Thermal insulative coatings, or TICs, can be applied to a variety of hot and cold assets throughout a plant that are traditionally covered with bulky mineral wool insulation systems. They’re able to provide a comparable level of thermal performance as insulation systems, but in a more economical and less resource-intensive manner. They can also reduce condensation drips from cold assets and, more importantly, eliminate the potentially dangerous and costly condition of corrosion under insulation (CUI).
This paper will review why TICs like Sherwin-Williams Heat-Flex® Advanced Energy Barrier are a welcome and easy specification choice for many applications that fall within the coating’s wide approved range of thermal capabilities. In those cases, plants stand to realize improved profits from fewer maintenance needs, reduced environmental footprints related to using fewer materials, and enhanced safety due to preventing workers from incidental contact burns and minimizing slip/fall hazards related to condensation.
