Rigid polyurethane foams are used as insulation for buildings, water heaters, refrigerated transport, and commercial and residential refrigeration where their insulation value, high strength, moisture resistance and durability are required. Sprayed Polyurethane Foam (SPF) has been used for decades as a high performance commercial roofing system with significant insulation properties and leak prevention due to its monolithic seal over the entire roof structure.
Polyurethane foams are also used for flotation, packaging, furniture, adhesives, architectural design, and cavity filling. The applications and benefits that polyurethane foam provides are virtually limitless. We see more and more everyday. Sprayfoam.com is dedicated to sharing these applications and benefits with you in hopes that it will provide further education and market growth in this exciting industry.
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| Spray Foam Roofing |
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SPF Roofing Systems provide many benefits to building owners. The two most prominent benefits are waterproofing/leak prevention and insulation value. Many additional benefits also exist such as superior compressive strength, lightweight, self-flashing, durable and long lasting. |
| Spray Foam Insulation |
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There is no better home insulating material that can seal your home from air and moisture intrusion, save on costly utility bills, strengthen your home, and protect your health from dangerous mold than SPF home insulation.
- Stops air and moisture infiltration
- Makes your home more comfortable
- Saves on energy costs
- Adds strength to the building structure
- Its permanent and will not sag
- Keeps dust and pollen out
- Reduces maintenance and wear of HVAC equipment
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| Low Rise Foam Roofing Adhesive |
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In recent years SPF has been re-formulated into a low-rise two component polyurethane foam roofing adhesive designed to adhere EPDM membranes or board stock insulation to various roofing substrates. Often the foam is used to adhere the board stock to the roof deck, and then used again to adhere the membrane to the board stock.
The foam adhesive is spray applied, which significantly reduces application time and labor required for installation. The foam provides an added degree of insulation to the roof system and forms a strong adhesive bond, earning it excellent wind uplift ratings. |
| Construction Adhesives |
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SPF adhesives are used in many construction activities from roofing to manufactured home building to hurricane damage mitigation. |
| Aerospace |
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SPF can be used for aerospace applications in many capacities. The most commonly known application is on NASA's Space Shuttle Main Fuel Tank. SPF is robotically applied to the tank for insulation. Although there have been some major issues with foam with foam coming off the space shuttle's tank during flight, this has no effect on SPF's performance in construction and other applications. In fact, the shuttle's use of foam is still a tremendous testimonial for its performance as an insulation material.
Another unique application of SPF is in structural reinforcement of airline fuselages. Florida International University uses Sprayed Polyisocyanurate Foam to reinforce, and extend the life of aging aircraft. Another benefit is in fire protection. The S(P)F greatly extends the time fire takes to burn through the aircraft, which allows passengers more time to escape during a crash. |
| Structural Backing for Spas / Hot Tubs |
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Sprayed polyurethane foam is also used for keeping hot tubs and spas warm. The spa shell is typically formed by an acrylic, or other rigid elastomer. SPF is then sprayed onto the backside for two reasons. The first is its superior insulating properties. The second is its stuctural ability to keep the tub from flexing and bending. |
Foam Packaging |
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Packaging foams are typically light density in nature to protect delicate instruments, electronic equipment, glassware and other products requiring protection from shipping. These foams can be rigid, flexible, open or closed cell. Although they can poured by hand, most are dispensed using modified spray equipment with a pouring head or with smaller pump systems designed only for packaging foam dispensing. |
| Foam Flotation |
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Polyurethane Foam is used in numerous marine applications. The high strength to weight ratio plus its inherent resistance to gasoline and oil makes it an excellent choice as an integral part of the manufacture of boats, buoys, docks, and flotation devices. The adhesiveness of this product is superb. In addition, a cubic foot of a nominal two pound density Polyurethane Foam will support approximately sixty ( 60 ) pounds of dead weight in water. Polyurethane Foam can be sprayed or poured and systems can be tailored to meet most application requirements. |
| Foam Cavity Filling |
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Polyurethane Foam is used widely in applications requiring injection and open cavity filling. The versatility of the product permits compounders to tailor the formulation to meet specific requirements. Depending on the needs it can serve as an excellent insulation medium or enhance the structural integrity of the finished product. The list of applications are too numerous to mention and new applications are being added everyday. |
| Mine Shaft Plugging |
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The National Park Service established a servicewide abandoned mineral land (AML) program in 1984 with five major objectives relative to mineral development sites on park lands:
- inventory all AML sites within the National Park System
- eliminate safety and health hazards
- eliminate or mitigate resource impacts
- preserve culturally and historically significant sites
- manage sites for special wildlife habitat
Today, an inventory with data on 2,421 abandoned mine sites including 10,692 individual mine openings has been collected for National Park Service lands. In realizing the objectives of the AML program, a number of methods have been employed to close and/ or reclaim mine openings, depending on the specific conditions and needs at each site. Among these is the use of rigid polyurethane foam (PUF) for plugging openings where the mine does not provide significant wildlife habitat and the objective is to totally reclaim the site. |
| Refrigeration / Walk-in Coolers |
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Polyurethane Foam is used in most ice coolers due to its superior thermal insulation properties. It is also used for creating the panels used in most walk-in refrigerated coolers. You will also find foam in picnic coolers and insulated flasks. Polyurethane Foam helps the cold stuff cold, and warm stuff warm. |
| Taxidermy |
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Taxidermy is the art and craft of reproducing life-like three-dimensional representations of animals for permanent display. In many cases, the actual skin (including the fur, feathers or scales) of the animal is preserved and mounted over an artificial model. In other cases, the specimen is reproduced completely with man-made materials.
Taxidermy incorporates many skills and crafts, such as carpentry, woodworking, tanning, molding and casting. Taxidermy also requires artistic talents, such as sculpture, painting and drawing. In a modern deer head mount, for example, the only natural parts of the animal used are the antlers and the skin. All of the other organs and tissues are recreated with man-made materials. The eyes are made from glass, the eyelids are sculpted from clay, the soft tissues of the nose and mouth are sculpted from epoxy or wax, and the manikin or "form" (which incorporates the anatomy of each muscle and vein) is made from polyurethane foam. |
| Theater / Movie Set Design |
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Polyurethanes vast versatility lends themselves to on-site or studio production of needed settings. The savings can be considerable when compared to the cost involved to shoot the actual setting. Polyurethanes can be formulated to provide physical properties for structural applications such as facades to lightweight boulders to the replication of tree bark, to exacting duplications of extinct animals are possible with Polyurethanes. |
| Also noteworthy is Polyurethane Elastomers have excellent weather ability and superior abrasion and impact resistance. |
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