Sentences with phrase «using pipe insulation»

During this event presented by Arup, girls in grades six - nine interested in STEM, will learn to think and design like an engineer to design a roller coaster using pipe insulation, marbles and objects within the room.

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Valued for its resistance to heat and corrosion, asbestos was widely used for decades in such products as building materials, pipe insulation and floor tiles before studies linked it to lung cancer and other diseases.
Once thought ideally suited for fire - retardant insulation, asbestos was used widely in insulation, pipes, and building materials well into the middle of the last century.
A technique I like to use is to get some foam pipe insulation from the hardware store, cut off a couple of 5 inch sections then set THOSE on the bar.
There are some products used in home building and pipe insulation that can contain asbestos.
There were a couple spots (around plumbing) where we used cotton insulation as it was easier to get a tight seal around the pipes.
The hot water in the pipes will cool down (regardless of insulation) until a tap is used again.
I'm considering a glazed drainback collector design using very cheap materials (PVC pipe and LDPE tubing, mounted on the house South wall with no insulation behind it), but it would not tolerate stagnation temperatures above around 180F.
In power plants a common form of insulating piping after the regulations preventing the use of asbestos is reflective insulation.
This mineral has been used in all types of building construction materials including floor tiles, siding panels, pipes, insulation, theater curtains and duct tape.
determine the types of materials used in insulation or wrapping of pipes, ducts, jackets, boilers or wiring.
Materials used that may contain asbestos include, but are not limited to, insulation; shingles and felt for roofing; exterior siding; pipe and boiler covering; compounds and cement, such as caulk, putty, roof patching, furnace cement; wallboard; texture coat; acoustical ceiling tiles and plaster; vinyl floor tiles; linoleum; and wiring.
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