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Case Study No. 019 Cruise ships of the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki und Turku, Finland Wholesaler: Onninen Finland - Vantaa Installed by: Kvaerner Masa-Yards Finland – Helsinki, Turku Year of Installation: 2003 Project: Kvaerner Masa-Yards is part of the joint shipyard management company of Aker Kvaerner and Aker RGI. With 16 500 employees and a turnover of approximately 2.5 billion Euro, Aker Kvaerner Yards is the largest European shipbuilding company and the fourth largest worldwide. Installation: Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki and Turku has been trusting in Armaflex for five years now. Armaflex is the only elastomeric insulation material to be used on the cooling water pipes of the air-conditioning system and on the refrigeration lines needed for storing food and cooling drinking water on the luxury cruise ships. The shipyard in Helsinki uses only NH/Armaflex. The non- halogen insulation material is the only product to fulfil the high demands of CCL (Carnival Cruise Lines) and Costa Cruises. NH/Armaflex is produced without the addition of chlorides and bromides (i.e. without halogens). In the event of a fire, potential problems of toxicity can therefore be ruled out to the greatest possible extent. In order to eliminate potential weak points in the insulation around pipe hangers, the Armafix pipe hanger has also been used since 2001. This pipe hanger guarantees that no thermal bridging occurs between the pipe and hanger and prevents condensation and unnecessary energy losses. Matti Örnmark, who is responsible for insulation at the Kvaerner shipyard in Helsinki, says: “We chose Armacell as our business partner not only because of its excellent products; the service is outstanding, too. The dimensioning of the insulation thicknesses, the requested certificates, training for insulators, technical seminars for the engineers of the shipping companies, immediate answers to technical questions and a very good delivery service through the Finnish wholesaler Onninen Oy - that all goes to make up our successful cooperation.”
