Announcing Launch of New Dyplast.com Website

 

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED

GREATER CUSTOMER SUPPORT

AND EASE OF NAVIGATION

Dyplast is pleased to announce a major update to our website www.dyplast.com (www.dyplastproducts.com still works)!

Our new website carries on what worked well before yet adds additional features such as:

• Quicker access to the most relevant information on Dyplast's ISO (polyiso) and DyTherm Phenolic mechanical insulation products
• Quick Print Icon: Relevant pages have quick print functionality to a printer or pdf
• Improved website search engine optimization consistent with Google updates
• Website Blog to which you can subscribe: Latest Dyplast news events, product updates, released technical bulletins, and case studies
• Comprehensive integration with social media - - particularly LinkedIn,  Facebook, Twitter, Slideshare, and Blogspot
•  More Product pictures, graphics and well organized data sheets

 

The previous version of our website won acclaims from clients, engineers, and even the communications industry with an award from the Public Relations Society of America for the best industrial-focused website  based primarily on the following attributes:

1. Comprehensive yet clean menu structure
2. 2-clicks to any data
3. Factual, objective presentation of technical information
4. Attractive look and feel, with well displayed graphics
5. Fully optimized for internet search engines
6. Documents in multiple formats (e.g. html, pdf, Word, and/or Excel)

Our website is designed for you!

 Designed to give you quick access to our products, the data you need, and the contact information to talk with our sales staff.

 We appreciate any comments you may have on how we can better meet your needs. And we hope you will sign up for our Newsletters, Follow our Blog, Follow us on LinkedIn, and/or Like us on Facebook

 

For Sales Inquiries

For sales call (800) 433-5551

or contact us at sales@dyplast.us

or view our website at www.dyplast.com

At Dyplast we stand ready to help provide you with the right answers to your mechanical insulation, sheet insulation, and composite panel needs.
  

 

Dyplast ISO-C1 Racing thru the Desert with the University of Minnesota!

Dyplast ISO-C1 Racing thru the Desert with the University of Minnesota!

  

About a year ago Dyplast donated a large block of ISO-C1/10.0 (10 lb/ft3 polyisocyanurate rigid foam) to the University of Minnesota. UMN had the ISO-C1 block milled and polished to the sleek shape of the car, and then used the rigid shape as the mold for a solar powered car. This car, named Daedalus, is in route to compete in Australia's World Solar Challenge 2013, an international Solar Powered Car race beginning in the northern city of Darwin on 6 October and racing 3,000 - kilometers (1,864 - miles) across the Australian Outback down the center of Australia. Throughout this week long race the team will travel through Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, and Coober Pedy before ending on the 13th in the southern city of Adelaide.

  

  

  

 

 

Dyplast awarded Theodore H. Brodie Distinguished Safety Award from the National Insulation Association

 

 

For the last three years Dyplast Products has been working on expanding and improving their Safety Program. Throughout those years they made great strides and they have created a safer workplace.

 

In April the National Insulation Association (NIA) informed President, Mr. Ted Berglund, that Dyplast is being awarded the Silver Associate "Theodore H. Brodie Distinguished Safety Award".

 

This is the first time that NIA introduces their manufacturing associates to this award, and this year Dyplast was the highest ranked manufacturing facility on their safety program.

 

Congratulations are in order to all Dyplast employees, their Safety Committee members and their Safety Coordinator, Mr. Sam Tanasic for making Dyplast Products a safer workplace!

Dyplast releases Technical Bulletin 0213

 

Dyplast releases Technical Bulletin 0213:

Polyisocyanurate vs. Cellular Glass Insulation Mechanical Insulation  

 

Quick Links Dyplast Products Home Page

Dyplast is updating a series of Technical Bulletins in order to raise awareness of the superior advantages of polyiso and phenolic insulation in refrigeration applications. Technical Bulletin 0213 Polyisocyanurate vs. Cellular Glass Insulation Mechanical Insulation     This Technical Bulletin is another in our series of white papers aimed at providing our clients, engineers, specifiers, contractors, fabricators, and friends with objective information on our products and those of our competitors. This Technical Bulletin updates Technical Bulletin 0610 which focuses on a comparison of the physical properties of closed cell polyisocyanurate (polyiso or PIR) rigid foam insulation products with those of cellular glass insulation products for demanding below-ambient applications such as cryogenic, refrigerant, and chilled water where energy efficiency, moisture intrusion, and condensation are issues.   Open the attached pdf to read the full Technical Bulletin Technical Bulletin 0213      For Sales Inquiries For sales call (800) 433-5551 or contact us at sales@dyplast.us   At Dyplast we stand ready to help provide you with the right answers to your mechanical insulation needs.   Sincerely,   The Dyplast Technical Team

                        

Dyplast supports Florida Atlantic University ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition with its PolyIso Rigid Foam

Dyplast Products proudly announces the donation of some of its high quality Polyisocyanurate ISO-C1® to Florida Atlantic University American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter (ASCE) to be used in their canoe construction for the annual ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition. Below is the FAU ASCE article written by Christina Rosa.

Florida Atlantic University American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter Concrete Canoe Team

The Florida Atlantic University American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter (ASCE) has competed in the annual ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition for the past eleven years.  Each year the ASCE team at FAU has strived to improve and increase the quality of the annual canoe. In the Concrete Canoe Competition, universities from across the nation, as well as universities from around the world, compete in races using the canoes that they have designed and constructed out of concrete. This year the FAU concrete canoe team plans to again successfully design and build a canoe, with the hopes of being able to compete on the national level.

In order to design the Concrete Canoe, the team must design and build the canoe from the ground up. This process includes designing the mold and framework that will serve as the form for the canoe. This step is pivotal in the design process. Without being able to successfully create a workable mold, it will be impossible to build the canoe with the accuracy that is needed for maximum performance. This year the team has decided on using a male mold as the mold for the canoe. Although the body of the mold will be constructed out of wood cross-sections; to ensure precision, the two ends will be made from foam.  These end pieces consist of two 20"x13"x6" and two 17"x12"x6". The canoe was designed in a program called SolidWorks.  In order to construct the mold, the team will utilize a CNC machine to achieve the exact measurements needed for the canoe.

Material selection is a very important part of using a CNC machine to cut out a mold.  After researching the different materials available, the team decided that Polyisocyanurate foam was an excellent choice. The Polyisocyanurate material has unique properties that make it desirable for our applications. The material is soft enough to be easily cut with most drill bits, yet rigid enough to hold the weight of the concrete. In addition, the material does not succumb to excessive creep and will hold its shape for extended periods of time. The combination of being easily cut and the high density properties, were the determining factors in choosing this material. The team is confident that this material will be able to meet the needs of the project.

We would like to thank Mr. Jorge Salazar and Dyplast Products for the generous contribution of their high quality product Polyisocyanurate ISO-C1® to these academic endeavors. The use of their foam is a defining and pivotal piece of the entire project that we have undertaken here at FAU.

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Refrigeration Insulation Systems

Dyplast's Certified Insulation Energy Appraisers

Hello Everyone,

Congratulations to our recently certified insulation energy appraisers, Dick Smith and Mike Boyco.  This makes the number of in-house energy appraisers to six from the original four.

1. Joseph Hughes, Vice President, Sales & Marketing

2. Jorge Salazar, Senior Account Manager

3. Claude Hartdegen, Senior Account Manager

4. Robert Sanchinel, Account Manager

5. Dick Smith, Senior Specifications Manager  NEW!!

6. Michael Boyco, Development Engineer and QC Supervisor  NEW!!

 

Their achievement is industry recognized and enhances our Dyplast brand. This accreditation serves to demonstrate how Dyplast aligns employee activities with our overall business strategy and shared company values. 

Keep up the good work and enjoy your day!

 

 

 

TECHNICAL BULLETIN 1128 UPDATES

You may recall our recent email newsletter, blog, and LinkedIn/Facebook postings of our Technical Bulletin 1128 “MECHANICAL INSULATION IN TYPICAL REFRIGERATION APPLICATIONS”.

 

Responses to our Bulletin have been very positive, and our friends have made some good suggestions/clarifications that we thought we should consolidate and send along.

Listed below are comments from a few Followers along with our response to each. Thank you to each and every one who responded. Your questions and comments are appreciated.

·         The Bulletin states that EPS and XPS melt at 165°F and that is not technically correct. We should have rather said they begin to “soften” at 165F. Yet we believe the ultimate conclusion remains the same - -  that the maximum service temperature is generally 165°F for both EPS and XPS.

·         The Bulletin’s data on XPS was based on public data then available on the major manufacturer’s website.  We overlooked data from another XPS manufacturer that more recently entered the XPS billet market. This newer manufacturer creates billets by gluing together sheets of XPS.  These billets have a stated Water Absorption (WA) of 1.0% versus the 0.5% presented in the Bulletin, and the actual range for WA can be from 0.3% to 1%.

·         The new manufacturer of XPS also states R value is 5.0, but the manufacturer does not indicate (on information available to us) whether this is an “aged” value or an “initial”.  The 3.9R value stated in the Bulletin is from the supplier of XPS billets that are a continuously extruded material, and the 3.9R is presented as an aged value per ASTM procedures.

·         Based on some test results just received for Phenolic, we should update its WVT to 3.3 perm-in and its WA to 0.9% by volume.  In the Bulletin’s Table 2 (Water Vapor Transmission for Different Insulants) this would place it after expanded polystyrene and above Trymer 2000XP polyisocyanurate when sorted by WVT. Note that the Phenolic properties still meet the ASTM C1126 standards for both WVT and WA. 

Dyplast’s Technical Bulletin has been updated and is available at:  http://www.dyplastproducts.com/Customer_Bulletins/TECHNICAL_BULLETIN_1128.pdf.

As always, Dyplast welcomes comments and suggestions and strives to present accurate information useful to the industry.