Insulation with Rigid Polyurethane Foam

Polyurethane, discovered by Otto Bayer in 1937, provides us with comfort, insulation and safety in many areas of our lives. In terms of its general structure, it outperforms other alternative insulation materials as an excellent insulation material. When closed-cell polyurethane foams are compared with equivalent materials such as polystyrene, mineral wool and glass wool, it is evident that polyurethane foam provides equivalent insulation with minimal thickness.

Other notable properties of polyurethane foam beyond thermal insulation characteristics:

• Durability, • Lightweight, • High mechanical strength, • Dimensional stability across wide temperature ranges, • Excellent workability, • Ability to adhere to almost any surface during expansion, • Safe use, • Elimination of thermal bridges, • Compatibility with humans and the environment, • Reduced environmental impacts. Additionally, the absence of bacterial growth, resistance to pest infestation, resistance to rot, and particularly the ability to provide seamless and three-dimensional insulation in spray applications are among polyurethane's other notable characteristics. From an environmental perspective, according to research conducted in the European Union, 40% of energy demand is consumed in heating and cooling buildings. 30% of this energy can be saved through proper insulation of new and existing buildings. In parallel with this energy savings, the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere will decrease, providing a positive contribution to climate change mitigation. Spray polyurethane, which plays a major role especially in the insulation of older buildings, minimizes volume loss within buildings through its smaller volume, easy and on-site application properties. To provide an example of energy balance, the total CO2 released during the production, application and disposal of 1 kg of rigid polyurethane foam sprayed to a thickness of 3 cm on 1 m² of surface is theoretically approximately 11 kg on average. The savings that will be generated in a building over an average 50-year period is theoretically equivalent to 800 kg of CO2. This demonstrates that polyurethane prevents approximately 80 times the amount of CO2 it itself creates. From an energy savings perspective, polyurethane insulation costs generally amortize themselves in the first heating season through energy consumption savings and cost reduction. Depending on the applied density, polyurethane foam, which generally expands 20-30 times in volume, when transported as liquid and applied on-site will have even greater impacts on the environment, traffic and transportation.

Poliser Polyurethane, celebrating its 10th year of operation this year, continues to be one of the sector's differentiating main players in the insulation industry, as in every sector it serves, through environmental awareness and innovations.

Considering market competition conditions and trends, Poliser focuses on the difference that quality and product characteristics will create in polyurethane systems it has developed especially for the insulation sector, continues its product positioning for sustainable market dominance, and to support this, has begun representing Magma Macchine polyurethane machinery in Turkey and simultaneously supplies polyurethane machinery in addition to polyurethane systems to the sector. High and low pressure machinery required by the polyurethane industry is supplied to the insulation sector with high quality, Poliser warranty and technical service support. Magma machinery, capable of rapid transitions between spray and polyurea applications, does not require an intermediate transfer pump, provides optimum application at lower pressure and operating temperature with reduced energy consumption and minimized spray loss (overspray) and heated lines. Easy maintenance and replacement of the spray gun provides significant convenience to applicators. Magma machinery, requiring only a 16 A electrical line, provides more laminar application through its hydraulic systems. Additionally, Poliser, which has invested significant effort in ensuring that stakeholders use systems without ozone-depleting substances (ODS) in the sub-branches of insulation systems, continues to produce all its systems with new-generation blowing agents in an environmentally friendly manner and continues to offer stakeholders the most superior performing systems with Poliser technical service differentiation. Poliser, particularly on a subject of great importance to both our country's and the world's economy such as insulation, continues its efforts toward increasing industry awareness, applying correct insulation materials in correct applications, and increasing application quality and environmental consciousness in this sector, and with its environmentally conscious and innovative market position will continue to support increased insulation awareness and market growth. Alp Sarıcı / Deputy General Manager - Poliser Polyurethane, Flokser A.Ş.