Thermal insulation and mineral wools

Isolation

Our market:

Spray-on forms of insulation (more commonly known as « spray-applied products ») include two product families:

Mineral wool

Manufacturing:

EURISOL integrates all functions associated with its manufacturing role, covering the stages necessary to obtain quality products (development, design, manufacturing, controls, laboratory testing, authorisation, certification …).


Molten materials making up the mineral wool insulation.

Mineral wool, one of the basic raw materials for most of our materials, is composed of steel industry slag (resulting from the fusion of non-metallic parts of charges and other components contained in blast furnaces). The latter, melted down at approximately 1500°C, are poured continuously and made into fibres by an air-powered rotating system (spinner).
The raw mineral wool thus obtained is then carded and any lumps removed to obtain regular nodules without any impurities.
Different essential additives (inorganic binders, resins, various additives) are incorporated then mixed with sizing (dust prevention treatment) to obtain a homogenous composition.

Application:

Our products should be used in accordance with our Instructions in dry, ventilated premises. The minimum temperature of the premises and the surface must be above +5°C.

Our adherence primers (ISOFIX range) provide a bonding base coat indispensable for all projection onto concrete and steel surfaces.

Code of practices on rules for spray on products:

  • CODE OF PRACTICE 27.1 (AFNOR reference NF P15-202) for fibrous mineral wool-based products.
  • CODE OF PRACTICE 27.2 (AFNOR reference NF P15-203) for past products.

Companies applying spray on products are qualified and certified in accordance with the following QUALIBAT reference systems :

Applications:

Our products are easy to use and apply by projection onto all types of surfaces, for a wide range of potential uses (residential blocks or offices, shopping centres, car parks, airports, industrial buildings, hotels, performance venues, boiler rooms, generator sets …).


Apartment buildings insulated with mineral wool.


In addition to being perfectly fireproof (M0 fire reaction or A1 Euro class), our products are chemically inert, rot-proof, inorganic and vermin or rodent-resistant.

Application in a one go without joins (no thermal or sound breaks) gives a uniform rustic finish, without cracking or dilation or performance loss.

Our products are highly adaptable, in particular in terms of flexibility and can marry all flat or curved architectural forms.


The uniform appearance of the finish and absence of patches gives aesthetically pleasing results.

In terms of finish, our products are designed to take a surface tint or hardener (ISOFILM or ISOCOAT) to blend in with the architectural environment.

Our materials are covered by a ten-year manufacturer’s guarantee.

Materials performances are tested in national certified laboratories (CSTB, LNE, EFECTIS….) and validated by certificates.

Our products can be used on the range of surfaces usually encountered in the Construction industry: concrete floors (traditional or pre-stressed) block and beam or raft, metal structures (posts or beams), vat concreting steel, wooden floors …

Application is performed in accordance with valid thermal insulation (RT2005) or passive fire protection regulations (Fire Safety Regulations, fire-concrete Code of practice, fire-steel Code of practice).

Health :

All of our products are asbestos and crystalline silica-free..


Asbestos-free mineral wool insulation.

In November 2001, the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) a WHO organisation, reclassified group 3 mineral wools at the end of its studies.

Directive 67/548/CEE defines the cancer risk classification in three categories of decreasing danger:

  • Group 1: proven carcinogen
  • Group 2: presumed carcinogen
  • Group 3: possible carcinogen

The monographs Working Group concluded that Group 3 mineral wools cannot be classified in terms of their proven or presumed carcinogen qualities for man (WHO press release n°137 of 24/10/2001).

Also, directive 97/69/CE determines mineral wool. Classification as a possible carcinogen (Group 3) does not apply if it can be established that the substance satisfies :

  • - Either Q rating biopersistance requirements
  • - Or R rating geometric characteristics.

The mineral wools used by EURISOL comply with the requirements of the above directive (97/69CE). They are non-biopersistant, i.e. eliminated by the biological environments of the lungs (INRS ED 93 sheet of July 2007).

Consequently our products are exempt from all carcinogen classification.

Logo of EURISOL, manufacturer of mineral wool insulation.