The marine industry presents a unique set of challenges when it comes to insulation. All ships - from yachts to navy vessels - require insulation systems for various thermal, acoustic, and fire protection needs. To meet these needs, SPI partners with industry-leading insulation and accessory manufacturers to provide specialty fabricated insulation systems. We produce these systems under US Coast Guard Approval Certificates. Our line includes pipe, duct, tank, equipment, hull board, and blanket applications for ship maintenance as well as new construction.

We address an array of potential problems:

Thermal (Cryogenic to High Temperature) Applications
• Hull board thermal applications insulate interior spaces from potentially ice-cold seawater. They include a vapor barrier to prevent condensation issues and reduce corrosion under insulation, or (CUI).
• Piping, HVAC duct, engine exhaust ducts, and tanks must be insulated. This reduces energy loss, maintains the desired temperature, reduces CUI, protects personnel, and reduces demands on the ship's HVAC systems.
• When stay-in-place insulation isn’t practical, we provide removable insulation blankets and covers. These covers are crafted with attention to heat loss, wireless monitoring, and insulation system design. Their construction helps to reduce energy loss, allow for inspection or maintenance, and improve employee safety.

Sound Absorption, Blocking, and Dampening Applications
• We provide absorbers, barriers, composites, and isolation mounts for a number of applications. These reduce engine room, pump, and generator equipment noise and structure-borne transmission to occupied spaces. Sound absorption products and barrier materials are also used for bulkhead, deck, pipe, and duct applications.
• Can also reduce space noise levels in common areas and entertainment spaces and related noise impact on adjacent spaces.

Fire Protection & Firestopping Applications
• We offer rated systems to protect bulkheads, decks, and superstructures constructed of steel, aluminum, or non-metallic FRP composites. Other applications include critical power protection, instrumentation, control and communication cable, conduit and raceways, kitchen exhaust ducts, fuel lines, and flammable liquid tanks.
• Firestop systems to protect cabling, conduit, cable tray, duct penetrations in bulkheads and decks. Systems are also available to meet watertight requirements. Reduced noise transmission is an added benefit to penetration firestopping.
• We also offer fire protection for recessed ceilings. Ceiling systems are selected to meet specific fire performance and acoustic performance (NRC and CAC). Recessed light fixtures, speakers, etc. can represent 10 - 20% of the ceiling area. Left unprotected, the fixture areas void the ceiling system fire performance and reduce acoustic performance. SPI’s patented SafeLite® covers produced from certified, fire-rated marine insulation restores or maintains the ceiling fire performance. SafeLite covers also provide documented sound blocking (CAC) to reduce noise transmission to overhead and adjacent spaces, providing a better environment.

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