Core + film covering
The core of the insulation panel consists of pressed powder, whose main component is micro-porous silica. Other components include opacifiers to minimise infrared radiation, and cellulose fibres to improve mechanical stability.
Vacuum insulation has a long service life
The panel core is non-flammable and has been assigned fire class A1
Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIP) do need significantly less space than conventional insulation (such as mineral wool) material. Our panels only need one fifth of the thickness of conventional insulating materials to achieve comparable insulation values. In both cases the core material is wrapped in a metal coated foil and the air inside was evacuated. Of course the goal of both applications is different. The evacuation process is reducing significantly the heat conductivity of the panel.
The core material of high quality vacuum insulation panels mainly consists of silica (preferably
Fumed Silica). Cheaper VIPs contain glass fibre as core material. Unfortunately these VIPs do have tremendous ecological and technical disadvantages
