Super Thin Insulation Helps Applications Maximize Design Space
Concept Group’s proprietary manufacturing process allows Insulon® Thermal Barriers to outperform other vacuum insulations while consuming minimal design space. Insulon® parts can see overall wall thickness under 1 millimeter while maintaining hundreds of degrees of difference in temperature. Incorporating Insulon® can help applications properly manage thermal energy, often resulting in improved overall energy performance. Constructed from industrial-strength metals (stainless steel, titanium, Inconel), Insulon® parts are suitable for the most demanding applications in aerospace, automotive, defense, medical industries, and more. For more information, please visit conceptgroupllc.com .
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00:00:00 This may look like an ordinary stainless steel tube, but it is actually a powerful thermal insulator. This tube contains Insulon® technology, and in this video, we are going to demonstrate how this fifteen centimeter Insulon® tube can minimize heat transfer at six hundred fifty degrees Celsius. Insulon® technology relies on a vacuum space between two walls. What makes Insulon® special is the quality of vacuum and the thinness of the barrier space. The overall wall thickness of this fifteen centimeter tube is just one millimeter. Using a heat gun, we are going to pass hot air at six hundred fifty degrees Celsius through the Insulon® tube and a regular single-walled, stainless steel tube. Using Schlieren and thermal imaging, we can visualize the heat transfer along the tubes and through the air.
00:00:47 As you can see, the walls of the Insulon® tube keep the high temperatures contained, while the uninsulated tube loses heat to the surrounding environment Insulon® teschnology can enhance performance by helping applications to conserve heat and use energy more efficiently. Insulon® can improve thermal performance in cryogenic conditions as well. We are going to use this eight centimeter Insulon® can, with an overall wall thickness of approximately one and a half millimeters, to demonstrate an application using liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen, at negative one hundred and ninety six degrees Celsius, boils off rapidly when exposed to ambient temperatures. We will pour liquid nitrogen into the Insulon® can and a single-walled stainless steel can. As we can see, the liquid nitrogen boils off continuously from the uninsulated can, escaping into the environment.
00:01:38 The Insulon® can keeps the liquid nitrogen contained, making it an excellent thermal barrier for the storage and transport of cryogenic materials. Insulon® technology can be manufactured into the walls of nearly any cylindrical stainless steel part, including tubes, cans, and rigid or flexible parts. Insulon® parts are durable and reliable with an upper temperature limit of 1000 degrees Celsius.