SpeedWrap Insulation

Custom Insulation? We do that

Jake Nygaard — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:43:29 +0000

Do-it-yourself simplicity, professional results

A vast majority of piping systems are made up of just a few different types of fittings to route fluid from one place to another. These familiar items include straight pipe, tees, valves, unions, and 90° elbows. As a pipe insulation manufacturer, offering these items to our customers is basically a fundamental requirement. But what about other, less common fittings? Well, we think those are important too.

Not only do we place an importance in providing our customers with the ability to insulate as much of their systems as possible, but we take a great deal of pride in building insulation covers that fit well while maintaining a professionally installed and finished appearance. Here are just a few examples of items we have made custom insulation covers for recently:

Micro Motion® flow meters
Tri-Clamp (sanitary fitting) 3 way valves (such as this one from PBM Valve Solutions)
Eaton filter housing vessels

If you have a need for a custom insulation cover, send us an email at info@speedwrap.com or call us at 866-877-2812. You can find our common pipe and fitting insulation at speedwrap.com/products.html.

Silica Aerogel Insulation

Jake Nygaard — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:02:04 +0000

The silica aerogel insulation we use in SpeedWrap ES is some pretty amazing stuff. We have added a web page with more information, links, and a video to our website that shows some of the interesting history behind it.

Click Here to go to the Silica Aerogel Insulation page

Safety insulation blankets for burn protection

Jake Nygaard — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:49:31 +0000

We had a customer inquire if we would be able to make a 3 foot by 3 foot blanket to temperarily place on hot process piping and equipment while workers perform maintenance. The process piping and equipment would be at a maximum temperature of 400°F, so we needed to knock that down to a reasonable temperature for the employees to keep from getting burned. Typically we shoot for a maximum surface temperature of 140°F for burn protection, and that was our target here as well.

We were able to provide our customer with two options to decide on:

Option A: Lightweight, thinner, but more expensive. Using the same materials as our SpeedWrap ES pipe insulation product, we were able to knock the worst case surface temperature down to about 137°F (assuming 75°F ambient and 1/2 mph wind speed).

Option B: Cheaper, but thicker and heavier. Using a needled fiberglass material, we were able to offer a 30% less expensive option at the cost of weight and bulk. This solution will keep the surface temp up to 10 degrees cooler at the highest process temperatures, but either option meets our surface temperature goal.

Small samples of each option for the customer to decide on. Option A is on the bottom left, and Option B on the top right.

Depending on budget and preference the customer now has the option of choosing between two products that meet the main goal of protecting employees from burn hazards.

Saving Energy in your Home – Hot Water Pipe Insulation

Jake Nygaard — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:04:17 +0000

A while back, the Huffington Post published an article about saving energy by insulating hot water heater pipes in your home. It is worth a read, and when it talks about the importance of having a tight fit for the insulation, be sure to use our pipe measurement and size guide that includes tips on how to measure your pipes.

The article also mentions SpeedWrap, saying that “Speedwrap.com has one of the better hot water pipe insulators in the field. Using less insulation while maintaining its insulating properties, Speedwrap combines attractive Velcro covers with formfitting designs for individual areas of pipe. This creates a perfect fit that can be easily removed in case repairs are needed.”

Introducing the SpeedWrap Blog

Jake Nygaard — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:45:28 +0000

Welcome to the SpeedWrap Blog! We have created this area as a place to communicate to you, our customer, what we are up to. This is where you can find useful information like the latest on how we are making SpeedWrap a better solution, website updates and how they can benefit you, and when we expand our product offering to cover a new size or fitting.

Feel free to check back as often as you wish, or you can sign up for email notifications when we update the blog. Or follow us on Twitter (username: speedwrap), where we will also post blog updates.