The Armafix pipe support range now offers specifiers and installers better load capacity due to a new 100% recycled PET honeycomb core structure. The PET core achieves excellent load-bearing performance, prevents thermal bridging and delivers excellent material durability for maximum lifespan.

The enhanced pipe supports are made from an environmentally-friendly PET core, which comprises 100 per cent recycled material. PET is light-weight and has a high mechanical strength in combination with residual flexibility and a maximum service life.  

100% Upcycling:

The new PET (polyethylene terephthalate) core is made from 100% recycled PET bottles, whilst 100% of production scrap flows back into the manufacturing of new PET blocks. Armacell PET products can be completely recycled at the end of their service life.

Using recycled PET is part of Armacell’s commitment to the ‘cradle-to-cradle’ principle for its product solutions. This concept is aimed at avoiding waste by recycling materials in a closed loop process.

PET has an excellent environmental performance and, unlike some materials, can be recycled any number of times without losing any of its performance benefits. The material requires over 60% less energy for its production than PUR and releases over 80% less CO₂. Manufacture of Armacell PET products also consumes 40% less energy and results in 30% less CO₂ emissions than conventional PET foams.

Excellent technical and mechanical properties

The closed-cell structure and low thermal conductivity (?_23°C = 0.034 W/m • K) means that Armacell’s Armafix PET pipe supports offer excellent insulative properties.

With a density of 100kg/m³, PET is lighter weight than PUR cores (140 - 145kg/m³). PET also displays higher pres­sure resistance than PUR and is resistant to aging. A further benefit of the new PET material is the residual flexibility which greatly minimises the risk of the material breaking on large pipe diameters.

Avoids condensation and heat loss

Pipe brackets in hot and cold installations represent a potential weak point in a pipework insulation system. If cold pipework is not thermally isolated from the pipe bracket, thermal bridging occurs, resulting in condensation and subsequent corrosion of the fittings.

This thermal bridging results in increased energy losses in both hot and cold installations, whilst condensation in cold systems can cause expensive secondary damage to other fixtures and fittings.

The Armafix pipe sup­port brackets are highly effective at thermally isolating the pipework from the bracket, avoiding all these issues. Together with the adjoining Armaflex material it forms a highly effective, long term insulation system for hot and cold applications.

Cost effective and easy to install

Comparative calculations carried out by Armacell have shown that Armafix not only provides maximum reliability, but can also be installed more eas­ily, neater and quicker than standard clamps and pipe supports.

Plumbers and installers sim­ply snap the one-piece pipe support around the pipe and fix it in place using the self-adhe­sive closure. Glue is then applied to the butt ends of the pipe support to the tube material using Armacell adhesive.

The new Armafix pipe support brackets are available as Armafix AF, in the halogen-free Armafix NH version and as the low-smoke Armafix Ultima pipe support. In addition, Armacell offers the Armafix AF duct support for installing air ducts. As a system with Armaflex Ultima, the pipe support achieves the fire class B_L-s1,d0, the best fire class for elasto­meric insulation materials.

For more information on the light-weight PET core Armafix pipe support range from Armacell, visit www.armacell.com/uk