Estimated Navy Cost Avoidance:
| Cost avoidance for this project is included in Ecotherm Pipe Insulation for a total of 1.25 M per year in cost avoidance. |
| The necessary changes to NSTM 635 and a fleet advisory have been issued. |
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Problem:
| The current Calcium Silicate insulation, while tough and effective, is heavy and very difficult to install, remove and modify. Sailors and shipbuilders alike detest working with CaSi.
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Solution:
| MTTC, in conjunction with the Navy and BBNT, Inc., conducted extensive shipboard testing on USS RUSHMORE (LSD-47) of a commercially available insulation called K-Flex ECO. It proved effective and durable up to its advertised upper temperature limit of 250ºF. |
Fleet Impact:
| Sailors and shipyard workers will be able to install and replace pipe insulation with nothing more than a knife and tape. Clean-up is quick and simple. The use of this material will substantially reduce shipbuilding costs. |
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Fleet Approval
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Applications:
| All shipboard piping with temperatures less than 250ºF.
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