Solstice® Liquid Blowing Agent Energy efficient insulation that is kinder to the planet

Customer insight Solstice® Liquid Blowing Agent Afinox is one of the leading manufacturers of high quality professional catering equipment - frozen food storage and retail display cases. The company places environmental responsibility at the heart of its design and manufacturing process and is rigorous in the way it pursues a greener way of working. It recently introduced Honeywell's fourth generation blowing agent - Solstice LBA - in their Situation The cold chain sector is increasingly demanding higher energy efficient commercial cabinets to reduce energy costs and CO2 footprint. In order to...

Putting Solstice® LBA to the test The trial conducted by Europoliuretani and Afinox compared the relative performances of manufacturing a polyurethane panel using a water-based system, an HFC 245fa blown system, and Solstice LBA. The results of the test were as below: The panel made with Solstice LBA showed a 17% improvement in lambda over a 180 day period compared to water based foam. Immediately after obtaining these results, trials were conducted in Afinox to evaluate the actual energy efficiency. Mekano BT 700 cabinets produced with two type of foams were tested side by side. Initial lambda...

Industry-wide Application Following the test results Afinox srl has substituted completely the HFC-245fa expanded polyurethane foam system with Solstice® LBA. Moreover Europoliuretani has started to promote Solstice LBA as an energy efficient and environmental compliant blowing agent to its customers. Solstice LBA Honeywell Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent is the latest advance in blowing agent technology. It has an ultra low global warming potential (GWP) of 1, it is non-flammable, energy-efficient blowing agent for chilled and freezer cabinet applications, and it does not require platform design...