insulation is extensively used in building construction, industrial plants, and in automotive applications.

Rock Wool Technology

The rock wool insulation technology combines three advantages into one package—energy-saving, fire-safe and noise nuisance reductive.

Rockwool insulation is also known by the names of stone wool insulation, mineral wool insulation, or slag wool insulation.

A wide range of products can be made from rock wool for its excellent ability to block sound and heat.

For this reason, rock and slag wool insulation products can significantly reduce energy use in homes, offices, businesses and manufacturing plants.

This type of insulation use less energy substantially allowing savings in our homes and businesses and greatly helps users survive the current economic crisis.

The excellent thermal resistance of these wools is a major factor in their use as residential and commercial insulation, pipe and process insulation and a wide variety of other applications.

In addition, the use of rock and slag wool as a horticultural growing medium has gained prominence lately.

According to a 1996 report on the energy, environmental and economic benefits of fiber glass, rock wool and slag wool insulation, conducted jointly by the Alliance to Save Energy and Energy Conservation Management, insulation produced each year saves about 400 trillion Btu annually, or about more than 12 times the energy used to manufacture insulation.

The whole world should look into the benefit offered by this type of insulation and help Mother Earth.

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