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The Thermafiber® DifferenceWhile most other insulating products can

help control temperature and muffle sound,

few have the ability to handle high heat

exposure or stop the spread of fire like

Thermafiber® Mineral Wool Insulation.

That’s because Thermafiber Mineral

Wool Insulation is Born in Fire™. The raw

material for Thermafiber insulation is

primarily blast furnace slag, a byproduct of

steel manufacturing. Heated in a cupola

furnace at temperatures above 2,600ºF, the

molten substance is spun into fibers, then

formed into insulation blankets or other

forms of insulation products, such as

boards or granules of various sizes.

Because mineral wool requires so much

heat in its formation, it also resists an enor-

mous amount of heat in use. While cellulose

insulation smolders at 450ºF and glass fiber

melts at 1,050ºF, Thermafiber Mineral Wool

Insulation consistently withstands tempera-

tures above 2,000ºF for more than 5 hours

without failure. (See graph)

The ability to withstand high tempera-

tures does not seem like much until it is

translated into time – the additional time it

will take a fire to burn through a wall

assembly, or the additional time it allows

people to leave a building, or the additional

time it allows for first responders to strike a

blaze before lives are lost and property is

damaged.

Born in Fire means that Thermafiber

insulation is denser than other insulations,

giving it the ability to attenuate sound as

well as absorb it. It means that Thermafiber

insulation is more rigid than others, so that

you can count on its thermal performance

over a long period of time. And it means that

Thermafiber mineral wool can be used

successfully under extreme conditions for

friction products and as fiber reinforcement

additives in caulks, coatings, and a number

of other end uses, including horticulture,

asphalt and clay tile.Thermafiber insulations meet several

category requirements under the LEEDprogram, thereby contributing to greenbuilding and sustainable design construction.

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Life SafetyOur first priority is to safeguardthe lives of building occupantsfrom the hazards of fire andsmoke. The best way toaccomplish that is to contain

fire and smoke to the area of origin,providing time for occupants to get outand time for firefighters to extinguish theblaze.

Thermafiber’s Life Safety InsulationSystems play a prominent role incontaining fire and protecting lives andproperty.

Perimeter Fire ContainmentIn high-rise buildings, exterior walls with visionglass become points of failure for fire contain-ment. Often, there are several inches of spacebetween the slab edge and the curtain wallassembly.Effective perimeter fire containmentrequires that all routes of fire propagation– through penetrations in floor slabs,through voids between floor slab andcurtain wall, and around spandrel panelsand back in – be shut down at the sametime. To do so, Thermafiber’s engineerscombined three types of materials –FIRESPAN curtain wall spandrel insulation,safing insulation and a smoke sealant –into a system that prohibits such fire prop-agation.

Curtain Wall Insulation TypesCurtain wall insulation protects all structuralcomponents of curtain wall assemblies, and elimi-nates the opportunity for fire to travel through thecurtain wall cavity to the floor above.All of Thermafiber’s curtain wall insulationproducts are available in a choice of threefinishes. The standard finish for curtainwall insulation is unfaced material, off-yellow in color, that is commonly usedbehind opaque panels where no vapor

retarder is needed. Dark finish curtain wallinsulation is similar to standard finish,except that it is darker in color for usebehind darker colored (perhaps translu-cent) panels to improve overall panelappearance. FSP finish is curtain wallinsulation faced with a foil scrim polyeth-ylene vapor retarder added on either oneside or two, which also improves durabilityfor field installation and stops smokepassage in the event of fire.

FIRESPAN® Curtain Wall Insulation andFIRESPAN® SS Curtain Wall Insulation areour finest curtain wall insulation products.They have been tested and approved byUnderwriters Laboratories and OmegaPoint Laboratories in many design as-semblies. Architects, building designersand general contractors will find those

system designs easily in current UL orOPL fire-resistance directories, on theirwebsites, or on our website, www.ther-mafiber.com.

FIRESPAN Insulation is the premierproduct with high density and improvedthermal conductivity properties, enablingit to do the best possible job of divertingheat away from the components it isdesigned to protect. Also, its compactnessmakes shrinkage and flame propagationless likely. FIRESPAN is available in thick-nesses from 1” to 6” in 1/2” increments.

FIRESPAN SS is less dense, but hasproved its ability to meet protectionrequirements for a broad range of steel-stud and aluminum-framed assembliesand a variety of aluminum, glass andgranite spandrels that often are designedto accommodate greater insulation thick-ness. FIRESPAN SS ranges in thicknessfrom 2” to 6“ in 1/2” increments.

FIRESPAN has demonstrated superiorperformance in recent tests. The product isapproved and listed in the fire resistance

directories of both ULa n dOPL.

IMPASSE™ Curtain Wall InsulationSystem (recently introduced) usesFireSpan Insulation, and is the finest,easiest and most effective Curtain WallProtection System available. IMPASSE

streamlines installa-tion by changing the order of steps to fit a more logi-cal progression.Instead of firstinstalling impalingpins on frames,IMPASSE uses blade-like insulation sup-port hangers (patent pending) that areinserted into pre-cut FireSpan® insulationblankets before attachment.

This order makes it easier for installersto position the insulation properly. Thehangers are then screw attached to theframing after the blanket is properly posi-tioned. Screws used for attachment arecovered by another layer of FireSpan insu-lation to assure system integrity.

The UL tested and approved systemalso uniquely overlaps, or interlocks,curtain wall and safing insulation in afashion that enhances performance.Ratings up to three hours are achievablewith this system. For more information,visit www.thermafiber.com.

Safing InsulationSafing insulation is used to fill the void betweenthe floor slab edge and the insulated curtain wallcomponents. Standard Thermafiber SafingInsulation is available in 4” thick batts,either unfaced or foil faced. While theunfaced insula-tion does anexcellent job ofinhibiting fire, thefoil-faced insula-tion also has theability to stopsmoke. Foil-facedSafing serves as a vapor retarder andhelps to stop the spread of smoke in theevent of fire. Safing also is used as aforming material in firestop applications,for poke-through openings in floors, wallsand construction joints.

For more information aboutThermafiber perimeter fire protection andlife safety insulation systems, visitwww.thermafiber.com.

THERMAFIBERFire Containment (protected)

Spread of fire(unprotected)

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Regular Curtain Wall

FSPCurtain Wall

DarkCurtain Wall

Poke-through and constructionjoint assemblies

Typical Curtain Wall Assembly

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Head-of-Wall InsulationTopStop Head-of-Wall Insulation fillsvoids at the wall-to-floor/ceiling intersec-tion. Precision-cutTopStop batts reducefield cutting, and fitconveniently into the contours of metalroof decks and floor/ceilings.

Partition Wall ContainmentOne part of the containment problem is the lateralspread of fire from room to room on the same floorthrough partition walls. While gypsum wall-board alone provides some fire-contain-ment capacity, insulating partition wallstud cavities with Thermafiber SoundAttenuation Fire Blankets (SAFB) adds fireprotection, and boosts the sound attenua-tion performance of the wall.

Floor/Ceiling ContainmentAn even greater part of the containment problemis containment of fire and smoke at thefloor/ceiling assembly. Heat rises, so anycombustibles that are above the initialflames are prime targets for ignition.Floor-to-floor fire protection can be aidedby installing either Thermafiber SAFB,Thermafiber FS-15 or FS-25 CommercialBlankets between joists in the floor-ceilingassembly.

Any opening in the floor/ceilingassembly can act as a flue or chimney asheated air tries to escape. In high-risebuildings with thick concrete floor slabs,pipe, conduit and duct penetrationsthrough the floor slab must be packed withThermafiber Safing Insulation and sealedwith a recommended smoke sealant (byothers) for inhibiting fire and smoke.

Sound InsulationSAFB & Creased SAFB

Thermafiber Sound AttenuationFire Blankets (SAFB) help makerooms quieter by reducing soundtransmission from room to roomand floor to floor. Made with

nominal 2.5 pcf density mineral wool, (4pcf for 1”) these blankets trap soundwithin wall cavities or floor/ceiling assem-blies.

Effectiveness of Thermafiber SAFB incontrolling sound is well documented. Forexample, a typical partition wall built withwood studs 24” o.c. and 5/8” gypsum

wallboard, nail attachedon both sides, producedan STC rating of 37,while the same assemblywith 3” Thermafiber

SAFB installed in the cavity produced anSTC rating of 46. Some assemblies haveshown as much as 11 points differencewhen Thermafiber SAFB is added.Thermafiber SAFB’s performance is evenmore impressive in certain frequencyranges, especially for speech, machinery,mechanical equipment and music.

Creased Thermafiber SAFBOur Creased Thermafiber SAFB system is a method ofachieving economical wallboard and veneer plasterpartitions with as much as 50 to 55 STC. TheCreased Thermafiber System uses blan-kets that are 1” wider than standard blan-

kets to produce a tighterstud-to-stud fit. A field-cut crease down themiddle of the blanketintroduces pressureagainst the wallboard oneither side of the

assembly, dampening sound vibration andboosting STC. In some cases, the boost insound attenuation has been equivalent tothe addition of another layer of wallboardon one side of the assembly.

SoundZero® Fabric-backed InteriorAcoustical Blanket

SoundZero is the perfectsound deadening solutionfor theaters, conferencerooms, auditoriums, etc.The blanket is designed for

exterior mounting on interior walls.

For more information about Thermafibersound insulation products, visit ourwebsite, www.thermafiber.com.

Thermal InsulationKeeping people warmer in winter,cooler in summer. That’s what mostpeople regard as the primarypurpose of any insulation product.And, indeed, Thermafiber’s

performance in that role is unsurpassed.Compare Thermafiber Mineral WoolInsulation products to other types of insu-lation, such as cellulose, foam boards, orglass fiber, and Thermafiber Insulation

comes out on top in virtually every criticalcategory.

Commercial BlanketsThermafiber FS-15 and FS-25 Commercial Blanketsare ideal for reducing heat transmission, savingenergy and improving the comfort of buildingoccupants. Both are available in 16” and 24”widths for steel stud construction or 15”and 23” for wood framing, and are avail-able in a variety of thicknesses.

Thermafiber FS-15 blankets areunfaced anddesigned for useon exterior walla s s e m b l i e sframed in steel orwood, or Z-furred. 1”-thickblankets have adensity of 4-pcf.T h i c k n e s s e s

ranging from 1-1/2” to 6” are 3.0 pcfnominal. Flame spread 0, smoke devel-oped 0.

Thermafiber FS-25 blankets are foilfaced, with an FSP vapor retarder, and aredesigned for use in floor/ceilings, walls,crawl spaces, and are especially wellsuited for exposed-insulation and vapor-control insulation applications. Blanketsare nominal 3.0 pcf density across theentire 3” to 6” thickness range. Flamespread 25, smoke developed 0.

The high density of Thermafiber FS-15and FS-25 Commercial Blankets enhancesthe ability of these products to attenuatesound and impair fire, in addition to theirexcellent thermal retention properties.

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Special Use ProductsMany industrial operations haveunique insulation needs either forenergy conservation, environmentalcontrols, personnel protection, sound

control or fire protection.Industrial Felt, Board & BlanketsThermafiber Industrial Felt is high-melt-point,pre-formed insulation useful for service up to1,350°F. This makes it an ideal material for usein commercial and industrial ovens, packageboilers, dryers, walk-in freezers and coolers, andin a number of fire protection and sound controlapplications. It is available in several forms,including standard unfaced felt, faced with blackor white mat, foil faced or ASJ.

Specialized products are available for boilerapplications, ducts, vessels and tanks, that retaintheir integrity in temperatures up to 2,000°F.

Thermafiber Industrial Board is an econom-ical semi-rigid board that provides excellentacoustical properties and thermal insulatingperformance up to 1,200°F.

ThermaWrap™ blankets and other productswith the K-Fac® trade name are recommended forhot-surface applications. Some are denseenough to be routed, slotted, grooved, die cut orotherwise machined and shaped. K-Fac productswithstand temperatures up to 1,900°F.Industrial Fiber ProductsThermafiber Industrial Bulk Wool is heat-resistant mineral fiber that is formed into smallgranulated nodules or pellets. It’s used as apacking material, for special spray applications,for cryogenic applications, or as an additive forinsulating cements and foundry molds. Similargranulated material is useful as a soil amend-ment, asphalt stabilizer, and molded insulationparts or components.

Thermafiber FRF is granulated or refined fillerand reinforcement fiber. The ability ofThermafiber mineral wool to resisthigh temperatures makesit an excellent materialfor use in friction prod-ucts such as brakeshoes or brake pads. Italso is used as an addi-tive to build strengthand resiliency inplastics, reduce thesagging effect ofcaulks and coatings, andadd dimensional stability to manyother products.

Maritime InsulationSeveral Thermafiber insulation formulationshave been developed for use in shipbuilding andmarine outfitting to reduce noise and improvefire protection. Thermafiber U.S. Coast Guardapproved felt has a melt point in excess of2,000°F. Thermafiber #10 Granulated Wool isused to fill compartments for noise reductionand thermal insulation.

Other Industrial ProductsThermafiber complements its product linethrough partnerships with other manufacturers.These products are: pre-formed mineral woolpipe insulation, ceramic fiber (bulk and blanket),PrivacyGuard® mineral core board, ThermaTex®

needled blanket, FireCode Compound, andSmoke Seal Compound.

For more information about Thermafiberindustrial insulation products, visit our website,www.thermafiber.com.

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SpecificationsSpecifications for products and systems described inthis publication vary. For specifications on a partic-ular product or system, refer to product literaturerelating to that product or system. Specifications arealso available on our website, www.thermafiber.comGood Design PracticesThermafiber will provide test certification forpublished fire and sound data covering systemsdesigned and constructed according to ourpublished specifications. Tests are conducted onThermafiber products assembled to meet perform-ance requirements of established test proceduresspecified by various agencies. System performancefollowing substitution of materials or compromise inassembly design cannot be certified and may resultin failure of sound and/or fire performance undercertain conditions.

Performance of a Thermafiber insulation productis predicated on proper installation, includingmechanical attachment of the product, usingimpaling pins, screws or other positive mechanicalattachment devices where required.

Fire containment in structures where floor slabperimeters are exposed will require proper and effec-tive installation of curtain wall components as well asfriction fitting the void between the edge of the floorslab and the facing of the curtain wall insulation withThermafiber Safing Insulation, including the use ofsafing clips or other approved mechanical attach-ment devices. Compatibility of the safing and curtainwall insulations must also be assured to attainmaximum performance.WarrantyThermafiber Insulation is backed by a 3-year limitedmaterials warranty.Trademarks: Thermafiber, K-FAC, ThermaTex,SoundZero, FIRESPAN, IMPASSE and Born in Fire aretrademarks of Thermafiber, Inc. PrivacyGuard is atrademark of Armstrong World Industries, Inc.FireCode and Smoke Seal are trademarks of USGCorporation.Note: Products described here may not be availablein all geographic markets. Consult your Thermafibersales representative for further information. Allproduct and system information contained herein isbelieved to be accurate at the time of publication.Thermafiber, Inc., reserves the right to add, alter ordiscontinue products without notice. For the latestinformation on any product, consult yourThermafiber sales representative or visit our website,www.thermafiber.com.Notice: We shall not be liable for incidental andconsequential damages, directly or indirectlysustained, nor for any loss caused by application ofthese goods not in accordance with current printedinstructions or for other than the intended use. Ourliability is expressly limited to replacement of defec-tive goods. Any claim shall be deemed waived unlessmade in writing to us within thirty (30) days from dateit was or reasonably should have been discovered.Safety First! Follow good safety and industrialhygiene practices while handling and installingproducts and systems. Take necessary precautionsand wear the appropriate personal protective equip-ment as needed. Read material safety data sheets andrelated literature on products before specificationand/or installation.

Sound Attenuation & Fire ProtectionSAFB Sound Attenuation Fire BlanketsCreased SAFBSoundZero Interior Blanket

Fire SafetyFS-15 or FS-25 Fire Blankets

High-Rise Perimeter Life SafetyIMPASSE™ Containment SystemIMPASSE™ Mechanical AttachmentFIRESPAN and FIRESPAN SSCurtain Wall InsulationSafing Insulation

FireStoppingSafing InsulationFireCode® CompoundSmoke Seal® CompoundTopStop Head-of-wall Insulation

Thermal InsulationSAFB or FS-15/FS-25 Batts

Filler and Reinforcement FiberFRF granulated mineral fiberAsphalt Stabilizer

Industrial Energy & Sound ControlK-FAC 19 Industrial BlockK-FAC SR Industrial BoardPre-formed Pipe InsulationCeramic FiberNeedled BlanketPrivacyGuard® Core BoardSoundZero

Note: Several products have similar characteristics. Consult your Thermafiber Sales Representative for clarification.

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