Sahney kirkwood supplies two new asbestos free materials, satherm and epotherm. These materials effectively meet stringent insulating requirements in various types of hydraulic and forging presses. Following are some of the technical features of these both the materials which include:while satherm is best suited for continuous operating temperatures up to 500°c with peak loads up to 750°c, epotherm is suitable for continuous operating temperatures up to 200° with peak loads up to 350°c, which makes them suitable for platen and mould insulation in high temperature presses used for injection moulding and other rigorous applications. Low thermal conductivities of 0.16 w/m°k and 0.12 w/m°k for satherm and epotherm respectively make them excellent thermal insulators, which means lesser thicknesses of these materials are required as compared to other materials for achieving the same degree of thermal insulation. Its easy to withstand severe impact loads imposed in a press because of very high compressive strength of 300 n/sq.Mm. Some specifications include: available in a range of thicknesses up to 100 mm, both satherm and epotherm have good machinability characteristics and can be formed to various shapes and sizes.
