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2015 AHR Expo: Owens Corning to Make Insulation for Aquatherm Pipe

Jan. 30, 2015
AQ Fiberglas insulation is available in more than nine sizes for pipe up to 4 in. (125 mm) in diameter.

During the 2015 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) in Chicago this week, Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC announced plans to produce Fiberglas insulation with all-service jacket for Aquatherm metric-sized polypropylene-random (PP-R) piping systems as part of an exclusive agreement with Aquatherm North America.

AQ Fiberglas insulation is available in more than nine sizes for pipe up to 4 in. (125 mm) in diameter. The product line delivers a custom-fit solution that matches the outer dimensions of the German-manufactured piping systems.

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Described by a colleague as "a cyborg ... requir(ing) virtually no sleep, no time off, and bland nourishment that can be consumed while at his desk" who was sent "back from the future not to terminate anyone, but with the prime directive 'to edit dry technical copy' in order to save the world at a later date," Scott Arnold joined the editorial staff of HPAC Engineering in 1999. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for daily newspapers and a specialty-publications company. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University.