CINI 1.3.

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Installation Instructions for the insulation of hot pipelines and equipment 2011-10-01
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Mineral wool (GW) (RW)

1 MATERIAL
KIND OF INSULATION: Mineral wool: glass wool and rock wool; 20 ... 450°C, respectively
750°C.

1.1 Glass wool (GW) materials shall be in accordance with specifications CINI 2.1.01 ... 2.1.07.

1.2 Rock wool (RW) materials shall be in accordance with specifications CINI 2.2.01 ... 2.2.07.

2 INSTALLATION
2.1 General
2.1.1 The general requirements for the insulation of hot piping and equipment (CINI 1.3.01) are
applicable.

2.1.2 Insulation shall be applied snugly around piping, flanges, fittings and around shells and fronts of
equipment. For a tight insulation system, the joints shall be applied staggered (stretching bond).
At equipment blankets shall be applied horizontally with staggered vertical joints; slabs shall be
installed vertically with staggered circumferential joints (see CINI 4.2.02).

2.1.3 Joints shall be closed.

2.1.4 At piping and equipment with an insulation thickness more than 100 mm, minimum two layers
shall be applied. In multi- layer insulation systems, the circumferential joints layers shall be
staggered with an overlap of at least 150 mm at the joints.

2.1.5 Bends, reducers, T- pieces, etc. shall be insulated with preformed insulation pipe sections or
segments of the same insulation material.
For small bore pipes, bends, etc. cord insulation may be applied, after approval. For finishing,
see CINI 1.3.01 par.4 3 2.

2.1.6 Removable insulation boxes shall overlap the adjacent pipeline insulation over a distance of at
least the pipe insulation thickness with a minimum of 50 mm, see detail CINI 4.1.18.

2.2 Support of the insulation

2.2.1 For support of the insulation and / or finishing see CINI 1.3.23.

2.3 Fastening
2.3.1 Fastening of pipe sections.
Every layer shall be separately fixed with at least 3 stainless steel wires per section. The twisted
wire ends shall be pressed into the insulation. Diameter of the wire: 1 mm.

2.3.2 Fastening of wire mesh blankets.

For fastening of wire mesh blankets stainless steel bands shall be used, minimum dimensions
12 mm (½”) x 0.5 mm (ref. CINI 2.25.01 par 2.1), at intervals of ≤ 300 mm, see CINI 4.1.01 and
CINI 4.2.02).

2.3.3 Circumferential and longitudinal joints shall be tacked with a 1 mm diameter stainless steel wire
or stainless steel blanket hooks at a pitch of 50 mm. In the case of galvanized wire blankets,
galvanized blanket hooks shall be used.

2.3.4 Fastening of slabs.

Every layer shall be separately fastened with stainless steel bands of minimum 12 mm (½”) x 0.5
mm at ≤ 300 mm intervals.

3 FINISHING
3.1 The insulation shall be finished.

Committee Industrial Insulation Standards