Isomerization tower at a refinery in Washington, USA.
A 120-ft isomerization tower arrived late and the operator had five days to insulate it before late penalties — Pyrogel® XTE installed in three.
5-day deadline on a vessel that arrived late.
Vessel was originally specified for calcium silicate, delivered after Christmas; insulation had to be complete by year-end or financial penalties would hit.
- Vessel delivered late. Arrived 12/26; insulation required complete by 12/31.
- Compressed schedule. Only 5 days of work window.
- Penalty exposure. Late delivery would trigger contractual penalties.
Pyrogel® XTE in a lightweight blanket format.
Three layers of XTE installed horizontally by a crew of 20 on 12-hour shifts — completed and metaled by lunch on day five.
- Lightweight, blanket format. Accelerated the install phase versus cal-sil.
- 3-day insulation install. Crew of 20, 12-hour shifts.
- Metaled by lunch day 5. On-time delivery with zero late penalties.
- Under 5% scrap rate. Versus typical cal-sil breakage rates.
Rigid insulation would have taken much longer and been infinitely heavier.
On-time vessel delivery with zero late penalties.
Pyrogel® XTE’s blanket format compressed the insulation phase enough to absorb the late vessel arrival and meet the year-end delivery deadline. The contractor reported they could not have hit the schedule with calcium silicate, even with five additional men per shift.
Vessel running behind on the truck?
Pyrogel® XTE’s blanket format absorbs late delivery — Aspen can stage material for crash schedules.